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The Bob Marley Museum is one of the most visited places in Kingston for tourist, the museum is located at 56 Hope Road once the home of Bob Marley and then converted into Tuff Gong studios Marley's studio and Record Label. After his passing Tuff Gong studios operated for some time and then renamed Bob Marley Museum.
BOB MARLEY MUSEUM
The Museum's was honored to have as a recent visitor US President Barack Obama in April of 2015 on his maiden visit to Jamaica. President Obama on arrival in made the Bob Marley Museum his 1st stop one his one day visit to the Island.
Bob Marley was born Robert Nesta Marley in Nile St Ann in Jamaica his early education included attending Stephney Primary and Junior high School in catchment St Ann. while at catchment Marley got an early introduction to music alongside his childhood friend Neville Livingston. At about age 12 or there about Bob Marley moved to kingston with his family and resided in Trench Town.
The move from St Ann to Trench Town could have been disastrous for Bob Marley but he made it a perfect opportunity, it gave him access to the the world of music in Jamaica where he pursued his craft. Much of Bob Marley's music were stories of life and living in the Ghettos of Trench town, "Stand up for your right", "cold Ground was my bed last night and rock was my pillow" "Trench Town Rock" are all stories of life in the Ghettos of Kingston.
Marley a Rastafarian by religion or cult gained international fame was signed to musical contract by Island Records while signed Marley won a Grammy and had several #1 hits on Billboard. After his passing Marley became more famous with estate annual earning in 2015 compared with Michael Jackson, Elvis Presley and some of the other top earning artist dead and alive.
Marley is survived by his wife Rita Marley and international star of some measure and his many children and grand children.
In the North Eastern end of Jamaica are some of the island's most beautiful beaches, Port Antonio Beaches offer visitors and array of different beaches catering each visitors comfort.
The rare black sand beach of Somerset Falls beach makes the curious and inquisitive mind wonder along the beach for its 1 mile stretch along the Hope Bay coast, then walk across the main road to Somerset Falls and explore its Gorges caves and dive in one of its magnificent Pools.
Brayan's Bay Shan Shy Beach at Boundbrook just outside Port Antonio is one of the best kept secrets as a beach restaurant and entertainment center. Inside Port Antonio at the Errol Flynn Marina is Bikini Beach a waterfront restaurant Bar and Grill on the main harbor of Port Antonio. Bikini beach with its adult all night entertainment great music exotoc dancers, beach basket ball and volley ball can keep even an uninterested guest entertained.
Along the North Coast 15 miles from Port Antonio between St Margaret's Bay and Hope is Somerset Falls like Reach Falls another of Jamaica's popular Jamaica destinations and opportunity for cheap holiday in Jamaica. Somerset Falls is lush with tropical vegetation its hanging vines coconut palms and Ginger Lilly with their bright colors welcome visitors every day spring summer or fall.
In the falls area, there is a shelter with some picnic tables situated above the lower cascades just downstream of a large and colorful pool into which the main Somerset Falls flow is a platform. A short boat tour past the main falls into a narrow gorge that turned before revealing Hidden Falls. Prior to boarding a boat tour you may leave your personal belonging in a locker by the dock. If you would like you may take s swim in the large pool area at the start of the boat tour as well as beneath the Hidden Falls.
Reggae gospel singer Judy Mowatt talked to Mike Rimmer about her years with Bob Marley and the reggae superstar’s deathbed conversion to Christianity.
I am sitting in the Hard Rock Café in Birmingham watching the big screen which is showing a classic Bob Marley clip of “Jammin’” and watching the distinctive figures of three magnificently dressed ladies Marcia Griffith s, Judy Mowatt and Rita Marley swaying gently to the music as they sing backing vocals. I am transfixed because only days earlier I had interviewed Judy Mowatt and she was remembering this period of her life.
The trio had met working in the studio and their voices had immediately blended into something special. Marley himself had recruited them to be part of his backing band, The Wailers. Judy remembered, “The first song we did was ‘Jah Live’ and Bob wanted us to work with him on his ‘Natty Dread’ album. The iThrees were formed continued to work with Marley until his death.”
