The USA for Africa
the USA for Africa ( United Support off Artists for Africa , plain assistance of the artists for the Africa) was the name of a group of forty-four American artists , directed by Harry Belafonte, Kenny Rogers, Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie.
Here the list of the artists who took part in this event:
- Harry Belafonte
- Lindsay Buckingham
- Kim Edges
- Ray Charles
- Bob Dylan
- Sheila E.
- Bob Geldof
- Hall and Oates
- James Ingram
- Jackie Jackson
- LaToya Jackson
- Marlon Jackson
- Michael Jackson
- Randy Jackson
- Tito Jackson
- Al Jarreau
- Waylon Jennings
- Billy Joel
- Cyndi Lauper
- Huey Lewis and the News
- Kenny Loggins
- White beet Midler
- Willie Nelson
- Jeffery Osborne
- Steve Perry
- To point Sisters
- Lionel Richie
- Smokey Robinson
- Kenny Rogers
- Diana Ross
- Paul Simon
- Bruce Springsteen
- Tina Turner
- Dionne Warwick
- Stevie Wonder
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Michael Boddicker - synthetizers, Programming
- Paulinho da Costa - Percussion
- Louis Johnson - Low
- Quincy Jones - Producing
- Michael Omartian - keyboards, producing
- Greg Phillinganes - keyboards
They left We Are the World the January 28th 1985. More than 7,5 million discs were sold and the title accepted the Grammy Award of the song of the year.
The Guignols of information made a parody of the piece thus entitled We Fuck the World meaning in French: One emmerde the world and fustigating the United States.
See too
- Site of the USA for Africa
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