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- December 17, 1984PEOPLEBob Geldof
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- For late-night rock 'n' rollers it was an ungodly hour, but the
- gig was for an exceptional cause. So 37 top musicians made a
- point of showing up at 10:30 a.m. in a London studio to record
- Do They Know It's Christmas? The one-day superstar session --
- dubbed Band Aid -- was organized by Bob Geldof, leader of the
- British group Boomtown Rats, to raise money for the famine
- victims of Ethiopia. The $2 single, which will be released in
- the U.S. this week, has already sold a million copies in
- England, where it appeared three weeks ago. The record is
- "enough to make a difference, but it's also a statement," says
- Sting, part of the charity jam. The money raised so far is
- already on its way to Ethiopia through Band Aid Trust, an
- organization of rockers and business executives.
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