Donna Knows Them All! | USA For Africa | We Are The World | 3 Generation Reaction 

When this was recorded, artists still had to actually BE artists... An absolute masterpiece.

Whoever came up with the idea of having Stevie Wonder and Bruce Springsteen have a duet was a genius. They're so different, yet it works so well!

Donna, you’re exactly right, it’s iconic and all the artists are great and it’s the best charity song ever written and performed and something like this will ever happen again! Bruce and Stevie nailed it!!

To me the emotion Bruce gives in this performance is just heart wrenching. Legendary performance.

Well done ladies. Grandma knows her music.

The logistics behind this song were insane. There’s a Doc on Netflix about it

After all these Years I still get Goosebumps every Time I hear this Song and see this Video.

Dan Ackroyd was added to the choir because he was already there at the studio working on a different project. When they all arrived to record the song, they asked him to join.

Can you imagine the likes of Harry Belafonte, Waylon Jennings, Bette Midler and Lindsay Buckingham are only in the chorus!

The amount of talent shown in this video is crazy. All are top notch artists from many different eras & genres of music. Don't think something like this will ever happen again. Sadly quite a few artists that are featured are no longer with us.

It's so cool that Lulu can have the opportunity to experience the greatest music and musicians of all time from the 50's, 60's, 70's and 80's. The best era to have grown up in, in pretty much all regards.

Watch Band Aid, with Do they know it's Christmas(1984) , English superstars singing for Africa.. it was recorded before the American version .. this, We are the world (1985) is inspired by Bob Geldof's Band Aid.. both give me goosebumps!! 💜🎶🎤 There is a Netflix documentary about We are the world

Hello Ladies! This is a fantastic piece of history! The artists left their egos at the door. They all got it right and made a beautiful, powerful song!! Simply wonderful! 👍☮️❤️🌏😎

All this singers are legends this is just amazing

Thank you to Harry Belafonte as he brought this talented line-up together. They re-recorded this track for Haiti in 2010 with more well known artists. Also check out Band Aid ‘Do They Know It’s Christmas?’ from 1984.

Hey ladies... you missed Dionne Warwick.. who is Whitney Housten's auntie.. and also Paul Simon from Simon and Garfunkel fame.. oh and Dan Ackroyd is the one Canadian there.. but he had a band called the Blues Brothers with fellow American John Belushi.. and he has a music club in Los Angeles called the House of Blues.. so that is why he was invited I believe. Lots of others to.. but you can Wiki it for the list! Anyway.. just want to mention.. the UK did this first in December 1984 .. the group was assembled as Band Aid and the song is Do They Know It's Christmas Time .. and it was choc full of UK greats at the time. Then the USA came out with there charity collab in March 1985.. and then lastly Canada did their charity collab assembled as Northern Lights and the song was Tears Are Not Enough .. with a lot of Canadian legends and that came out in May 1st 1985. Now if any other nations around the world did something like this.. I am not aware of it.. but it was a magical time back then seeing and hearing all of these amazing charity collabs!!! 🤩🥰🎶 Cheers from Ontario, Canada 🍁🍁🍁

Nana is a true encyclopedia. I also felt how the 80's were full of talent.

Donna, I know exactly how you feel. I can’t stop smiling and tearing up every time I hear it. And I’m so glad that the kids I see reacting to the song get it too! Bruce & Stevie was my favorite duo too 😊

There's just something about the ruffness and the smoothness of Springsteen and Stevie. That get you right in the heart.

This is one that needs preserving in the National Archives and the Smithsonian

SO many legends came together that one night.

This was recorded in one night (5 hours) after The American Music Awards. They did it at AnM Studios in Burbank (Hollywood) California. From what I recall in the documentary, it was Michael Jacksons idea and he called Lionel Richie and they met at a restaurant. Jackson told Ritchie his idea, and then they called Quincy Jones and Stevie Wonder.