As you’d expect, Judy was totally engrossed in Rastafarianism, as she explained, “I was a Rasta for 22 years and I was genuine. I embraced the objectives of Rastafari, knowing that one of the aims and objectives were to repatriate to the land of our ancestors. And also to make music to let people be aware of who they are as a people and knowing that the western hemisphere is only a place for them to pass through, but we should return to our father’s land. That was my plan, but God had a different plan! After 22 years I became very unfulfilled, dissatisfied; not by any one thing or by any one person but I started to search inside because I realized that there was something else that I needed that I could not put my hand on. I knew that God was calling me into deeper waters. I was a little bit fearful because I was wondering what my brothers and sisters would say and what would be their reaction. So I was a bit fearful.”
At the same time as her search, the singer’s personal life was filled with difficulty too where two family members were in serious situations. She didn't go into detail but confessed, “I was at a place where I thought I wanted to die but I never had the strength to take my own life. I started praying and I said, ‘God, I really don’t know you because if I knew you, then all of this would not have been happening to me.’ Not knowing that God had used that situation to draw me to him. I started reading my Bible. I had read my Bible three times from cover to cover and I started reading, but the things I was seeing this fourth time were what I never saw in the three times I read my Bible.”
Rita Marley
She continued, “I was seeing it through another pair of lenses. I read, ‘Wherein, there is no other name given among men whereby we must be saved, but by the name of Jesus Christ.’ That flew out of the Bible and into my spirit and that really turned the key. Whenever you have a mindset and you seriously believe something, you’re not going to open to anything else, and I wasn't open to anything else. But God opened me to start seeking and searching.”
It was listening to an interview with Halie Selassie which really challenged Judy's thinking. She remembered, “The interviewer asked him, ‘Why is it that people say you are the returned Messiah?’ and he answered through an interpreter - ‘I’m a mere man. I will be replaced by the oncoming generation and a human being should not be emulated for a deity.’ Somebody gave me a book, an autobiography and selected speeches of ‘His Majesty’ and I see where ‘His Majesty’ is a Christian king! I recognize now that instead of worshipping him, I should be worshipping who he is worshipping! So I see ‘His Imperial Majesty’ as my teacher.”
On stage at last year’s Birmingham Gospel Festival, Mowatt was dressed splendidly in white looking younger than her 52 years. She shared some of her experiences, testified to the truth she’s discovered and sang songs from her excellent album ‘Something Old, Something New’. The crowd clearly loved it.
When she became a Christian in the mid-’9's amidst a wave of other successful reggae artists finding Christian faith like Papa San, Stitchie, Chevelle Franklin and Carlene Davis. After her performance, I ask her what she thinks Marley would have made of her conversion. It was here that she made my jaw drop!
Judy Mowatt
She shared, “When Bob was on his dying bed, his wife Rita called me on the phone and said to me that Bob was in such excruciating pain and he stretched out his hand and said, ‘Jesus take me.’ I was wondering to myself, ‘Why is it that Bob said “Jesus” and not “Selassie”?’ But I never said it to anyone. Then I met a friend of mine and he said his sister, who is a Christian, was a nurse at the hospital where Bob was before he passed on, and she led him to the Lord Jesus Christ. So when Rita saw him saying ‘Jesus take me’, he had already received the Lord Jesus Christ in his life.”
Judy said that sharing that, telling the truth about Marley’s conversion isn’t popular in Jamaica. “People need to know, because they would be drawn also to Jesus Christ. But nobody wants to promote that and in Jamaica, I said it on a popular television program and a Rasta man met me and asked me why did I have to say that? I said, ‘Because it’s the truth!’ But he never wanted me to reveal that and I think that anybody doesn’t want that to be revealed, because so many people would be drawn to the Gospel.”
