TOP 10 ARTISTS who did not sing on WE ARE THE WORLD
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- Опубликовано: 10 июл 2024
- The most relevant artists that were not included in the WE ARE THE WORLD recording.
"Correction:" 06:33 Madonna did not perform on stage at the 1985 American Music Awards. 
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John Denver was quite active in working against World Hunger, it is a pity that he was not included.
Agree. He seemed to take it in stride, though.
Yeah someone closed to him said he was disappointed he wasn't invite to be part of "We Are The World".
He wasn't relavent
@@chrischar9428 But Dan Ackroyd was?
@@chrischar9428 Denver had been so active in the cause that he had received presidential recognition a decade prior to this. He was the real version of what these people were POSING as...
Pat Benatar was invited, but she didn’t attend because, at the time, her and her husband Neil Giraldo were expecting their first child. Instead, she donated all the royalties from her album Tropico to USA for Africa.
I have Tropico on cassette tape. There's a little card that I'm supposed to send in to verify authenticity and prevent pirating or some such. I need to get on the ball and do that.
whoever didnot sing or attended should thank the savior. We are the world was mostly "intended" to assist the famine occurring in Ethiopia. But what many do not know to date would be the funds collected were handed to the then rebel fighters in Ethiopia by the name Tigray People Libration Front or TPLF. TPLF was later able to overthrow the then dictatorial government and made to the seats but became the worst nightmare for the country by imposing divide and rule system based on ethnicity and paving the way for current day civil war and genocide in the country. TPLF set up a non profit by claiming the famine that the world talked about was occurring in the region that they wanted to librate. Then received the money from we are the world for the war and overthrown the then government(DERG). Later TPLF acknowledged Bob Geldof's efforts for collaborating with them and for Bono honorary citizenship of Ethiopia was awarded. The only thing that "we are the world" did for Ethiopia was making the name of the country to Oxford Dictionary as an example for famine. Get enlightened that the concert was corrupt!
@@sebene6517 what you said was true but the money on this album was spent buying foodstuffs in cargo containers and shipping it to Ethiopia. This was recorded on video and broadcasted for transparency. People wanted proof the money was spent on food.
And later that year she participated in SUN 🌞 CITY
Ironically, Madonna knocked "We Are The World" out of #1 in the USA with "Crazy For You." 🙂
😂yup❤
INSTANT KARMA!
If these Africans would learn to help themselves instead of looting there would be no problem. The black singers are hypocrites
That’s called sweet revenge! 😂
@@sp2435 They were also brought by force to America as slaves in chains but they gave music to America and created many stars out of Caucasian and other Americans.
I also was not asked to sing.
You too? I told them I wanted the#Bruce part. lololol
I am frequently asked not to sing. It's usually by family members.
Same 😒
thats a shame
Elvis? 😀
They not only snubbed Madonna but Sheila E. who was there and was promised a solo part if she could get Prince.
You must have seen the Documentary! I didn't know about that at the time because it was never mentioned. It came out in the recent documentary.
@@charlesdavis545YOU REALLY NEED TO WATCH THE DOCUMENTARY. WAS REALLY GREAT!😊
Hey music Legend Smokey Robbinson didn't get a solo so I don't feel too bad for Shelia E. Shelia E and Cyndi Lauper were the "rookies" of the group, I would of liked to hear other artists instead like the Pointer Sisters, Lindsey Buckingham, Smokey Robbison or Bette Midler with a solo part
Prince didn't even want to sing, he wanted to play guitar on the track instead.
I've often speculated on what an alternate "We Are the World" group would look like. You have a methodology for picking your top 10 which is as good as any, but here are some other voices that, though they might not have had chart hits at that exact time, would have still been very recognizable to the general public in that time period. (Note, this list is exclusively American, and did not appear on the "We Are the World" record). Also, no particular order.
1) Dolly Parton. Quite surprising they got Kenny Rogers and didn't get Dolly.
2) Linda Ronstadt. She was doing musical theater at the time, but her massive 70s output was still being played.
3) Donna Summer. The "Queen of Disco" had some staying power after disco died.
4) Irene Cara. Two huge movie soundtrack hits, powerful voice.
5) Aretha Franklin. Speaking of powerful voices, the Queen of Soul was in a bit of down period chart-wise, but that would soon change, and she was already very iconic.
6) Barbra Streisand. Highly acclaimed as both a singer and an actress.
7) Cher. Kind of in between career peaks, but a very recognizable voice.
8) Ann Wilson. Powerful lead vocalist with Heart.
9) Pat Benatar. Rock goddess, high profile on MTV.
10) Joan Jett. Ditto
11) Johnny Cash. Kind of a down period in his career, but iconic voice.
12) Barry White. Different genre, but another deep bass.
13) Neil Diamond. Instantly recognizable.
14) Mike Love. Heck, bring the whole group, nobody did vocal harmonies like the Beach Boys.
15) Bob Seger. Great heartland rock voice.
16) Lou Gramm. While Steve Perry had the best arena rock frontman voice, the Foreigner lead singer was a close second.
17) Kevin Cronin. REO Speedwagon was huge at the time.
18) Frank Sinatra. Probably the most iconic singer of all-time, this really isn't his crowd, but he might have been talked into it if...
19) Sammy Davis Jr. were also involved.
20) Little Richard. Could have filled the Michael Jackson role vocally, kind of set the blueprint for many of the future pop stars to follow both vocally and image wise.
With a few exceptions, the artists who participated in WATW enjoyed chart success and heavy rotation on radio and MTV during the year leading up to the recording. For those reasons, they were invited or even nominated to the AMAs, which helped the vast majority of them meet in the same place, at the same time, and with all expenses paid. It wasn't just a matter of "greatness", it was also a matter of availability, logistics, and budget. But, certainly, many of those artists you mention deserved to be invited.
@@ULTIMATECOUNTDOWN24 You're right, of course, I'm not second-guessing, this is just a fun little "what-if" exercise, as well as a perspective on just how deep the music scene was back then.
@@ULTIMATECOUNTDOWN24 ....one artist who was VERY ANGRY that SHE was not invited ....was....PATTI LABELLE...and she complained BITTERLY to he press...she and QUINCY had had bad blood since he 70s....and she let everyone know....when BOB GELDOF found out about it he GRACIOUSLY asked her would she perform at the LIVE AID CONCERT....and he flew HER...and her ENTIRE BAND in by PRIVATE HELICOPTER....and she gave a SUPERNATURAL PERFORMANCE...
Thank you. Great list. I always thought that Little Richard was the real "King Of Rock And Roll. Better than Elvis
@@garyreams8123 While I'd personally give that title to Chuck Berry, you have a good case. Little Richard was a frequent game show guest in that time period, so he was still very much in the public eye, which is why I picked him. A couple more names I thought of after I'd already posted (besides Patti LaBelle, mentioned above): James Brown and Carly Simon. Roy Orbison would have been great, but he wasn't too prolific at that time (the Traveling Wilburys revived him before his sad passing). Tom Petty could have been this group's answer to Bob Dylan. So much talent to choose from.
