It is a song that spawned many musical efforts to grow charitable giving. It launched Band Aid which led to Live Aid, Farm Aid and many other events. However, the song's tone of colonialism has ...

Band Aid’s latest track blends voices from Band ... the fastest-selling single of all time in the UK, selling a million copies in the first week alone. It remained at number one for five weeks ...

Brian Aris/Band Aid The original Band Aid single was released ... which sold more than two million copies, and raised about £8m. All versions of the song reached number one in the UK singles ...

Band Aid recordings combined to mark 40th birthday ... "It would be wonderful if you could all buy copies of this record." Premiering the song on BBC Radio 2, Geldof became emotional as he ...

The original release of "Do They Know It's Christmas", by an all-star line-up of artists entitled Band Aid, was "masterminded" by Boomtown Rats frontman Bob Geldof, who worked with Ultravox singer ...

It was described as 'The Day Rock and Roll Changed the World' but how did that unforgettable day on 13 July 1985 come about. Band Aid... It all started when Bob Geldof, who had seen Michael Buerk ...

Band Aid’s latest track blends voices from Band ... the fastest-selling single of all time in the UK, selling a million copies in the first week alone. It remained at number one for five weeks ...

Another record breaker that week was Wham’s Last Christmas, which scored the biggest one-week sales tally without ever reaching Number 1, selling 500,000 copies… but losing out to Band Aid.

Band Aid performers gather for group portrait during the recording of the charity single 'Do They Know It's Christmas?' at Sarm West studios, London, 24th November 1984. Line up includes (back ...