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The Concert for Bangladesh also features in Sean Egan's 2006 book 100 Albums That Changed Music [157] and in The Mojo Collection: The Ultimate Music Collection. [158] It was ranked number 1 in Spanish Rolling Stone ' s list of "The 30 Greatest Live Albums of All Time", published in 2013.
The Concert for Bangladesh (or Bangla Desh, as the country's name was originally spelt) [1] was a pair of benefit concerts organised by former Beatles guitarist George Harrison and the Indian sitar player Ravi Shankar.
The Concert for Bangladesh is a film directed by Saul Swimmer and released in 1972. The film documents the two benefit concerts that were organised by George Harrison and Ravi Shankar to raise funds for refugees of the Bangladesh Liberation War, and were held on Sunday, 1 August 1971 at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
The shows — plus the resulting triple-album and feature film, both released released as The Concert for Bangladesh — raised millions in aid for UNICEF and brought badly-needed attention to the ...
The 1974 tour was the first in North America by a former member of the Beatles since the band's 1966 visit. [5] [8] Raising expectations further among fans and the media, it marked the first live performances by Harrison since his successful staging of the 1971 Concert for Bangladesh shows, [13] which had also featured Shankar and Preston. [14]
"The Concert for Bangladesh" – George Harrison & Friends (15th Grammy Awards in 1973) "Innervisions" ... "Songs in the Key of Life" – Stevie Wonder (19th Grammy Awards in 1977)
The Concert for Bangladesh: George Harrison; Ravi Shankar; Concert to raise awareness of the Bangladesh Liberation War and refugee problems in said country, raised funds to benefit UNICEF relief fund, released a film of the concert and an album, The Concert for Bangla Desh. 1979 Rockestra: Paul McCartney
While organising the Concert for Bangladesh in 1971, Harrison recorded the charity single "Bangla Desh". [8] [9] The Concert for Bangladesh live album included three of Harrison's best-known Beatles songs: "While My Guitar Gently Weeps", "Here Comes the Sun" and "Something". [10]