january 21, 1985 was the final night of recording for the song we are the world.
january 21, 1985 was the final night of recording for the song we are the world.
what was the final night of recording for the song we are the world?
january 21, 1985
the final night of recording was held on january 28, 1985, at a&m recording studios in hollywood. michael jackson arrived at 9 pm, earlier than the other artists, to record his solo section and record a vocal chorus by himself. he was subsequently joined in the recording studio by the remaining usa for africa artists, who included ray charles, billy joel, diana ross, cyndi lauper, bruce springsteen, and tina turner. also in attendance were five of jackson's siblings: jackie, la toya, marlon, randy, and tito. many of the participants came straight from an american music award ceremony, which had been held that same night. invited musician prince, who would have had a part in which he and michael jackson sang to each other, did not attend the recording session. the reason given for his absence has varied. one newspaper claimed that prince did not want to record with other acts. another report, from the time of "we are the world"'s recording, suggested that the musician did not want to partake in the session because organizer bob geldof called him a "creep". prince did, however, donate an exclusive track, "4 the tears in your eyes", for the "we are the world" album. in all, more than 45 of america's top musicians participated in the recording, and another 50 had to be turned away. upon entering the recording studio, the musicians were greeted by a sign pinned to the door which read, "please check your egos at the door." they were also greeted by stevie wonder, who proclaimed that if the recording was not completed in one take, he and ray charles, two blind men, would drive everybody home.
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"the final night" was primarily self-contained to a weekly four-issue limited series, with a number of tie-in issues reflecting the impacts of the storyline across the dc universe in different characters' ongoing series. a special eight-page black-and-white preview solicitation was released prior to the first issue starring starfire, which introduced dusk and detailed the sun-eater's destruction of new tamaran prior to traveling to earth's solar system. a special tie-in one-shot starring hal jordan, "parallax: emerald night" #1, was released between "the final night" #3 and #4, which told the events leading to jordan's appearance in "the final night" #4. both the parallax one-shot and the fully colored preview story were later reprinted in the "final night" collected edition, along with the central miniseries.br
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