Everything about Music For Unicef Concert totally explained
The Music for UNICEF Concert: A Gift of Song was a
benefit concert of
popular music held in the
United Nations General Assembly in
New York City on
January 9,
1979. It was intended to raise money for
UNICEF world hunger programs and to mark the beginning of the
International Year of the Child. The concert was
videotaped and broadcast the following day on
NBC in the U.S. and around the world. The moderator was
David Frost, with
Gilda Radner and
Henry Winkler also introducing some of the performers.
Henry Fonda made a short appearance. Each performer signed a large parchment declaring support for UNICEF's goals.
The concert was the idea of impresario
Robert Stigwood, the
Bee Gees, and
David Frost, who originally conceived it as an annual event. Not all of the performances were truly live, with
ABBA lip-synching their new song "Chiquitita."
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) It raised less than one million dollars at the time for UNICEF, although this figure didn't include longer-term royalties from the songs and repeat performances.
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Performers
The Music for UNICEF Concert featured some of the biggest names in
pop music at the time, and the performers donated their performance
royalties and those from one song each to UNICEF. (The Bee Gees' song "
Too Much Heaven", for example, had earned more than seven million dollars for UNICEF as of 2003). However, some artists released the royalties for only a limited time. Most of the songs performed were not specifically about the issue of child poverty.
Elton John was scheduled to perform but didn't appear.
A recording of the concert was released on an
LP on
Polydor Records several weeks later, with the performances in a different running order.
There were also opening and closing songs, performed by all participants:
Opening medley, ending with part of ABBA's "He is Your Brother"
Closing song: Jackie DeShannon's "Put A Little Love In Your Heart"Further Information
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