Thinking back to the ’70s explosion of reggae and its association with Rastafarianism, is it possible that this latest wave of gospel reggae artists might be part of another movement? Could the power of the Spirit see another grassroots movement born and the music be part of leading many to the real truth of Jesus? Judy shared her thoughts, “I see another grassroots movement being born inside of the people of God. Because I think what God did inside the birth of reggae message was to uplift the people that were in degradation, the people who suffered. I mean, the music was birthed out of suffering! Out of Trench Town. It was inside of the pain and the agony that people started singing about it. It is inside of the pain that people are experiencing, where God has given us songs and he’s using the Gospel as a vehicle to go inside places where we probably would not be able to go. But I see this as a continuation of what took place in the ’70s in Jamaica.
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The ithree'swere aJamaicanreggaesinging group made up of three women, that was formed in 1974 to supportBob Marley & The WailersafterPeter ToshandBunny Wailer the original Wailer backing vocalists left the band.
The ithree's members were Marley's wife Rita Marley, plus Judy Mowatt and Marcia Griffiths.Their name is intended as a spin on the Rastafarian "I and I" concept of the Godhead within each person.
The traditional Christmas is celebrated in most Countries the Christmas music is sun in different languages. the most traditional element gifts, sadly so many especially children are unable to share the bounties of this Earth for reasons we refuse to talk about or take action making a difference.
Last week Friday at 9:30 am while some parents may have been out shopping for gifts for their 6 & 7 year old children in Sandy Hook Connecticut a Gunman armed with automatic weapons took the lives of 20 Babies and 6 adults in a school understood before today to be the safest place from home.
Christmas will be dedicated to finding a way to stop these senseless killings.
Elizabeth Taylor surpassed Michael Jackson as the highest-earning dead celebrity in the past year, with her estate pulling in $210 million, much of it from the auction of her jewels, costumes and artwork, Forbes said on Wednesday.
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Cartoonist Charles Schulz, who created the Peanuts comic strip, came in at No. 4 with earnings of $37 million, followed by reggae star Bob Marley with $17 million. "We count money coming into the estate and we don't deduct for how the estate handles it," Forbes said.
http://www.forbes.com/special-report/2012/1024_dead-celebrities.html (Reporting by Patricia Reaney, Editing by Christine Kearney and Tim Dobbyn)
Malala Yousafzai dreamed of becoming a doctor, but recently she became interested in politics and speaking out for the rights of children. She was on a school bus with her classmates when gunman stopped the bus, asked for her, and shot Malala her twice, in the head and neck, leaving her seriously wounded in Pakistan.
Malala being taken to hospital.
Pakistan’s prime minister said, “Malala Yousafzai is like my daughter, and yours too. If that mind-set prevails, then whose daughter would be safe?”. Pakistani army’s chief general said that the Taliban has “failed to grasp that she is not only an individual, but an icon of courage.”
The U.S. government called the shooting of Malala Yousafzai“barbaric” and “cowardly.”
Anne Frank wrote, “How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.” Today, for Malala Yousafzaiand the many girls like her.
"The most saddening finding by the Special Investigative Counsel is the total and consistent disregard by the most senior leaders like Joe Paterno at Penn State University for the safety and welfare of Sandusky's child victims," the Freeh Commission report, released Thursday morning, reads. "The most powerful men at Penn State failed to take any steps for 14 years to protect the children who Sandusky victimized".
The Case against Jerry Sandusky
“Before May 1998, several staff members and football coaches regularly observed Sandusky showering with young boys in the Lasch Building (now the East Area Locker Building or “Old Lasch”). None of the individuals interviewed notified their superiors of this behavior.”
- “Former Coach Richard Anderson testified at Sandusky’s trial in June 2012 that he often saw Sandusky in the showers with children in the football facilities, but he did not believe the practice to be improper.”
- In May 1998, Sandusky assaulted an 11-year old boy, “Victim 6,” in the Lasch (Football) Building shower.
