LOS ANGELES, Jan. 28 (UPI) -- "We Are the World," a song recorded by an ad hoc super-group of pop stars to aid African fund famine relief, had its 30th anniversary Wednesday.
The Los Angeles recording session has achieved legendary historical status in popular music, a night in which 45 music stars, in Los Angeles to attend the American Music Awards, entered a studio, famously checked their egos at the door and, under the direction of producer Quincy Jones, recorded a catchy, memorable classic which sold over 20 million copies. It took a week for every performer to have his or her turn recorded, the final session on Jan. 28, 1985.