Ray Parker and Huey Lewis were in a bitter lawsuit over the Ghost busters song.
"Who ya gonna call?"
YOUR LAWYERS!!!
Is that how people get revenge? By suing?
Weak take
its true.....Ray Parker do plagiarism with ghostbusters theme using the original track "I want a new drug" produced by Huey Lewis and the News band months before......Parker lost!...
@@nicedoppy2077 Really? I didn't know that. Then M should also sue Huey Lewis for plagiarizing "Pop Muzik".
6 months later, Madonna was invited to play at Live Aid. Ironically, Cyndi was not there at the same event.
Probably Michael banned her after he felt she butchered her verse on his song recording.
@@RorschachqpSHE WAS SHOCKING!!!
Madonnavwas BRILLIANT at Live Aid!!
@@Rorschachqp MJ didn't perform at Live Aid. Lionel was there, and no Cyndi didn't butcher anything. She sounded the same way she always sounded. No one was going to mistake her voice for anyone else.
Another thing that a lot of people on the US east coast and Midwest don't understand, that when these shows end in those time zones, it's 10 or 11 pm when most places are closed. In LA ,these events typically start at 5 pm, and done by 8 pm. Artists may have scheduled other obligations and might not have been able to change them.
I know they didn't get Madonna or Prince, but they got Dan Aykroyd!
Elwood Blues!
Not only was Dan Aykroyd not a singer, but he wan't even American (USA for Africa). He was born in Canada.
You really need to see the Documentary. They invited Prince, he couldn't leave his ego at the door. The choice between Madonna and Cyndi led to Cyndi being picked for obvious reasons. Dan Akroyd was a back ground singer. Did you hear him in the chorus? lol
and Bette Midler
@@pauldavis1963 backup. lol
Donna Summer wasn't included, either. She only had a top 25 hit (There Goes My Baby) in 1984. But she was obviously the biggest female recording artist, if not the biggest recording artist, in the past decade up to that point. I'm guessing it was because she and Quincy Jones didn't have the smoothest time together when he produced her self titled album in 1982. But she obviously had one of the best voices around.
Biggest recording artist? She was in 1979. But other than SWHFTM I'm not sure what she did in the 80s.
@@W81Researcher I said the biggest recording artist IN THE PAST DECADE. From 1975 until 1985. And here's what she did in the 80's: On The Radio #5 in 1980, The Wanderer #3 in 1980, Walk away #35 1980, Cold Love and Who Do You Think You're Fooling #33 and #40 in 1981, Love Is In Control #10 in 1982, and The Woman In Me #33 in 1983. And Of course She Works Hard For The Money #3 in 1983. She had a #22 pop hit in 1984 called There Goes My Baby. She would have one more top 10 hit in 1989 called This Time I Know It's For Real, which went to #7.
@@MrDonanthony Yes I got that. But there was a lot of female one hit wonders in the early 80s like Kim Carne's, Joan Jett, Bonnie Tyler, Irene Cara. Cyndi and Madonna stabilized it. Ntm the resurgence and breakthrough of Tina Turner.
@@W81Researcher Wow! You really don't know what the hell you're talking about. Kim Carnes had two top 10 hits in 1980 before Bette Davis Eyes hit #1 in 1981. She had a total of 8 top 40 hits in the 80's. She's not a one hit wonder. Neither is Irene Cara with 3 top 10 hits and 3 other top 40 hits in the 80's.And what do they have to do with Donna Summer? You need to delete the word Researcher out of your profile name, because you obviously haven't done any research.
….I greatly missed Donna being included in this song…. But what neither one of you are remembering or admitting is that at this time Donna Summer was embroiled in a bit of a controversy. And it was definitely known within the industry…. Sadly that was most likely the reason she wasn’t included. Donna Summer was and still is one of the greatest voiced in music!!
That just shows you the talent back then, wait everyone back then needed talent to succeed.
Laura Branigan was recognized as not participating but would have been a good one. R.I.P....
She wasn't asked because she had no self control.
It never occurred to me that Madonna was absent. That really is surprising.
just goes to show she wasn't missed
@@emmetttill148-Listen Monkey, I’ve seen your ignorant remarks all over this thread, when we want your opinion, we’ll give it to you. Sit in the back of the bus like a good BOY!!!
She probably wanted to make it about SEX.
There’s where you’re wrong. Madonna is a very charitable person and has done much for people who were disenfranchised at the time. The lgbt community being one of them and AIDS awareness projects. One of the first artist to put information on AIDS in her album slips. She does have a serious side despite the bullshit that’s been fed to you. It’s also kinda childish to say that she wanted to change the song to stuff about sex when she most likely wouldn’t have. So stop lying this is how rumors get started.
@@BozeDoesGodsWorkGay MAN here. Not a fan and neither is my BF. Team Cyndi won this round.
Here are some others that were absent:
Don Henley
Glenn Frey
Stevie Nicks (Lindsey Buckingham was in the backing vocalists)
The Go Go's (I'd also say The Bangles but they didnt hit until 1987)
Michael McDonald
Foreigner (at least Lou Gramm)
John Mellencamp (Although he most likely wouldve turned them down if asked. Just dont see him participating in this type of song. He would go on to form Farm Aid later in the year)
No Beatles? The living ones.
Stevie Nicks and Christine McVie would’ve been a nice addition to Fleetwood Mac’s Lindsey Buckingham even without solo parts. I suspect that Stevie wa staying away from Fleetwood Mac working on her third solo album Rock A Little which was released in November of 1985.
They were from England if anyhing ytey shouldve been on "Do They Know it's Christmas" although I think Paul had some connection to it.@@garethbates5044
But she was back with Fleetwood Mac for Tango in the Night from 1987, Little Lies, Seven Wonders, Everywhere, etc. Christine passed away a while ago and I guess Fleetwood Mac as a band is done now.
Great calls on Henley, Frey, Nicks, McDonald, Gramm and Mellencamp. The Go-Go’s did have hits like Vacation and Head Over the Heels by then, so I guess they could have been there.
Could probably add The Cars and Scandal to that list.
Didn’t Whitney Houston have a hit in 1985 with Saving All My Love for You?
What's interesting that time is that, Madonna edged out We Are The World from being no. 1 in the Billboard with her 'Crazy For You' single.
It worked both ways, as "We are the world" kept "Crazy for you" out of No. 1 for 3 weeks.
Madonna was eclipsing all the artists in that room including Michael by this time. They or Michael probably didn’t want to be overshadowed
I think there is some truth to that.@@BillBiggs1
They were both number 1 for one week only
@@BillBiggs1you are joking…..Jackson was CLEARLY the biggest. Just watch the documentary.