Yes Donna, yes...that is why you are the patriarch! ...love the love in the generations in music , and in that room. And your Room as well. ❤❤.much love to you 3 . Donna, Kathy , and Lulu. Thats how America rolls! ✌️😎

This video is flawless in its flow, and it seems seemless, but in reality its spliced together really well. It took them 8 hours to record. Each person basically recorded a part then they took all the video and splced it to seem as if they were a choir. Whoever matched the singers together was a genius though.

Thank you so much for doing this song especially in these times we're living in. The song should be a daily requirement for every citizen of the United States like a daily vitamin🌈🙏😌

Oh yeah Ms.Donna knew what was about to go down from the get go. Her face and smile said it all Fun fact: not sure if any of you was aware but throughout the song when you see certain duos and trios singing together, they actually paired ppl together with others they felt would compliment their sound. The world may have never heard the extremely unique duo of Stevie and Bruce if it werent for this song

R.I.P To Some Of The Singer's,Who We're On This Great Amazing Song,Are No Longer With Us, Still Miss You All, Always 😢,Gone To Soon

I loved watching Donna the whole time... I could see and feel her reaction... thumbs up ladies👍

Really enjoyed your reaction to this!! I worked in the concert business for 23 years, so through that work (and all the shows I've been to outside of that), I've been fortunate to see 95% of the artists in the video. And Donna, glad that you pointed out the duet between Bruce and Stevie. I've only seen Stevie once, but I've seen Bruce 14 times.

Ray Charles is just soooo god, and a legend 😍❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️…!!!

I think I watch this video 1000x over the years.

Just about everybody on that song were Grammy Award winners.

Greatest duet was Kenny Rogers and Lionel Richie singing "Lady" live. Must watch that!

My mom bought this single for everyone at Christmas that year. There is literally no song more imprinted in my soul ❤😂❤.

After the Events in PA, yesterday, this song , again , sends message and hope, for everyone. ❤️

We Are the World” Soloists (in order of appearance) Time codes indicate start of first solo Lionel Richie - 0:26 Stevie Wonder - 0:39 Paul Simon - 0:43 Kenny Rogers - 0:53 James Ingram - 0:59 Tina Turner - 1:06 Billy Joel - 1:13 Michael Jackson - 1:19 Diana Ross - 1:32 Dionne Warwick - 1:48 Willie Nelson - 2:02 Al Jarreau - 2:09 Bruce Springsteen - 2:15 Kenny Loggins - 2:21 Steve Perry - 2:28 Daryl Hall - 2:36 Huey Lewis - 2:48 Cyndi Lauper - 2:54 Kim Carnes - 3:02 Bob Dylan - 3:48 Ray Charles - 4:27 “We Are the World” Chorus (alphabetically) Dan Aykroyd Harry Belafonte Lindsey Buckingham Mario Cipollina Johnny Colla Sheila E. Bob Geldof Bill Gibson Chris Hayes Sean Hopper Jackie Jackson La Toya Jackson Marlon Jackson Randy Jackson Tito Jackson Waylon Jennings Bette Midler John Oates Jeffrey Osborne The Pointer Sisters Smokey Robinson “We Are the World” Instrumentalists David Paich - synthesizers Michael Boddicker - synthesizers, programming Paulinho da Costa - percussion Phil Collins - percussion Louis Johnson - synth bass Michael Omartian - keyboards Greg Phillinganes - keyboards John Robinson - drums (classicsdujour.com/we-are-the-world/)

Actually, before there was this "We Are the World", there was Band Aid's "Do They Know It's Christmas", which was just as chock full of legendary talent as this one was. If you haven't seen it, then you need to find it and watch it.

When they broadcast the song worldwide in 1985 in so many countries simultaneously via some kind of Satellite Hook up, I swear the world was a t peace for 10 minutes. Now, no one gives a flying crap about each other.

I always thought this was a Beautiful song. You guys did a Great reaction 🤌🏼 I agree with Donna, I can't imagine how much Money was in that room. But it was Awesome !

A great great song, so many artists that came together, great reaction ❤️🙏 to y'all

Dan Aykroyd was representing The Blues Brothers. From my understanding, he was on the studio lot conducting other business and just happened to walk into the studio. He was given the sheet music and was told to join in the chorus.

