simon le bon sang the first line in band aid 1984.
simon le bon sang the first line in band aid 1984.
who sang the first line in band aid 1984?
simon le bon
geldof was so moved by the plight of starving children in ethiopia, that he decided to try to raise money using his contacts in pop music. geldof enlisted the help of midge ure, from the group ultravox, to produce a charity record. ure took geldof's lyrics, and created the melody and backing track for the record. geldof called many of the most popular british and irish performers of the time, persuading them to give their time free. his one criterion for selection was how famous they were, to maximise sales of the record. he then kept an appointment to appear on a show on bbc radio 1, with richard skinner, but instead of promoting the new boomtown rats material as planned, he announced the plan for band aid. the recording studio gave band aid no more than 24 free hours to record and mix the record, on 25 november 1984. the recording took place at sarm studios in notting hill between 11 am and 7 pm, and was filmed by director nigel dick to be released as the pop video though some basic tracks had been recorded the day before at midge ure's home studio. the first tracks to be recorded were the group / choir choruses which were filmed by the international press. the footage was rushed to newsrooms where it aired while the remainder of the recording process continued. later, drums by phil collins were recorded. the introduction of the song features a slowed down sample from a tears for fears' track called "the hurting", released in 1983. tony hadley, of spandau ballet, was the first to record his vocal, while a section sung by status quo was deemed unusable, and replaced with section comprising paul weller, sting, and glenn gregory, from heaven 17. simon le bon from duran duran sang between contributions from george michael and sting. paul young has since admitted, in a documentary, that he knew his opening lines were written for david bowie, who was not able to make the recording but made a contribution to the b-side (bowie performed his lines at the live aid concert the following year). boy george arrived last at 6 pm, after geldof woke him up by phone to have him flown over from new york city on concorde to record his solo part. (at the time, culture club were in the middle of a us tour.)
band aid (band)
bullet::::- lisa stansfield









































bullet::::- technotronic









































bullet::::- wet wet wet









































musicians:









































bullet::::- matt aitken – keyboards & guitar









































bullet::::- luke goss (bros) – drums









































bullet::::- chris rea – guitar









































bullet::::- mike stock – keyboards









































section::::band aid 20.









































band aid 20 was the 2004 incarnation of the charity group band aid. the group, which included daniel bedingfield, justin hawkins of the darkness, chris martin of coldplay, bono of u2, and paul mccartney, re-recorded the 1984 song "do they know it's christmas?", written by band aid organisers bob geldof and midge ure.









































section::::band aid 20.:2004 performers.









































vocalists:









































bullet::::- anthony mcpartlin (ant & dec)
band aid (band)