Soon after the 1998 incident, police covertly listened in on Sandusky conversing with the victim’s mother. During that conversation, Sandusky admitted that he had showered with boys before and that he told the boy he loved him. In response to a question of whether or not his private parts touched the boy, he said, “I don’t think so… maybe.” He asked to speak with the victim, but she declined. Sandusky said, “I understand. I was wrong. I wish I could get forgiveness. I know I won’t get it from you. I wish I were dead.”
Police didn’t question Sandusky at the time. About a week or two later, “the local District Attorney declined to prosecute Sandusky for his actions with the boy in the shower in the Lasch Building on May 3, 1998.”
When and how did Joe Paterno know?
“By May 5, 1998, Schultz had communicated with Curley about the Sandusky incident. In an email from Curley to Schultz and Spanier at 5:24 p.m. captioned ‘Joe Paterno,’ Curley reports, ‘I have touched base with the coach. Keep us posted. Thanks.’
“After Curley’s initial updates to Paterno, the available record is not clear as to how the conclusion of the Sandusky investigation was conveyed to Paterno. Witnesses consistently told the Special Investigative Counsel that Paterno was in control of the football facilities and knew “everything that was going on.”
Christopher Percy Gordon "Chris" Blackwell (born 22 June 1937) is a British record producer and businessman, who was the founder of Island Records, one of the most successful and groundbreaking independent record companies in history.Blackwell has been a music industry mogul for over fifty years.According to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, to which Blackwell was inducted in 2001, he is the single person most responsible for turning the world on to reggae music.
Forming Island Records in Jamaica in 1959 aged 22, Blackwell was amongst the first to record the Jamaican popular music that eventually became known as ska. Returning to Britain in 1962, he sold records from the back of his car to the Jamaican community.
Chris Blackwell with Bob Marley
Backed by Stanley Borden from RKO Entertainment, Blackwell's business and reach grew substantially, and he went on to forge the careers of Bob Marley, Grace Jones and U2 amongst many other diverse high-profile acts. He has produced many seminal albums, including Marley's Catch A Fire and Uprising. Blackwell is known for his laid-back approach to his business, and the care he shows for his artists and the release of their work. He is recognized as one of the most influential people in Britain, and the global music industry.
Many Rivers to Cross from the sound track Harder They Come is the soundtrack album to the iconic film of the same name, released in 1972 in the United Kingdom as Island Records ILPS 9202. It was issued in February 1973 in North America as Mango Records SMAS-7400. It peaked at #140 on the Billboard 200.
The heart of the soundtrack comes from performances by the film's star, reggae singer Jimmy Cliff. Only the title track "The Harder They Come" was recorded by Cliff specifically for the soundtrack, with three earlier songs by Cliff added.[4] The remainder of the album is a compilation of singles released in Jamaica from the period of 1967 through 1972, assembled by the The Harder They Come director and co-writer, Perry Henzell, from songs by favored reggae singers. In addition to Cliff, these artists include The Melodians, The Slickers, DJ Scotty, and seminal early reggae stars Desmond Dekker and Toots and the Maytals.
The soundtrack album played a major part in popularizing reggae in the United States and the world beyond, the film itself preventing the genre from remaining an isolated phenomenon in Jamaica. In 2003, the album was ranked number 119 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. The album also appears on greatest albums lists from Time and Blender, and was named the 97th best album of the 1970s by Pitchfork Media.
On August 5, 2003, Universal Music Group issued a Deluxe Edition of the album, with the original remastered and reissued on one disc. A bonus disc continued the idea of the original soundtrack itself, compiling additional singles from the early days of reggae, entitled Reggae Hit the Town: Crucial Reggae 1968-1972.
Perhaps best known as the widow of reggae legend Bob Marley and often called the "Queen of Reggae," Rita Marley has spent time and energy as the guardian of his estate and musical legacy, and, more important, as the keeper of the flame of his ideas. But her role in the history of Jamaican music has not been limited to her family relationship with Bob Marley. In the mostly male-dominated field of reggae, she was a solo act of note before she ever joined with her husband musically, and she emerged as a successful artist on her own after his death. Moreover, as part of Bob Marley's backing trio of female vocalists, the iThrees, Rita Marley was an important contributor to the music that made her husband famous worldwide.