Ronnie James Dio and metal music stars made their own video to help the people of Africa called "Were Stars " by Hear 'n aid . There are around 40 metal singers & musicians, check it out.

USA FOR AFRICA WE ARE THE WORLD (1985) Soloists: Lionel Richie, Stevie Wonder, Paul Simon, Kenny Rogers, James Ingram, Tina Turner, Billy Joel, Michael Jackson, Diana Ross, Dionne Warwick, Willie Nelson, Al Jarreau, Bruce Springsteen, Kenny Loggins, Steve Perry, Daryl Hall, Huey Lewis, Cyndi Lauper, Kim Carnes, Bob Dylan, Ray Charles. Chorus: Dan Aykroyd, Harry Belafonte, Lindsey Buckingham, Mario Cipollina, Johnny Colla, Sheila E., Bob Geldof, Bill Gibson, Chris Hayes, Sean Hopper, Jackie Jackson, La Toya Jackson, Marlon Jackson, Randy Jackson, Tito Jackson, Waylon Jennings, Bette Midler, John Oates, Jeffrey Osborne, Anita Pointer, June Pointer, Ruth Pointer, Smokey Robinson. Quincy Jones (Composer) CHEERS FROM CHILE!!!

I think all the Jacksons were there. And I think Quincy Jones conducting.

this song was the brain child of Harry Belafonte. He had the idea and approached Lionel RItchie and Quincy Jones to produce it. Lionel called Michael Jackson to co write the song and the rest is history. The song raised over 50 million dollars

Another notch of greatness to add to your belts ladies! Keep it rolling.

I had to sing this song so many times in school. We did it for three to four years straight and about once a month.

Love your guys reactions, just love the 3 Generation Combo ... Love from Australia

I would love a whole documentary on what their agents went through negotiating the various decrees to which each of their stars would be featured in this video.

These singers I believe represent some of the best years of music from the 70's and 80's and we had the BEST music!

the duo Bruce Springsteen (The boss) and Steve Wonder is just a miracle !

I'm probably closest in age to Donna, I'm 50. Iconic song from my youth. I'm surprised Lulu was the first to mention Tina Turner and that no one mentioned Paul Simon! Loved the reaction though!

Bruce Springsteen recently did worldwide tour and was in Ireland few weeks ago. He is well into his 70s now still playing 3 hour sets and standing up for that long to. Thats still dedication for you when he could of retired years ago. Cyndi lauper also still going and played Glastonbury recently to

For the top Canadian singers, watch Tears Are Not Enougn. The Canadian talent came together like We Are the World to raise money and awareness in Ethiopia and as a group, they called themselves Northern Lights.

There’s an excellent documentary on Netflix that came out recently that goes into how this song came together and how this was filmed/recorded. Highly recommend.

The song was written by Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie in a couple of hours, arranged by Quincy Jones and recorded over night. The location was Kenny Roger's recording studio in Hollywood. Waylon Jennings was invited but left before they shot the video. When he found out the song was going to be a pop song, he said, "this country boy don't sing pop music" and left. Friendships were formed here, many of these artists never met before. Steve Perry and Kenny Loggins later did a duet together. Lionel Richie wrote "Lady" for Kenny Rogers. Billy Joel and Ray Charles did a duet together. Kenny Rogers and Kim Carnes had a duet, Stevie Wonder and Dionne Warwick, both here sang "That's what friends are for" along with Gladys Knight and Elton John who were not here. Harry Belafonte came up with the idea of bringing everyone together on this night. Harry's manager called Quincy Jones first, Quincy said you better call Michael because he's leaving town right after the Grammys, Michael postponed his flight, Lionel was second. Kenny Roger's studio was used because it was the only studio that can fit everyone. Finally, there was a sign on the door that read, "Leave your egos at the door", meaning once you enter this studio, we are all on equal ground. Nobody is more important than someone else. They were in the studio until about 4 AM. They had to get the song done because they had other engagements to get to.

There was also one after this by hard rock and Metal musicians called “We’re Stars”. Put together by Ronnie James Dio.

