George Michael calling the move "way overdue". In November 1984, Michael joined other British and Irish pop stars of the era to form Band Aid, singing on the charity song "Do They Know It's Christmas?" for famine relief in Ethiopia. This single became the UK Christmas number one in December 1984, holding Michael's own song, "Last Christmas" by Wham!, at No. 2; Michael also donated the royalties for "Last Christmas" to Ethiopia. "Do They Know It's Christmas?" sold 3.75 million copies in the UK and became the biggest selling single in UK chart history, a title it held until 1997 when it
Faith Hope & Charity (British band) Faith Hope & Charity (British band) Faith Hope & Charity was a short lived British group that featured Dani Behr, Sally Ann Marsh and Diana Barrand. They released two singles and an album. They had a minor hit with their debut single "'Battle Of The Sexes" which peaked at #53 on the UK Singles Chart in 1990. Failing to become successful the band broke up and Behr went into television production. Note: some websites incorrectly confuse the discography of this group, with the US band Faith Hope & Charity, that recorded in the 1970s and sang on several Van McCoy