Rita Marley was born Alpharita Constantia Anderson in Cuba in 1947. Growing up poor, she was raised in the Trenchtown neighborhood of Kingston, Jamaica, that spawned the careers of many of the musicians who created a rhythmically complex, spiritually inclined new music called reggae. Three of those musicians, who had formed a trio called the Wailers, often passed by the metal shack where Rita Anderson was living with her aunt and small child. The Wailers consisted of Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, and Bunny Wailer; they were among the first acts to record at the influential studio of producer Coxsone Dodd. Bob Marley, already a standout talent, made a special impact. "I remember how I would scream to hear his songs on the radio," Rita Marley told Interview.
Patrice Wymore Flynn was born in Miltonvale, Kansas, and at the age of six she began touring with her family, who were vaudeville performers. By the time she reached adulthood, she was pretty and had a good singing voice. She auditioned in New York City for a part in Up in Central Park, in which she performed in 1947. She then performed in the Broadway musical Hold It!, for which she won a Theater World Award for "Promising Actress". Following her performance in All for Love in 1949, she was contacted by Warner Bros., and she moved to Hollywood.
Patrice Wymore's first film appearance was in the 1950 film Tea for Two, starring Doris Day and Gordon Mac Rae. That same year she starred in Rocky Mountain opposite Hollywood legend Errol Flynn, with whom she would become romantically involved. The two married in October 1950. They moved to Jamaica, and had a daughter, Arnella Flynn, born in 1953. Their daughter would later become a fashion model in Europe. Arnella Flynn died in the Errol Flynn Mansion at Castle Comfort under suspicious circumstances. There was never a Public declaration as to her cause of death, it is alleged Arnella Flynn was seen that afternoon prior to her death in good health friends report, she was reluctant to attend dinner with her mother and friends that night. It is Publicly known Arnella Flynn has always had a difficult relationship with her Mother and would often refuse to appear with her at Public events.
Errol Flynn great house Castle Comfort
The Errol Flynn Property is located at Priestman's River between on Lands known as Castle Comfort, Between Fair Prospect and Boston Bay in Portland, Jamaica.
Wymore continued to act, appearing in several films over the next few years, to include I'll See You in My Dreams, her second film alongside Doris Day. She also guest starred as herself in the 1951 film Star-lift, performing the song "Liza (All the Clouds'll Roll Away)." In 1953, she appeared alongside Virginia Mayo in She's Back on Broadway, and that same year she starred opposite Randolph Scott in The Man Behind the Gun. In 1955 she appeared with her husband Errol Flynn and Anna Neagle in the film version of King's Rhapsody. Flynn was already in a physical and mental decline by the time they had married.
Arnella Flynn
Later career and personal life
Following King's Rhapsody, Wymore took a break from acting to care for her now ailing husband, and to better raise their daughter. However, due to Flynn's alcohol and drug addictions, the couple separated. They never divorced, however, and were still married at the time of his death in October 1959.
Following Flynn's death, Wymore returned to acting, mostly in stock musicals. She appeared in the musicals Carnival!, Guys and Dolls, Irma La Douche, and Gentlemen Prefer Blondes during this period. She had a minor role in the original Ocean's Eleven in 1960. In 1965, she was cast in the short-lived soap opera Never Too Young, and in 1966 she appeared in the film Chamber of Horrors. Her last appearance was on the television series F Troop in 1967.
Flynn had left her a 2,000-acre property (8.1 km2) coconut plantation in Castle Comfort Priestman's River Portland Jamaica, as well as a mansion and a cattle ranch. After her retirement she returned to Jamaica, where she opened a boutique and wicker furniture manufacturing business. She continues to be active on Errol Flynn's estate at Castle Comfort, and often appears at dedications in his honor.
The view Blue Mountain Peaks from Strawberry Hill.