LuLu, baby girl.... this video came out when I was in highschool!! Around 1986!! ❤❤

You also know this track was written by MJ and Lionel Ritchie? And produced by MJ's producer Quincy Jones. Fun fact, the year before (1984) there was Band Aid, in which this was inspired by. Band Aid was the same idea but then the greatest British and Irish singers in it. Song was called Do They Know It's Christmas.

This is an absolute Masterpiece! I DO want to point out that Band Aid had recorded "Do they know it's Christmas" only a few months earlier. Wikipedia has some relevant info on both, including the performers, in the order in which they appeared! Like Donna, and others, I too knew nearly all of the singers. I could name them AS THEY WERE SINGING, but like Kathy and Lulu, had a bit of a problem recalling them after the video was stopped!

What made this work so well was Quincy Jones. His arrangement of solos, duets, and ensemble was perfect.

I was only 10 in 1985 when this came out and being blown away by who was on this, this vid was shown on top of the pops I believe and our family like yours was naming all involved. This was Americas response to the UK/Irelands ‘feed the world’ and what a response it was…amazing

Hello everyone what a gathering of such talented group of prefomers I have to agree with Donna on that me and Donna are in the same age group both of us were the same age when this song came out. But ladies did you get my message yesterday about the hurricane here in my town of Huntsville Texas that left a bunch of debris and I volunteered with others to help clean up the storm debris and pass out water and food to people that lost their homes too. It would make us all feel better if you are fellow Texans could react to Lulu's birthday requests for teemu mantyrsa wintersun demos the fortin evil pumpkin at NAMM 2020 video 1 and for jari of wintersuns former band ensiferum for ensiferum Lai Lai Hei live wacken by rammie 666 from 14 years ago 570 views which both bands use Viking folklore in their music which I know lulu will love. And my mother Cathy wishes that all of you react together to this special requests for this special reason. So send me back a reply to see what you think. Thank you so much you are all awesome. Wintersun Alex in Texas ❄️👋❤️

You should watch "Do they know its Christmas" the British version of this charity release. It came out before this and it inspired Quncy Jones to write this one.

Firs off, i did not watch you guys or the video, just your mother, her reaction, and the memories flooding back in her face, when cindy came on, she was nearlly up out of the chair, back at the 80's disco i hope you read this, Im around the same age as your mother, out of all the videos you have done, i could see her face, the memories, of the 80's come flooding back, it was my teen years, and to me and your mother the best era, in music, music videos, as there was no internet phones and the likes, a house phone was the best you had. She probably as i did, met the love of her live through that era or maybe just before, im not going ask a ldy her age, Im old school, you dont do that, she probably remembers, not just this song, but sitting through the greatest world wide 16 hours concert there ever was, with the UK, the US australia and a couple of small contries gap filling, with star like this world wide, given there time for free along with the disco era of the time, the fashion, shoulder pads, flight jackets, sunglasses, from major films of the day, which influenced fashion, and hair styles, the greatest 20 minute live performance by queen at live aid, phil collins, who played in the air tonight at wembley, jumped on plane, and travelled against the time zones and played in philly, in the same 16 hour concert all dont, with no internet, no mobile phones, when you met the love of your life, we had no contact through the day, like today, house phone, but to expensive, you made the next date, before you left that date, see you friday, disco, 6pm hopes she or he would turn up, things were better, you missed each other more a great time

Back when Billy Joel still had hair. He still has the pipes to this day.

Donna you are absolutely right about Bruce Springsteen and Stevie Wonder being an awesome duet. I am just sad they never recorded together was just amazing. They were all Legend in this era and you are right there will never be another performance like this. Music must have great lyrics with a great band and a singer who can sing with great vocals with heart and soul! I feel so blessed and honored to have heard such great music in my life. I have tried today’s music but for me it just does not work but thankfully I have a great collection of older music I acquired through the years. I absolutely loved all of your reactions to this epic song thank you for doing this one.

All that songwriting & signing talent in one room & Dan Aykroyd-who says he ended up there by walking into the wrong room, he was looking for a financial manager & encountered a talent agent putting this together instead.

