Lionel Richie - Hello - Sharon Davis

Lionel Richie - Hello - Sharon Davis

We are the world

Lionel Richie - Hello - Sharon Davis

Sharon Davis [+-]
Freelance music writer
Sharon Davis is one of Britain’s leading music writers and an authority on Motown. She is the author of nine books including, most recently, Diana Ross: A Legend in Focus (Mainstream Publishing), Stevie Wonder: Rhythms of Wonder (Robson Books) and Chinwaggin’ (Bank House Books). Before becoming a writer she worked in the music business, first for EMI Records and Motown Records, and then founding her own press and promotion company for top selling disco artists.

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The song "We are the world" was completed in January 1985 and performed by various singers as part of an event organized by Harry Belafonte, a concert to raise funds to fight starvation in Africa.

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Davis, Sharon. We are the world. Lionel Richie - Hello. Equinox eBooks Publishing, United Kingdom. p. 92-102 Mar 2009. ISBN 9781845531850. https://www.equinoxpub.com/home/view-chapter/?id=21098. Date accessed: 25 Apr 2024 doi: 10.1558/equinox.21098. Mar 2009

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