Blackwell currently runs Island Outpost, which he set up to operate and market a group of elite resorts in Jamaica and the Bahamas, including Strawberry Hill in the Blue Mountains (where Marley recovered after being shot in 1976), Jake's in
Treasure Beach, The Caves in Negril, and the recording studio and private hotel Gee-jam near Port Antonio, where artists such as Gwen Stefanie and No Doubt, Drake and Gorillaz have recorded. Island Outpost also owns The Tides and The Marlin in Miami Beach, Florida.
Blackwell has long owned Goldeneye in Oracabessa, the previous home of Ian Fleming, where the author wrote all the James Bond books. Until his death, Fleming was the longtime lover of Blackwell's mother, Blanche.Blackwell developed the property into a community of villas and beach cottages, each with its own private access to the sea, and Golden eye is considered the most exclusive of the Island Outpost resorts.
Blackwell is involved in a number of philanthropic organizations. Among these are Island ACTS, the Oracabessa Foundation, the Mary Vinson Blackwell Foundation, and the Jamaican Conservation Trust.
In 2003, Blackwell launched the Golden eye Film Festival, which continues to be held annually at the resort.
In September that year, Blackwell received the coveted Jamaican Musgrave Medal, awarded to Jamaicans who excel in the arts, music and public service. In 2004, the Order of Jamaica was bestowed upon Blackwell for philanthropy and outstanding contribution to the entertainment industry.
In April 2009, the UK magazine Music Week named Blackwell the most influential figure in the last 50 years of the British music industry.
Over the weekend of April 16-18, approximately 100 persons milled around at Strawberry Hill for a game, new recognized by some Jamaicans, but a point of social contact for many others.
It was the fifth annual Strawberry Hill High Stakes Backgammon Tournament, organized by Alastair Macbeth, which welcomed 26 entrants vying for their share of 2 million dollars in prizes.
One female, Lisa Gabor from NYC, along with 25 male competitors such as William Mahfood, Ruddy Armstrong, Mike Hirst, Balsam Vaswani, Dwight Sangster, Andrew Issa who had been playing at various spots, at times on their computers, entered the battle of skill, strategy and risk. Others supporting included Damian P Daley and Patrick Ewbank day.
Chris Blackwell, owner of Strawberry Hill, tournament’s title sponsor, played host, and an exemplary host he was. He with the support of sponsors such as Wray Nephew, Wisynco Ocean Spray and Haagen Daz ensured that nobody was left wanting. Property manager Nicholas Lynch, and his smiling team kept everyone fed, and warm. For added warmth, there was a cozy fireplace, and, Joe Adduci had his brand cigars for those who smoked. The weekend started with a cocktail party on Friday evening, and a one-night knockout Sniper Tournament with 16 entrants vying for Dickie Jobson (deceased member) Memorial Award. Aaron Johnston copped this award along with $50,000.
That Friday evening, after an informative welcome address by organizer Alastair Macbeth, all specially invited guests and players feasted on a Jamaican meal starting with pumpkin soup as appetizer. This was energy for the sniper tournament which was to last until almost 3 am Saturday morning.
Saturday was relaxing, with a round robin segment, and ending in a night of rain watching and memory collecting. Planned entertainment by Gramps Morgan was put off by the after effects of the erupting volcano in Iceland, which had rippling effects on the artiste schedule in London, but there were Latin music beats to soothe all weekend long.
Where is your Queen? Do you have a Queen? She doesn't have to be an African Queen!
Songwriters: OMAR R RILEY, DEAN FRASER
Ooo Ooo, Natural Beauty, She Is
No I Never Met Someone Shy
Until I Seen Your Eyes
Still I Had To Try, Yeah
Oh Yes, Let Me Get My Words Right And Then Approach You
Woman I Treat You Like A Man Is Suppose To
You Never Have To Cry, No
I Know Everyone Can Relate To When They Find That Special Someone
[Chorus:]
And She's Royal, Yeah So Royal
And, I Want Her In My Life.