Everyone invited to sing on this was eager to help. Prince was the only one to refuse. The core writers considered Madonna, but decided she wasn’t strong enough. She was furious when she found out.

It was a joy watching you guys watch this.

Mom and grandma May know a of the incredible arrest in this video more than the younger one but it is still incredible and fun watching your All reactions to this song and video.

❤ Here is the complete list of all the artists! * Lionel Richie 0:25 * Stevie Wonder 0:32 * Paul Simon (Simon & Garfunkel) 0:42 * Kenny Rogers 0:54 * James Ingram 0:59 * Tina Turner 1:05 * Billy Joel 1:12 * Michael Jackson 1:18 * Diana Ross 1:32 * Dionne Warwick 1:48 * Willie Nelson 2:02 * Al Jarreau 2:08 * Bruce Springsteen 2:14 * Kenny Loggins (former Loggins & Messina) 2:21 * Steve Perry (Journey) 2:27 * Daryl Hall (Daryl Hall & John Oates) 2:35 * Michael Jackson 2:41 * Huey Lewis (Huey Lewis and The News) 2:48 * Cyndi Lauper 2:53 * Kim Carnes 3:01 * Bob Dylan 3:48 * Ray Charles 4:41 * Stevie Wonder & Bruce Springsteen 4:53 * Bruce Springsteen 5:31 * James Ingram 6:13 * Ray Charles 6:27 “We Are the World” Chorus (alphabetically): Dan Aykroyd Harry Belafonte Lindsey Buckingham (Fleetwood Mac) Mario Cipollina (Huey Lewis and the News) Johnny Colla (Huey Lewis and the News) Sheila E. Bob Geldof Bill Gibson (Huey Lewis and the News) Chris Hayes (Huey Lewis and the News) Sean Hopper (Huey Lewis and the News) Jackie Jackson La Toya Jackson Marlon Jackson Randy Jackson Tito Jackson Waylon Jennings Bette Midler John Oates (Daryl Hall & John Oates) Jeffrey Osborne The Pointer Sisters Smokey Robinson “We Are the World” Instrumentalists: David Paich - synthesizers Michael Boddicker - synthesizers, programming Paulinho da Costa - percussion Phil Collins - percussion Louis Johnson - synth bass Michael Omartian - keyboards Greg Phillinganes - keyboards John Robinson - drums Quincy Jones -- conductor

The making of the song was actually inspired by Bob Geldorfs english project to raise money for the victims of famine in Ethiopia in 1984. He gathered some of Britains biggest stars and made "Do they know it's Christmas?", which became the Christmas no. one on the UK Singles Chart and sold a million copies in the first week. It even kept Whams "Last Christmas" from being no one even though that song was actually released the same year. George Michael (singer in Wham) was on both and knew "Last Christmas" wouldn't be able to match it (but I think in the end his song "won" - the song finally reached number one in the UK Singles Chart in 2021 after holding the record for many years as the highest-selling single never to top the charts by the Official Charts Company (OCC) with 1.9 million copies sold (not including streams). And in 2023 combining sales and streams, it also became the third biggest song of all time in the UK. So maybe when we get closer to Christmas you should check them out :-)

Love it! Im 56 generation x

Stevie Wonder and Bruce Springsteen....perfect

I love this video. Thank you ladies

Those cartoons of you 3 in the intro are so funny and cute.😊

For the mother: It's not Ray Charles that you Saw, it's Stevie Wonder!!

Love Donna's reaction. Great reaction overal. New subscriber from Miami, FL.

