Singers without borders
Chanteurs without borders is a French association created in 1985 according to the Anglo-Saxon model Band Aid with the same goal: to come to assistance of the victims of the famine which prevailed then in Ethiopia. The association chaired by Antoine di Zazzo managing director of Pathé Marconi EMI was directed by Dominique Quiliquini (wife of Renaud), Francis Cabrel (treasurer) Franck Langolff (type-setter of the music) and of Rony Brauman president of Doctors without borders.
Le total of the gifts had reached 23.000.000 of Francs distributed to Doctors without borders (to 90%), AICF, Médecins of the world, and the Resto du coeur.
The principle
The Anglo-Saxon idea was taken up on the initiative of Valerie Lagrange and under the aegis of Renaud. The musical group formed for the occasion left, in March 1985, maximum the 45 turns S.O.S Ethiopia . The disc was sold quickly to more than one million specimens and paid more than 10 franc million (1 ½ million of euros) which was transferred with association Doctors without borders. The cumulative sales of the disc exceeded, with final, the 24 million specimens.
The disc
The song S.O.S Ethiopia at summer written by Renaud on a music of Franck Langolff, the instrumental version appears opposite B (Maximum 45 turns Pathé Marconi 1549796 appeared in March 1985).
Artists participating in the disc S.O.S Ethiopia
Alphabetically:- Jean-Louis Aubert
- Hugues Aufray
- Josiane Balasko
- Daniel Balavoine
- Didier Barbelivien
- Axel Bauer
- Michel Berger
- Richard Berry
- Gerard Blanchard
- Francis Cabrel
- Louis Chédid
- Coluche
- Charlélie Seams
- Herve Christiani
- Christophe
- Julien Clerc
- Michel Delpech
- Gerard Depardieu
- Diane Dufresne
- France Gall
- Jean-Jacques Goldman
- Richard Gotainer
- Jacques Higelin
- Valerie Lagrange
- Catherine Lara
- Maxime the Forester
- Olive of the group Lili Drop
- Jeanne Manson
- Nicolas Peyrac
- Renaud
- Veronique Sanson
- Alain Souchon
- Diane Such
- Fabienne Thibeault
- the group Trust
- Laurent Voulzy
The concert
The Chanteurs without borders gave a concert to Courneuve Sunday October 13rd 1985. They were, for the circumstance, more than 80 artists brought together on this memorable scene. The only concert to date where no artistic discrimination was noted, including African artists, and a sample of all the French artists without discrimination of origin, age and genre.The collected funds were transferred with various associations working for Ethiopia and a first participation in the Resto du coeur of Coluche which enabled him to continue its work whereas it was in the doubt. (Report Antenna 2 of the 10/12/1985, files [[National institute of the audio-visual one|INA]]).
See too
- All on the Live Aid of the July 13rd 1985.
- Band Aid
- Action Schools
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