Quincy disliked her and blocked it. It’s very well-documented that was the reason.
That night Prince's people told him that because he was not going to take part to not get into any trouble (something Prince basically NEVER got in to) but that night one of his bodyguards roughed up a reporter... which caused a stink. So not only made the song "4 The Tears In Your Eyes" for the album (which he later re-recorded live with Wendy for Live Aide) he also did "Hello." Which is about how he did not take part but gave them a song... and the events of the night and he pointed out that there were starving kids here at home too....
....his MANAGER said that he DID go to the recording...however when he saw the sign....LEAVE YOUR EGO AT THE DOOR....he turned right around and decided to go CLUBBING....which his MANAGER BEGGED HIM NOT TO DO....but you CANNOT tell PRINCE what to do....and he actually has a PENCHANT for CONTROVERSY....he went out ANYWAY...and the press was there READING HIM about his MONSTROUS EGO....and his bodyguard did get into some trouble because of it....the PRESS RAVAGED PRINCE for WEEKS about it even though he did donate a beautiful song ....called ....FOR THE TEARS IN YOUR EYES....
Once heard Michael didn't want Madonna or Prince to take part
If that were true, Lionel Richie wouldn't have even called Prince to join. As for Madonna, there is no official version to back up that rumor, but her provocative image may have influenced the decision of the project's leaders.
@@ULTIMATECOUNTDOWN24 ....her ICONIC PRODUCER....NILE RODGERS....said that she she was not asked because everyone felt that she was could NOT SING....he said she was DEVASTATED....PRINCE WAS asked to join but he minute he saw the sign on the door....LEAVE YOUR EGO AT THE DOOR....he turned around and LEFT....this was according to HIS manager....PRINCE....decided to go out dancing and his manager BEGGED him not to go out....but he DID....and got HORRIBLE PRESS because of it...
@@CuirPhotodotNetI heard Ken Kragen(one of the organizers of "We Are The World" and former mangers of Lionel Richie & Kenny Rogers) thought Madonna was going to be a flash in the pan. So Ken told Madonna that her services wasn't needed.
@@blachubearshe was dressing up like a chicken for right on track by breakfast club
Nile confirmed that Madonna wasn't invited because they (Michael and Quincy ) didn't think she could sing, and that it broke her heart.
Madonna was not really invited nor was considered as a major star by those who created USA for Africa.
They did an excelent thing not inviting her; lately "Madonna" revealed her appetence for satanic-like attitude.
If 4 Tears In Your Eyes is the result of Prince not participating in We Are The World, I’m glad that he didn’t participate because I like that song a whole lot more.
Here are some more artists not on "We Are the World" session Aretha Franklin, Barbara Streisand, Barry Manilow, Belinda Carlisle (The Go-Go'), Teri Nunn (Berlin), Billy Squier, Bob Seger, Bonnie Raitt, Chaka Khan, Carly Simon, Carole King, Cher, Christopher Cross, Crystal Gayle, Dan Fogelberg, David Lee Roth, Deniece Williams, Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris, Don Henley, Don McLean, Donna Summer, Maurice White & Phillip Bailey (Earth Wind And Fire), Eddie Money, Eddie Rabbitt, Eric Carmen, George Benson, George Jones, Gladys Knight, Glenn Frey, Greg Kihn, Irene Cara, Jackson Browne, James Brown, James Taylor, Jennifer Warnes, Joan Jett, John Denver, John Fogerty, Johnny Cash, Juice Newton, Laura Branigan, Linda Ronstadt, Lou Gramm (Foreigner), Madonna, Meat Loaf, Melissa Manchester, Michael Sembello, Mickey Thomas & Grace Slick (Starship), Dale Bozzio (Missing Persons), Morris Day, Natalie Cole, Neil Diamond, Kelly Keagy & Jack Blades (Night Ranger), Patti LaBelle, Patty Smyth (Scandal), Pat Benatar, Peter Cetera (Chicago), Peter Wolf (J. Giles Band), Prince*****, Rindy Ross (Quarterflash), Ray Parker Jr, Rick James, Rita Coolidge, Roberta Flack, Robin Zander (Cheap Trick), Ronnie Milsap, Roy Orbison, Sammy Hagar, Stephanie Mills, Stephen Bishop, Steve Miller, Stevie Nicks, Brian Setzer (Stray Cats), Tommy Shaw & Dennis De Young (Styx), David Byrne (Talking Heads), Teena Marie, The Beach Boys, Ric Ocasek & Benjamin Orr (The Cars), Michael McDonald, Ann Wilson (Heart), Martha Davis (The Motels), Chrissie Hynde (The Pretenders), Tom Petty, Toto, Billy Gibbons & Dusty Hill (ZZ Top), Debbie Harry (Blondie), John Mellencamp, Kevin Cronin (REO Speedwagon), Don Barnes (38 Special), Gene Simmons & Paul Stanely (Kiss)
The Beach Boys were likely still in mourning for Dennis Wilson at this point, and Brian was at the mercy of Eugene Landy, so they were likely a no-go.
I heard a story about Barry Manilow actually wanting to get involved, but they told him “the poor and needy aren’t THAT poor and needy!“
Jennifer Warnes was most likely laying down vocal tracks to the theme to that Kirk Cameron show that Dusty Springfield also covered.
Christopher Cross could have easily helped become part of the solution by sharing his second and third helpings with those who cannot even afford first helpings.
....BOWIE....would have been brilliant....ARETHA....they should have just GIVEN her a song to sing BY HERSELF....she is the GREATEST FEMALE SINGER IN POP and ROCK...and SOUL....and GOSPEL....to have EVER LIVED...
@@CuirPhotodotNet Well since David Bowie is British would of liked to see him with Band Aid
@@Attmay Regarding Barry Manilow, was at the top of his field and made millions. Mean-spirited comments about Christopher Cross
There is a documentary on this, it took them all night to do this !
Or as Steve Perry of *JOURNEY* would put it,
*All night,*
*all nights,*
*Oh, ev'ry night.*
It is very well-documented that Quincy said Madonna can not sing…. He didn’t want her to participate.
He may have said that, but it wasn't the real reason, since several guests weren't even singers or only did background vocals.
@@ULTIMATECOUNTDOWN24 I guess he didn’t like her and I can imagine. I know over a dozen people that have worked with her (co-writers, colleague singers and security detail) and she is not liked. Very selfish and mean from times to times. And this is not hear say….
It's true!!!
He wasn't exactly lying; she would not have been able to do what Cyndi did. Being one of the biggest pop stars doesn't mean you can sing. There are lots of big stars like that; #Drake #JenniferLopez come to mind.
@@nah....6151 we know why she was there and it’s because of her last name.
How about Aretha Franklin, Barbra Streisand, Donna Summer, Chaka Khan, Gladys Knight, & Kate Bush?
