1983–1985 famine in Ethiopia out the first airdrops from Hercules C-130s delivering food to the starving people. Other countries including Sweden, East and West Germany, Poland, Canada, United States and the Soviet Union were also involved in the international response. Buerk's news piece on the BBC was seen by Irish singer Bob Geldof, who quickly organised the charity supergroup Band Aid, primarily made up of the biggest British and Irish artists of the era. Their single, "Do They Know It's Christmas?", was released on 3 December 1984 and became Britain's best-selling single within a few weeks, eventually selling 3.69 million copies domestically. It raised
Over the Rainbow (2007 charity album) Over the Rainbow (2007 charity album) Over the Rainbow - Show Tunes in Aid of the Association of Children's Hospices is a charity album of show tunes, recorded by various artists and released in 2007. It is in aid of "The Association of Children's Hospices". All proceeds go to children's hospices across the United Kingdom. There was also a concert where some of the children from hospices around the country performed along with the stars of the album. The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra performed also. The album was recorded in just five days, as part of a challenge for the British