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Band Aid is the oldest collective name of a charity supergroup featuring mainly British and Irish musicians and recording artists. [1] [2] [3] It was founded in 1984 by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to raise money for anti-famine efforts in Ethiopia by releasing the song "Do They Know It's Christmas?" for the Christmas market that year.
Single by Band Aid; B-side "Feed the World" (1984) "One Year On (Feed the World)" (1985) ... The singer Marilyn, who had achieved hit singles in 1983 but whose career ...
In late-1984, Marilyn took part in the Band Aid charity single "Do They Know It's Christmas" along with various other pop stars of the era. [24] In early-1985, facing financial difficulties and being forced to sell his London home, Phonogram Records dispatched him to Detroit, to work with producer Don Was. While in America, he cut his trademark ...
The just-released "ultimate remix" of Band Aid's celebrity charity single still makes Africa a caricature of despair for Western ... In 1984, Bob Geldof, then the lead singer for the Boomtown Rats ...
The compilation itself sports the 1984, 2004 and 2014 versions of “Christmas,” as well as the new mix and a live version recorded at Live Aid at London’s Wembley Stadium in 1985.
A few weeks after the BBC film was broadcast in October 1984, Bob Geldof (L) and Midge Ure (R) managed to persuade the top musicians to turn up on a Sunday at a recording studio in west London ...
Forty-three artists achieved their first top 10 single in 1984, either as a lead or featured artist. This includes the charity group Band Aid (made up of chart acts but charting together for the first time).
It is 40 years today since the first recording of Band Aid took place in London [Band Aid/PA Media] ... Spandau Ballet singer Tony Hadley, who sang on the original 1984 single, told BBC Radio 2 ...