Kate Bush is English, and none of the other artists you mention combined enough weeks on the Hot 100 between Jan 1984 and Jan 1985 to make this list (Chaka Khan: 28, Donna Summer: 23, Aretha: 0).
@@ULTIMATECOUNTDOWN24 And again, we don't know who was invited but chose not to go, did not attend the AMAs, or had to fly to another destination right after the awards.
I agree with all your suggestions, with the exception of Kate Bush who was from G.B.
Well we know Aretha would have bowed out cause she didn't fly and she didn't like female competition!
Barbra Streisand and Gladys Knight became a part of We are the World Haiti
Lionel Ritchie said that they considered Madonn. It was either her or Cyndi Lauper as the choice to cover the female pop star fanbase market. Ultimately, executive Ken Kragen decided on Cyndi Lauper. Quincy Jones supported this decision as they both believed Cyndi would be able to deliver a more dynamic sound on the limited lines in the song they had allocated the 'pop girl' slot to. It was nothing personal. Lionel also later went on record saying he regrets that decision saying they should have invited them both instead of thinking it should be only one or the other.
That was such a male viewpoint at that time...where's our token female? 🙄
@@cc1k435 .....there are PLENTY of females in the song and in the room.....
Cyndi was an oinker
@@cc1k435- it wasn't a token female thing. There were a number of female artists given lines. There was only a finite number of lines to go around and many genres to cover. Not everything is the patriarchy.
Eventually every song gets kicked out...Madonna song eventually got kicked out as well. Ha!
Madonna❤❤ não participou e depois se tornou a maior Artista pop de todos os tempos e a mais consagrada em 40 anos...🎉🎉
Watching the Netflix documentary it seems like they didn't want both Madonna and Cyndi Lauper, they made the decision to go with Cyndi.
They made the right choice. It wasn't about popularity it was about who fit the bill. Cyndi was the better choice singing that part. I couldn't see Madonna doing it; she doesn't project her voice well.
Madonna was already notorious for her narci selfish behave, so they asked her archrival Lauper to annoy her.
A lot of artists on this list are bands. Most of the artists on the track were solo artists or like years for fears (only 2). Only so many people could be accommodated.
Yeah, I think the only band that was present was Huey Lewis & the News, of which only Lewis had a solo part.
Madonna:
WATW kept Material Girl at #2, so it never went to #1.
Crazy For You knocked WATW out of the #1 spot.
Madonna did not perform that night.
She recorded and performed “Love makes the world go round” (her own we are the world) a few months later for Live Aid and True Blue album
You're partially right.
- Madonna didn't perform that night (we didn't manage to fix the speech in time before the video was published, but we added the correction to the Description). Good one!
- WATW didn't kept "Material girl" at #2, "Can't fight this feeling" (REO Speedwagon) and "One more night" (Phil Collins) did. WATW kept "Crazy for you" at #2 for 3 weeks, but this one ended up going to number one anyway.
San Francisco native here.
30 more. 1 Jody Watley, who was with
Kool and the Gang for Band Aid. 2 Sammy Hagar. He would have liked it. His Bay Area based friends Lindsay Buckingham, Huey Lewis and Steve Perry did join. 3 Starship. 4 Santana. 5 John Fogerty 6 The late Eddie Money. 7 Grateful Dead. 8 Steve Miller 9 Heart ❤ 10 John Cougar Mellencamp. 11 KISS. 12 Neil Diamond 13 Neil Sedaka. 14 Gloria Estefan 15 Debarge 16 The Go-Go's 17 The Bangles 18 Patti Labelle 19 Doobie Brothers 20 Patti Austen 21 Chaka Khan 22 late Glen Campbell 23 late Merle Haggard 24 the late Loretta Lynn 25 late George Jones 26 late Tammy Wynette 27 Juice Newton 28 Alabama 29 Stevie Nicks 30 The Eagles.
It would have taken at least two recording studios to get all those people in.😊
The Doobie Brothers were broken up at this point but they couldve had Michael McDonald who had a handful of hits by this time. The Eagles had broken up in 1980. But like McDonald, why didnt they ask Henley or Frey? Mellencamp decided to start Farm Aid later that year with Willie Nelson and Neil Young.
The only critique I have here is that we're only looking for singers, not whole bands (the video creator is also guilty of this). Otherwise a good list, other then the Bangles, who were largely unknown until the following year. (Also, if we're going the country route, how can you forget the Oak Ridge Boys?)
Not whole bands? What about Van Halen, Chicago, Kool & The Gang and The Cars? Also, if you listen closely, you'll notice that the selection criteria is "the combined number of weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 during the year leading up to January 28, 1985" and The Oak Ridge Boys disappeared from the Hot 100 in April 1983.
@@ULTIMATECOUNTDOWN24 I understand your criteria, I was addressing the commenter's list, not yours. Second, the whole bands thing is something you should have addressed in your video, drummers and guitar players would have had nothing to do in WATW. Example: Steve Perry was there, not the rest of Journey. John Oates was strictly background, Darryl Hall got the solo. Certainly having David Lee Roth, Peter Cetera, J.T. Taylor, and Ric Ocasek to represent the groups you mention could have worked, but not the rest of the bands, this is a choir, not a jam session. (Although the other 3 Van Halen guys always did a nice job on background vocals.)
The artists invited were predominantly in R&B genre which was big in the pop chart then. Artists that are too rock, country, or dance music oriented were not invited is understandable. But Chaka Khan did attend the AMA and received an award that night. She was friends with Stevie and Prince, why she was not invited was beyond me.
as for rock and country oriented, how do you explain rock oriented huey lewis, steve perry and bruce springsteen or country oriented willie nelson and kenny rogers?
When I think about all the stars on "We Are the World", I think that Frank Sinatra, Barbra Streisand and Tony Bennett could have been there too.
Roy Orbison too
@@jessyleppert2 Yes! Yes!
Those three really aren’t “Pop”. Two of them are crooners from the 40s & 60’s. And Barbra Streisand wasn’t “Top 40” in the 80s. Her hay-day was in the 70s.
@@MikeCee7 That's not true because Barbra Streisand scored 15 top 40 songs in the 80's around the world and 3 #1 singles in the 80's, and her hey days were not only 70's but also 60's, 80's and 90's. And about Madonna, i thought i read somewhere that they thought Madonna's voice wasn't strong enough for the recordings.
@@Coffeecorner2000 when I said
Barbra Streisand “hey-day” was in the 1970s, I also meant the 1960s as well. I was in my teens when MTV came out, in 1981. I was a huge MTV fan (as well as the rest of the country during those early MTV years) I do not recall seeing any Barbra Streisand videos on MTV from 1981 until 1985. Now Barbara’s was on her successful farewell tour for like 20+ years in the since the 1980s. But I just don’t recall anything she did up in the years leading up to to 1985 (& this video would of where mentioned, if she was on the charts for the year leading up January 1985)
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And your Madonna’s comment about her singing voice, not being strong enough, Madonna was humongously popular during this time frame. (as this video mentions) not everyone who sang such a super strong voice. it’s obvious Madonna didn’t go for some drama reason. Either she wasn’t invited or, maybe she was being a diva like Prince.