I Never Knew Anyone So One-Of-A-Kind, No
The Way She Move To Her Own Beat
She Has The Qualites Of A Queen, She's A Queen
Ooo Ooo What A Natural Beauty
No Need No Make-Up To Be A Cutie
She's A Queen, She's A Queen
And When They Ask What A Good Woman's Made Of
She's Not Afraid And Ashamed Of
Who She Is,
She's Royal Yeh, So Royal,
And I Need Her In My Life,
I Never Knew Anyone, So One Of A Kind
Until The Night That I Seen Your Eyes
Oooww Nubian Queen, My Queen
Oooww Nubian Queen, My Queen So Supreme
I Can See It In Her Eyes, The Way She Smiles
Eh Yes Iyuhni, I Know The King An Queen Crown Same Time
So I Neva Leave Yuh Side, Juss Stick Wit Me Tru Di Trial Times
If She Seh She No Mind, Cuh Right Ya Now,Good Man Is Hard Tuh Find
Cuz She Tell Dem Nuh Badda Join Nuh Line, Dats Why She Has No Ties At This Time
I Know Many Men Are Tryin, But She Needs 2 Be More Than Wine And Dined Because
She's Royal, Yeah So Royal
And, I Want Her In My Life.
I Never Knew Anyone So Divine, No
The Way She Move To Her Own Beat
She Has The Qualities Of A Queen, So Supreme
Ooo Ooo What A Natural Beauty
No Need No Make-Up To Be A Cutie
She's A Queen, So Supreme
And When They Ask What A Good Woman's Made Of
She's Not Afraid And Ashamed Of
Who She Is,
She's Royal, Yeah So Royal
And, I Want Her In My Life.
I Never Knew Anyone So One Of A Kind, No, No
The Way She Move To Her Own Beat
She Has The Qualities Of A Queen, My Nubian Queen
Ooo Ooo What A Natural Beauty.
"We Are the World" is a song andcharity single originally recorded by thesuper groupUSA for
Africain 1985. It was written by Michael JacksonandLionel Richie, and produced byQuincy JonesandMichael O martianfor the albumWe Are the World. With sales in excess of 20 million copies, it is one of the fewer than thirty all-timesinglesto havesold 10 million(or more) copies worldwide.
Following Band Aid's "Do They Know It's Christmas?" project in the UK, an idea for the creation of an American benefit single for African famine relief came from activist Harry Belafonte, who, along with fundraiser Ken Kragen, was instrumental in bringing the vision to reality. Several musicians were contacted by the pair, before Jackson and Richie were assigned the task of writing the song.
Following several months of working together, the duo completed the writing of "We Are the World" one night before the song's first recording session, in early 1985. The last recording session for the song was held on January 28, 1985. The historic event brought together some of the most famous artists in the music industry at the time
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The song was released on March 7, 1985, as the only single from the album. A worldwide commercial success, it topped music charts throughout the world and became the fastest-selling American pop single in history. The first ever single to be certified multi-platinum, "We Are the World" received a Quadruple Platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America. However, the song garnered mixed reviews from journalists, music critics and the public. Fans enjoyed hearing racially and musically diverse recording artists singing together on one track, and felt satisfied in buying "We Are the World", knowing that the money was going to charity. Other individuals, including many commentators in the rock press, were disappointed that the song did not challenge listeners as to why famines occur in the first place, and felt that the lyrics were self-aggrandizing.
Awarded numerous honors—including three Grammy Awards, one American Music Award and a People's Choice Award—the song was promoted with a critically received music video, a home video, a special edition magazine, a simulcast, and several books, posters and shirts. The promotion and merchandise aided the success of "We Are the World" and raised over $63 million for humanitarian aid in Africa and the US.
Following the devastation caused by the magnitude 7.0 M earthquake in Haiti on January 12, 2010, a remake of the song by another all-star cast of singers was recorded on February 1, 2010. Entitled "We Are the World 25 for Haiti", it was released as a single on February 12, 2010, and proceeds from the record will supposedly aid survivors in the impoverished country. "We Are the World" has demonstrated that diverse musicians can productively work together, and has further influenced the movement within pop music to create songs that address humane concerns.