Lionel Richie - 0:26 Stevie Wonder - 0:39 Paul Simon - 0:43 Kenny Rogers - 0:53 James Ingram - 0:59 Tina Turner - 1:06 Billy Joel - 1:13 Michael Jackson - 1:19 Diana Ross - 1:32 Dionne Warwick - 1:48 Willie Nelson - 2:02 Al Jarreau - 2:09 Bruce Springsteen - 2:15 Kenny Loggins - 2:21 Steve Perry - 2:28 Daryl Hall - 2:36 Huey Lewis - 2:48 Cyndi Lauper - 2:54 Kim Carnes - 3:02 Bob Dylan - 3:48 Ray Charles - 4:27 “We Are the World” Chorus (alphabetically) Dan Aykroyd Harry Belafonte Lindsey Buckingham Mario Cipollina Johnny Colla Sheila E. Bob Geldof Bill Gibson Chris Hayes Sean Hopper Jackie Jackson La Toya Jackson Marlon Jackson Randy Jackson Tito Jackson Waylon Jennings Bette Midler John Oates Jeffrey Osborne The Pointer Sisters Smokey Robinson “We Are the World” Instrumentalists David Paich - synthesizers Michael Boddicker - synthesizers, programming Paulinho da Costa - percussion Phil Collins - percussion Louis Johnson - synth bass Michael Omartian - keyboards Greg Phillinganes - keyboards John Robinson - drums Quincy Jones -- conductor

One story I heard about the making of this song was that Prince would have been in it but wanted to run the whole production and was denied performing on it because of his ego. I'm not sure if the story is true or not , but if it is , how sad to missing out on the message behind the message.

Donna Knows them all? So do I Donna, so do I. 😁 Unlike today's youth, the 80's music, my music, was influenced by a wide range of ages, from those who sang in the 60's and 70's to the young and up coming talent like Debbie Gibson. And BTW Donna, when Steve Perry sings, it still gives me goose bumps.

I remember when this song was first played on the radio, before the video came out. It was fun seeing how many we could recognize just by hearing their voices. I think that is how/why most of these singers were included in this recording. For those of us who lived during the golden age of radio, ALL these artists' had songs we heard every day on the radio. Their names and music were part of our everyday lives. Now you have to go searching for them.

I was 12 when this came out and it was huge! Fun fact John Denver was turned down to appear in this and he said it "broke his heart"...

Now I wonder if Donna also recognized everyone in Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas

Hello ladies, I haven't watched your channel in quite a while being so busy. I had mention to you before that I was a musician, vocalist and songwriter. I'm also self-employed and work from home with my own business and I'm also a bodybuilder, so I have a lot of things going on. But when I got on the computer and went to RU-vid, I saw your channel pop up on my main RU-vid page and you were doing a reaction to this song, so I decided to come and watch it. First off, Lulu is still funny cracking me up. When Kathy asked her who she knew in the video and she mentioned two people and then she kept saying "what's another one, what's another one, what's another one, then she says: I don't know" lol but! she did know Tina Turner at the end too. Hay Kathy, I think you mistook Stevie Wonder for Ray Charles from the beginning of the video? but I said to myself, well, she'll see him soon enough because I knew that he was coming up in the video later on. But if I'm wrong about that, please let me know. Also! I had to laugh when Kathy mentioned Aqua net. lol I can't believe you remembered that back from when I was talking about us using it. Being away all this time and then hearing you mention aqua net in the first video that I've watched of yours in a long time, now, that was funny. And I can't forget about Donna. Hi Donna! Great job ladies. 👍👍👌👌✔✔🎉🎉❤❤

You should check “We’re stars” by Hear’n’aid, too. It’s collaboration of hard rock/heavy metal musicians( Ronnie James Dio, Rob Halford, etc.).

14:07..Darn tootin' Donna..They countered each other so cool..Perfect idea by arranger Quincy Jones. But my fav part is where Ray Charles takes us to the fade out like we're in church: " Awww, Good God Almighty, let him hear ya now!!"2 live performances folks love are Springsteen's " Rosalita" 1979 Phoenix , and Stevie playing "Superstition" on PBS " Sesame Street". I higlhy recommend them!!

What about BRUCE??? His voice is amazing, I think they missed to invite Linda Ronstadt

Billy Joel just did a concert at Madison square garden this past week during his final tour with special guest Axl Rose . I thought I just bring that up seeing him in this video.