Linda ronstadt
I considered, at the time, all of those supergroup songs to be marketing lunacy. I.e a stupid joke.
None of them seem to have done anything about world hunger. Especially not now that more Americans are overweight or obese than ever before, and the rest of the developed world is following suit.
REO Speedwagon and 38 Special were also notable absences.
Groups.
I agree that Madonna, should have been there. You forgot Aretha Franklin, Gladys Knight, and Barbara Stresiand.
They weren't forgotten, they just didn't meet the selection criteria.
@@ULTIMATECOUNTDOWN24 the final 3 ladies I mentioned were all bigger names than most on the list. That could be considered for an alternate list. Most people over 45-50 don’t remember Dan Hartman, Laura Brannagen, the cars, Night Ranger, etc.
It wasn't just a matter of names, but also of availability, logistics, and budget. What really brought most of those artists together in the same city at the same time wasn't "We are the world" but the AMAs, and both Barbra and Aretha weren't invited to that event or couldn't attend. As for Gladys, she didn't have a good 1984 in terms of chart success, so that's probably why she wasn't invited to be part of WATW (and the reason why she doesn't appear in this video).
They didn't want someone that had to lip sync
What about Whitney Houston & the Pointer Sisters?
As per a recent documentary Prince was invited but he skipped.
With regards to others how can one say they were not invited ,.maybe like Prince they were invited but refused.
Remember, no one was paid for the recording and to be honest you can't invite everyone.
You know, it turn out better having Cindi Lauper there singing her iconic part. (than Madonna) Those two became super popular around the same time. (Late 1983/Early 1984) (despite an almost 10 year age difference)
Actually, it's only a 5 year age difference, Cyndi was born in 1953, Madonna in 1958.
@@big8dog887 Thanks, I didn’t bother to look it up. But I knew Cyndi was at least over 30, when she first became nationally famous.
Were Cyndi and Madonna unknown to the world before the 80's and before 1983? They became stars overnight. And they are both still alive. Is Cyndi still touring? The most popular female artist right now though is probably Taylor Swift, born Dec. 1989, especially with young females her age or younger.
@@robkrasinski6217 I don’t know about Cyndi but Madonna was definitely unknown before the 1980’s. Madonna was born in 1958 so that would’ve made her 22 in 1980. (Technically 21 before January 1, 1980)
Cyndi Lauper became nationally famous with her “Girls Just wanna have Fun” song in late 1983.
@@robkrasinski6217 ....CYNDI did EXTREMELY WELL in her career...her albums sold well ....however she became the GO TO OPENER for two of the BIGGEST STARS of MUSIC....CHER....and TINA....they would have her OPEN their tours for ALMOST TWO DECADES.....ESPECIALLY TINA.....then CYNDI wrote ALL OF THE SONGS for the HUGELY SUCCESSFUL BROADWAY HIT.....KINKY BOOTS....
shocked....i thought every single singer was invited !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You'd need a stadium for that many singers!
It's difficult to get this many artist to participate. With different schedules
uma das maiores musicas de todos os tempos we are the world mj lionel emocao
I just don't understand why Dan Aykroyd was there.
Same reason Chevy Chase was in the Paul Simon "You Can Call Me Al" video, so you can point to the TV and say "Hey, that's Dan Aykroyd!" What I don't get was why Harry Belafonte, whose idea this was to begin with, was restricted to just the choir.
EDIT: Also, FWIW, Aykroyd was one of the Blues Brothers. Would have been fun to see him dressed as such.
Bryan Adams? TINA turner?
@@paulbradley705 Tina Turner was there. Bryan Adams wasn't there because he was Canadian, but interestingly, a group of Canadian artists calling themselves Northern Lights put together their own song for the We Are The World album. The song was called Tears Are Not Enough.
Adams was part of that project along with other notable Canadians such as Anne Murray, Geddy Lee (Rush), Neil Young, Mike Reno (Loverboy), Joni Mitchell, and Gordon Lightfoot among others. The video featured a number of NHL stars.
@@big8dog887at the same time Dan Aykroyd is Canadian but he contributed to USA for Africa.
But to the best of my knowledge, Bryan does not necessarily have any experience living in the USA
Dan is the surviving half of the blues brothers
It was absurd and ridiculous that Donna Summer was not invited, especially because her rendition of “State of independence”, produced by Quincy Jones in 1982, had been the inspiration for the USA for Africa project.
Madonna, Laura Branigan, Prince and Pat Benatar definitely should have been included!
Cyndi Lauper was chosen over Madonna
prince was invited
Yep, Prince was invited but his royal highness thought his royal blood was too good for the fools.
that sign leave your ego at the door automatically excluded Prince amongst others. He sent Sheila E and its a shame that he always felts some kind of competition with MJ which form afar looks like MJ always took the high road. He always came to his concerts and admired him but prince openly didn't reciprocate the same respect.
So should Donna Summer and Barbra Streisand.
Where’s Dolly Parton?
Dolly Parton only combined 22 weeks on the Hot 100 between Jan 1984 and Jan 1985 (not enough to make this list).
Thankfully absent.
Madonna was popuplar but not a good singer at all, probably they thought she would be gone soon from the music world, they forgot she was smarter than many of them. BENATAR HAD WON 4 GRAMMYS already she should have been there.
And then Madonna dubbed as the Queen of Pop.
But LaToya Jackson was there. Let that sink in. O.K Madonna wasn't going to get a solo, fine. Let her sing with the rest of the group to do the chorus. It's a charity record, they should had let her participate.
Madonna was a better singer than some others who were invited, so that was a mistake on the part of the organisers.
For real, I like Cyndi Lauper but Pat Benatar should have had a solo spot.
@blachubear the problem was Madonna would never sing just back up and she would never check her ego out. She has never been much of a team player. A great artist but not a team player.
Very well done video. I’m curious to see who research & compiled this video? I can’t tell if that’s an AI voice or not but it sounded like somebody wasn’t even born in 1985. How did you get all that footage & information of who attended the American music awards?
The footage is available on the web. The data and statistical results are processed with database management software. In addition, this channel is managed by a software engineer who is very passionate about music.
@@ULTIMATECOUNTDOWN24 Thanks for that information. Sounded like you’re software engineer is a big music fan of the 80s. Just curious to why he didn’t produce a video like this many years earlier? it was very interesting & informative. Some of my my college classmates back then, (in 1985) are No longer alive now, to enjoy this incredible factual info.
