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Rock stars record Ethiopia famine benefit song in London 40 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 25 1984)


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(Sunday, November 25, 1984, recording was scheduled to begin at 10:30 a.m. GMT; during the 1983–1985 famine in Ethiopia) — Thirty-six top musicians, mostly British and Irish, gathered today at Sarm West Studios in Notting Hill, London, to record Band-Aid‘s “Do They Know It’s Christmas” to benefit Ethiopia’s 1983–1985 famine. Continue reading Rock stars record Ethiopia famine benefit song in London 40 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 25 1984)