You saw Ray Charles before he was actually in the video... OOPS lol 😎🤦🏼‍♀️

Dear Kathy, Lulu and Donna, the artists who participated in the 1985 recording of We are the World, the original idea of ​​which was the great Harry Belafonte, were: Lionel Richie Stevie wonder Paul Simon Kenny Rogers James Ingram Tina Turner Billy Joel Michael Jackson Diana Ross Dionne Warwick Willie Nelson Al Jarreau Bruce Springsteen Kenny Loggins Steve Perry Daryl Hall Huey Lewis Cyndi Lauper Kim Carnes Bob Dylan Ray Charles Dan Aykroyd Harry Belafonte Lindsey Buckingham Mario Cipollina Johnny Colla Sheila E. Bob Geldof Bill Gibson Chris Hayes Sean Hopper jackie jackson Toya Jackson Marlon Jackson Randy Jackson Titus Jackson Waylon Jennings Bette Midler John Oates Jeffrey Osborne The Pointer Sisters Smokey Robinson David Paich. Greetings from Chile. 😉👍

Hi, Ladies. You should listen to the English song for Africa. From Band Aid called Do they know it Christmas. And see if you recognise any of them.

Hello! Quien de los que canta acá fue Premio Nobel? From Cucuta city Colombia 🇨🇴 South America

Here you go…Who’s who; Conductor • Quincy Jones Soloists (in order of appearance) • Lionel Richie • Stevie Wonder • Paul Simon • Kenny Rogers • James Ingram • Tina Turner • Billy Joel • Michael Jackson • Diana Ross • Dionne Warwick • Willie Nelson • Al Jarreau • Bruce Springsteen • Kenny Loggins • Steve Perry • Daryl Hall • Huey Lewis • Cyndi Lauper • Kim Carnes • Bob Dylan • Ray Charles Chorus (alphabetically) • Dan Aykroyd (Blues Brothers) • Harry Belafonte • Lindsey Buckingham (Fleetwood Mac) • Mario Cipollina (of Huey Lewis and the News) • Johnny Colla (of Huey Lewis and the News) • Sheila E. • Bob Geldof • Bill Gibson (of Huey Lewis and the News) • Chris Hayes (of Huey Lewis and the News) • Sean Hopper (of Huey Lewis and the News) • Jackie Jackson • La Toya Jackson • Marlon Jackson • Randy Jackson • Tito Jackson • Waylon Jennings • Bette Midler • John Oates • Jeffrey Osborne • Anita Pointer (of the Pointer Sisters) • June Pointer (of the Pointer Sisters) • Ruth Pointer (of the Pointer Sisters) • Smokey Robinson Instrument players • John Barnes - keyboards, programming, arrangement • David Paich - synthesizers • Michael Boddicker - synthesizers, programming • Ian Underwood - synthesizers, programming • Steve Porcaro - synthesizers, programming • Paulinho da Costa - percussion • Louis Johnson - synth bass • Michael Omartian - keyboards • Greg Phillinganes - keyboards • John Robinson - drums

They did this in a secret location right after the awards show, Madonna refused to do it, I can't remember guys name but he kept saying no and then changed his mind literally last minute, Belefonte was hammered when he sang....they didn't finish this until about 7 am the next day, most of them started leaving about 4 after they did several takes of the chorus and breaks... Springsteen had a concert that night, left concert quickly and flew there, his voice was struggling because he was tired...Madonna was on top of the world though but didn't do it because Lauper was in it, at the time, Madonna and Lauper were two of the biggest pop stars

This was incredible! I thibk a record label should collect : Do They Know It's Christmas (Band Aid) / We Are The World (USA For Africa) / Tears Are not Enough (Northern Lights) / Hands Across America (Voices Of America) / That's What Friends Are For (Dionne & Friends) & all the charity singles into a compilation on vinyl, CD, cassette & Digital format & release it. All the profits can be shared equally amongst the charity organizations. My opinion. As for a recommendation? I highly recommend "Slipping Through My Fingers" bt ABBA. It's a great Mother/Daughter song. --- Bill

Always enjoy your generational reviews

In England the BBC did a charity single Children In Need. It was the Lou Reed song Perfect Day feat. a lot of artists. Check it out

To set the record straight, Waylon left when Michael was trying to add a line and Waylon said a good old boy doesn't sing in that language, and just walked out. Talk about checking his ego at the door!