We hadn't launched ULTIMATE COUNTDOWN before because it took a long time to collect all the data needed to do this kind of statistical analysis. And you're right, the manager of this channel is a fan of 80s music, although we'll be posting videos from other decades as well.
whoever didnot sing or attended should thank the savior. We are the world was mostly "intended" to assist the famine occurring in Ethiopia. But what many do not know to date would be the funds collected were handed to the then rebel fighters in Ethiopia by the name Tigray People Libration Front or TPLF. TPLF was later able to overthrow the then dictatorial government and made to the seats but became the worst nightmare for the country by imposing divide and rule system based on ethnicity and paving the way for current day civil war and genocide in the country. TPLF set up a non profit by claiming the famine that the world talked about was occurring in the region that they wanted to librate. Then received the money from we are the world for the war and overthrown the then government(DERG). Later TPLF acknowledged Bob Geldof's efforts for collaborating with them and for Bono honorary citizenship of Ethiopia was awarded. The only thing that "we are the world" did for Ethiopia was making the name of the country to Oxford Dictionary as an example for famine. Get enlightened that the concert was corrupt!
A friend of mine once said that if Elvis Presley would have been alive, that he would have been the best voice there.
In his prime, that would certainly be true, but Elvis' voice had been declining since the early '70s, so it's hard to believe that in such conditions he would surpass MJ as "the best voice there".
that was your friend's opinion
Elvis would’ve spent the 80s singing country if he had lived to see them.
whoever didnot sing or attended should thank the savior. We are the world was mostly "intended" to assist the famine occurring in Ethiopia. But what many do not know to date would be the funds collected were handed to the then rebel fighters in Ethiopia by the name Tigray People Libration Front or TPLF. TPLF was later able to overthrow the then dictatorial government and made to the seats but became the worst nightmare for the country by imposing divide and rule system based on ethnicity and paving the way for current day civil war and genocide in the country. TPLF set up a non profit by claiming the famine that the world talked about was occurring in the region that they wanted to librate. Then received the money from we are the world for the war and overthrown the then government(DERG). Later TPLF acknowledged Bob Geldof's efforts for collaborating with them and for Bono honorary citizenship of Ethiopia was awarded. The only thing that "we are the world" did for Ethiopia was making the name of the country to Oxford Dictionary as an example for famine. Get enlightened that the concert was corrupt!
El éxito de Tina Turner con el álbum Prívate Dancer en 1985, la hizo partícipe del “We are the world”🌎 Posterior al éxito de Tina hizo su regreso a la música Aretha Franklin con Su disco Who Zooming Who, 1986- No siendo invitada a la grabación previamente.
Quedo fuera también Patty LaBelle quien grabó en 1987 New Attitude luego del éxito de Tina Turner. En fin la gran Tina Turner fue parte de la historia con su participación en We are the World.🌎
Thank God our queen Tt was included❤
I think the reason why they didn't get madonna was because they had cindy lauper which represented the girly pop thing for the time
Waylon Jennings was at the session but WALKED OUT when it was suggested to do a verse in Swahili.
I would have done the exact same thing!
The Kid Rock of that night.
Watching the Netflix documentary, it seemed he just couldn't take the endless dicking around at the beginning of the session.
@@simonbone he was a professional and expected everybody else to act like professionals as well. He probably thought they were just gonna lay down the tracks and then get it over and done with.
Donna Summer would’ve a been a great vocalist to the song, along with Barbra Streisand, Sheena Easton, etc.
They only wanted American artists. Sheena is Scottish.
Chicago was breaking up. Right there. Don't see the point of listing bands, it was an artist-oriented project.
Not true at all. First, Peter Cetera left Chicago in the summer of 1985. Second, it wasn't a 100% artist-oriented project (the Pointer Sisters, Daryl Hall & John Oates, and Huey Lewis & the News were all there).
@@ULTIMATECOUNTDOWN24 Hall & Oates were a duo, not a band, and the Pointer Sisters were a vocal group, not a band. Huey Lewis was really the only one anyone was interested in, the News just happened to be along for the ride, and since they all sang backup, they were allowed in the choir with Dan Aykroyd and LaToya Jackson. The point is that if you're a drummer or guitarist who doesn't sing, there's no point in your being there.
@@ULTIMATECOUNTDOWN24 True. But there were 25 solo artists and these 3. It is solo oriented, not exclusive. On that, the new documentary tells that Huey was called as a sub after someone important cancelled. Can't remember now. Kenny Loggins + Huey were not in the original list., lucky them.
Cosidering their representation throughout their careers, I would add: Isaac Hayes, Lou Rawls, Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennet, Neil Diamond, The Four Tops, The Temptations, Billy Eckstine, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughn, Nancy Wilson, Aretha Franklin, Wilson Picket, Gladys Knight e The Pips, Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson, Roberta Flack, Teddy Pendergrass, Chaka Khan, Barbra Streisand, Deniece Williams, Peabo Bryson, Stephanie Mills, Luther Vandross and Jennifer Holliday.
Awesome list!
whoever didnot sing or attended should thank the savior. We are the world was mostly "intended" to assist the famine occurring in Ethiopia. But what many do not know to date would be the funds collected were handed to the then rebel fighters in Ethiopia by the name Tigray People Libration Front or TPLF. TPLF was later able to overthrow the then dictatorial government and made to the seats but became the worst nightmare for the country by imposing divide and rule system based on ethnicity and paving the way for current day civil war and genocide in the country. TPLF set up a non profit by claiming the famine that the world talked about was occurring in the region that they wanted to librate. Then received the money from we are the world for the war and overthrown the then government(DERG). Later TPLF acknowledged Bob Geldof's efforts for collaborating with them and for Bono honorary citizenship of Ethiopia was awarded. The only thing that "we are the world" did for Ethiopia was making the name of the country to Oxford Dictionary as an example for famine. Get enlightened that the concert was corrupt!
Irene cara absence is a shock to me
+Irene Cara (RIP) and +Whitney Houston (RIP) are not included too even Dionne Warwick and Patty LaBelle...
....PATTI and QUINCY....have had bad blood for about a decade before this event....she complained BITTERLY about not being asked to sing...so when BOB GELDOF heard about it....he flew her and her band in via private helicopter and she gave a SUPERNATURAL PERFORMANCE that left other performers....SPEECHLESS....it's on youtube....enjoy....
I wonder why they didn’t ask Olivia Newton John
Australian
Enormously popular in the USA, but ONJ was Aussie...
@@stevetournay6103She was born in England and raised in Australia.
I bet they were desperate for Prince to appear as he was a big rival to Michael Jackson
Apparently, they waited a long time for him, but he didn't show. Not just that it was too "peopley" in there, but they also weren't going to give him a guitar solo. 😂
Desperate is a stretch, considering you already had Michael.
@@charlesdavis545 Prince was riding off the mammoth success of Purple Rain which at one point was selling as many as Thriller. Just be grateful that you grew up with Prince and Michael in that 1980s era.
