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November 25: On This Day in World History … briefly
The song was also a major success around the world, reaching number one in thirteen other countries outside the UK. In the US, the single fell short of the top ten in the Billboard Hot 100 due to a lack of airplay, but it had sold an estimated 2.5 million copies in the US by January 1985.
1984: Band Aid record for Ethiopia
When ‘Boomtown Rat’ Bob Geldof watched a BBC TV report on the famine in Ethiopia, he was so appalled at what he saw that he resolved to do something about it.
The results of that something were seen when an extraordinary gathering of British rock stars gathered at Sarm Studios in London to record ‘Do They Know It’s Christmas?’.
Those who turned up free of charge to sing the song, written by Geldof and Ultravox member Midge Ure, included Phil Collins, Sting, George Michael, Bono and Boy George.
The single was released on December 7 and all proceeds went directly to the Ethiopia famine relief.
Most notable historic snippets or facts extracted from the book ‘On This Day’ first published in 1992 by Octopus Publishing Group Ltd, London, as well as additional supplementary information extracted from Wikipedia.
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