@@davidcarrol110 You think I don't how good it was then? lol
The only one I think that was truly left out was Madonna, many of the rest I could see them passing on.
Who needs Madonna when you've got Cyndi.
Nile Rogers explained in another interview that Madonna wasn't invited because they, (Quincy or Harry or even Lionel ) didn't think she could sing. And Nile said, she was heartbroken.
This was a HUGE news story at the time and the news media covered it for months afterwards. There was also a documentary made around that time. As was stated in the piece, it was very hush, hush and took place immediately following the awards show. I had a very close friend that worked on some of the details. It was put together in just a few weeks and many artists wanted in. There were only so many that could be accommodated. Also, artists who had a huge ego problem were not invited such as Prince. He also wanted 2 bodyguards to be with him. There was a sign before they entered the recording room that read ..Check your egos at the door!
Not true, Prince WAS invited , but declined. He couldn't leave his big ego at the door. lol
prince was invited in spite of his ego, madonna was not invited because of her ego... see how that works? 🤣🤣
Yes, I do! Yes to the male and no to the female! This is my last comment about this; according to my source who is now deceased. I don't know anything about the Madonna part. Prince's people reached out to inquire about the gig but BECAUSE Prince was requiring his bodyguards, etc. negotiations fell thru and that is why he was not a part of it. I also know that many artists wanted to be in, but they had to turn down many because only so many parts were available and the room was only large enough for the group that ended up singing the song.@@cameron6249
Glad you got the Prince info right. Madonna probably wasn't asked because of her ego. Quincy had a note on the door, leave your egos outside. Problem i have with Quincy, he made exception for MJ with the pan up on his outfit. That was unnecessary.
I never liked or cared for Michael Jackson.
Why, he had some pretty good songs in the 80's. Did you hate him as a person or didn't you like his music?
Actually it was Prince with the ego; he demanded a solo booth; he didn't want to sing with the group. Madonna on the other hand would have done it had she been asked but they had to choose between her and Cyndi. Cyndi and the better voice for that part. Madonna would have been drowned out by Huey and Kim Carnes
Quincy would have invited Eddie Van Halen for sure .. I actually thought that Van Halen was in the middle of breaking up as this song went on
not necessarily, besides his band was 2 self important
I prefer Hear N' Aid- We're Stars. If you haven't heard it check it out.
How can there be 68 weeks from (January 1984 for January 1985)? 6:10 The most amount of weeks, (in one year & one month) would be 57 weeks.
Because they're combined weeks, not calendar weeks. That means the weeks of each song were added together to get the grand total.
@@ULTIMATECOUNTDOWN24 Thanks for the explanation. Did you do all the research for this video yourself? Was that your voice in the voiceover? It sounds like somebody who was like in their 20s or 30s. (& wasn’t even alive in 1985) & did you have access to all the guest at the American music awards? I’m in my late 50s, and I would’ve been able to pick out some of those obscure artists in the audience, who were (briefly) popular back then.
Michael didn’t think Madonna was good enough singer … a lot of ppl underestimated her .. but she soon proved them wrong with her success
Well it was Ken Kragen(one of the organizers of "We Are The World" and former managers of Lionel Richie & Kenny Rogers) that didn't think her career wasn't going to last. So he told her she wasn't needed. Boy Ken Kragen was dead wrong on that one.
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And yet he chooses his one of his own clients, Kim Carnes.@@blachubear
Madonna isn’t a good singer
She doesn't have a great voice..he was right
Madonna didn’t perform on stage at the 1984 AMAs
That's true. It had already been noted in the Description.
of those you mentioned, only Chicago, Van Halen and Prince should have been invited. Madona's star was just rising at that point
prince was invited
Well, it's long been known that Quincy Jones's SINGLE demand of ALL the performers was "Check your ego at the door." Obviously, Prince wasn't willing to do that. (As to Madonna, it could've been down to an "image" issue. You gotta remember she was--even in those early days--a pretty provocative artist with a very sexual persona that still caused "discomfort" in some quarters I mean, look at every other artist who appeared and the fairly "wholesome" image they presented--yes, yes, Michael Jackson, retrospectively, not so "wholesome" but at the time . . . )
Madonna would not have been able to live woth singers who could do one take. She is and has always been a diva and is not a team player
And apparently was BS
what? dude nobody was more sexually provocative than prince 🤣 that's who madonna copied her image from. madonna wasn't invited because she couldn't sing so they went with cindi lauper
Also i think whitney wasnt there
Her first album hadn't even been released yet.
There was Waylon Jennings who walked out of the session before the song was finalised. Lionel Ritchie suggested the addition of a verse in Swahili. After some disagreement about that, Waylon left. Consequently he wasn't present at the recording. I wonder who ended up doing the part he would otherwise have done.
Willie, maybe?
@@stevetournay6103 Maybe.
Why is there a pic of British singer Paul Young in the thumbnail?
WOW 🤩 if you added the top 10 & beyond that weren’t there then you’re REALLY talking about THE most talented group of singers EVER assembled ! It’s still the most talented group of singers ever assembled without even more talented American singers ! It speaks to the amazing depth of singers that were around in the ‘80’s !
Dolly Parton would have sounded great on the song. She and Kenny Rogers, who was there,, won duet of the year that year for Islands in the Stream.
I agree. Dolly was at the top of her crossover career during that time. I never understood why she had not been invited.
I heard Prince wanted to do a solo during the song, but was refused.
There were rumors that Prince and Michael Jackson didn't like each other.
He wanted to play guitar instead of sing and they said no. He then said he’d contribute a song on the album which he did. He simply didn’t want to do it.
I heard that too! *IN THIS VIDEO*
Laura Branigan not being invited was the biggest snub.
Her career was still red hot at the time and her voice would def stand out in the chorus.
That's the biggest mystery.
MJ was very anti rock/pop bands being invited therefore Kool and Gang, Chicago, Van Halen and Cars were easily nixed from the list.
Laura Branigan should've rec'd an invite
Are we so void of anything better to do than discover musicians who were not on a song over 30 years ago. I really have to start picking up a book more often.
You left out the biggest snub of all - Aretha Franklin. There's NO EXCUSE for that. Mavis Staples was another huge omission.
If you listen closely, you'll notice that the selection criteria is "the combined number of weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 during the year leading up to January 28, 1985" and Aretha did not appear on the Hot 100 between Sep 1983 and Jun 1985.
@@ULTIMATECOUNTDOWN24That's a phony excuse. All you have to do is consider that Dan Akroyd sang and was in the mv. Yes The Blues Brothers was a landmark film that reintroduced several artists, including Ray Charles, Aretha, James Brown and John Lee Hooker - but that film came out in 1980. The last song on the charts for The Blues Brothers was in 1981 (John Belushi passed away). LaToya Jackson got in simply because she was MJ's sister. With that criteria I'm not sure Steve Perry made the cut because Journey's album Frontiers came out in Feb. 1983. Paul Simon was in the midst of a commercial funk - his last album from 1983 was a disaster. I'm also guessing that even if Stevie Wonder had no hits on the charts there was no way MJ, Lionel and Quincy Jones were NOT going to have him on the record (same with Diana Ross nor the entire Jackson Family). I'm not sure Bette Midler met the criteria either (based on the time period given). Not saying that there wasn't some validity to this but leaving out Aretha, arguably the greatest voice of her generation was a HUGE flaw and one they were heavily criticized for.
@@jamesrawlins735 You're messing things up. One thing is the list shown in this video (which is based on objective/numerical parameters) and another thing is the list of artists who were invited or not for the recording itself.
Mother Mavis Staples is MY GAL
Aretha didn't fly at that time; it would have been unlikely that she'd come.
I’ll never understand why Lindsey Buckingham wasn’t given a solo spot. He was there but they kept him in the background and he was one of the biggest hit makers of the day.
I think you should take a couple of minutes to normalize the audio as it's limiting all the time!
Yeah. And the artist got richer by this, and Africa? Well, Africa continued to be Africa, nothing changed..
Isn't that the truth!!!
Not quite the truth . Bob Geldolf who started all of this made sure that the money went for the food and that the planes delivered it and that the people were fed. There is a lot of news coverage of the planes arriving in Ethiopia and handing out the food. Now I am not so naive as to think this could have been staged but I am also half British and I know how thoroughly the British investigate anyone they are going to knight. Bob Geldof is knighted.
@@donnagutierrez5740 It did not change a thing in Africa. Did change the lives of the artists though..
It will always happen if dont follow the basics: Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.
@@bongfuhrer change artist lives how?
wou;d have beeb even better with most them
I’m glad they weren’t on there. It would just make that miserable song even longer.
Eddie Murphy was invited . He said he couldn't come.
The recording was so forgettable, though
It wa overshadowed by #DotheyknowitsChristmas.
The music for _Do They Know it's Christmas_ sounds like someone bought a cheap '80s keyboard and just pushed the *DEMO* button.
@@I_Fight_Instacart However, it's still played every year at Christmas. When was the last time you heard #WearetheWorld?
But the voices and experience wasn't
Why Madonna wasn't invited? And why Lionel didn't want to get into details about that? It was because Ken Kragen(who was one of the organizers of "We Are the World" and was Lionel Richie & Kenny Rogers manager) thought Madonna was going to be a flash in the pan. So Kragen told Madonna that her services wasn't needed. Well Ken was dead wrong about Madonna being a flash in the pan. Also it was foul that he did that to her. It's a charity record, she didn't need to do a solo, let her sing the chorus with the rest of the group. Funny thing is LaToya Jackson participated in this. Latoya Jackson? Come on now. Bad decision on Kragen's part.
Kragen was also the reason for Kim Carnes being there. She hadnt had a hit since "Bette Davis Eyes" yet she was not only invited but got a lead vocal.
Latoya was there because she is Michael's sister.
@@drmusic3641Oh I didn't know Kragen used to managed Kim Carnes too. Interesting. It was just a terrible decision & missed opportunity to have one biggest stars of the MTV Golden Era(Late 1982-1985).
I agree that Madonna should have been there, but whaat about Dolly Parton? She and Kenny won that year for Islands in the Stream.
Two years had passed by that time. Dolly didnt have the same manager as Rogers and Kim Carnes. \It had been FOUR years since Carnes last hit. It's the only reason she was there. @@beckydoesit9331
Whitney was just a year shy of it too.
I don't forget: Barry White and Donna Summer.
There was a "Check Your Egos At the Door" advertisement on the door to the studio. That's why Madonna and Prince didn't show up.
Amazing artists, though.
Huge grin on my face when I heard that my favorite Huey Lewis replaced the too demanding Prince!
Kiss should have been invited too, with their make-up on, it would have been an incredible video, sellin' even more records. Feed the world.
Why weren’t Buckner & Garcia there? They could have injected some Pac-Man Fever into the recording session.🤣
The second most deadly epidemic of the 80s.
Whitney houston
Whitney's first album wasn't even released yet.
Her first hit single is from 1986
@@josecifuentes881 she had already acted in some TV guest starring appearances.
Honey Boo Boo ??
What?
@@stevetournay6103 just a joke
I often wonder if Elvis had still been alive what part he would have had.
Getting a tuna sandwich for Tina and pizza for everyone else.
4:58 Think if Eddie had a guitar solo on the song
Peter Cetera should’ve been included in We Are The World and I’m surprised Madonna wasn’t invited.
Peter would have been a great addition. One of the most distinctive voices of the period.
Madonna was definitely the biggest snub. If they would have wanted her they could have got her, it wasn’t that hard and she was known even then for being charitable with her work on AiDS, which was what this song was raising funds for. In fact, Madonna was probably the biggest star who was current at the time to support AIDS charities way before it was socially acceptable to do so. The others were Elton John, Elizabeth Taylor, Doris Day whose careers had already peaked and therefore had less to lose, and eventually Diana who certainly made an impact. To shut out Madonna was petty and shortsighted, not only because she was already a huge star but also because she was a known AIDS activist. They even invited Prince who it’s known had a huge beef with MJ. Whats delicious about this is Madonna became way more famous and successful than almost everyone involved. She got the last laugh, and honestly, aside from the historic moment of all these stars together, the song is barely remembered because honestly, it was trash and a bad rip off of Do They Know It’s Christmas.
I don't disagree with the idea that Madonna was a huge snub, but this project wasn't for AIDS, it was for famine in Ethiopia. "That's What Friends Are For." with Dionne Warwick, Stevie Wonder, Elton John, and Gladys Knight, was for AIDS.
The song was not for the purpose of combatting AIDS; it was for the purpose of feeding millions of starving people in east Africa.
@@PotrzebieConolly but why were there so many starving, orphaned children?
@@graphiquejackWar and drought. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983%E2%80%931985_famine_in_Ethiopia
it's simple; Madonna or Cyndi. Cyndi definitely had the better voice. That's what they went for.
Lionel said he thought Cyndi was bigger than Madonna. And she was at the time.
That’s why I miss the early 80s. I barely saw them because I was a baby then.
Props to all who didn’t sing on this monstrosity of a song. I hate it with a vengeance but of course I like the cause.
What they say about Prince here was true. They did get Sheila E. I dont think Prince would have fit in with all that anyway. The song he contributed was just okay. It would have been fun if his solo track gave we r the world a run for its money, on the charts. I also read this was the night he recorded Erotic City....Sheila's vocals came latter.
No, he really wouldn't!!! He was very eccentric!!!
....he DID GO....however when he saw the SIGN....CHECK YOUR EGO AT THE DOOR....he turned around and against his managers BEGGING....he went out CLUBBING....and PRINCE got a HUGE BACKLASH FROM THAT....