Im Sure by now you have all seen the “We Are The World” video that premiered during the opening ceremony of the Vancouver Winter Olympics. Its truely an inspiring video given the recent events in Haiti. Did you know it is a remake of a video made with artists Lionel Riche, Stevie Wonder, Kenny Rogers, Billy Joel, Tina Turner, Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Bruce Springsteen, etc. Here is the old and new video.
The older version is just as inspiring. You can really tell that these artists knew they were apart of something special.
For those of you who missed the new version with artists Jennifer Hudson, Justin Bieber, Keri Hilson, the Black Eyed Peas, Mary J. Blige, Miley Cyrus, Celine Dion, Josh Groban, Jamie Fox, Pink, Usher, and some of the original Michael Jackson recording
Its unfortunate that this crisis had to come for some of these videos. However some other really great tributes have been made by other artists. I love seeing all these artists join together so quickly to create /re-create these events. Here are some other videos you may not be so familiar with.
International Artists came together to create & record this beautiful song “Everybody Hurts” Leona Lewis, Susan Boyle, Jon Bon Jovi, Mariah Carey, Michael Buble, James Morrison, and more.
Christian Artists: Michael W. Smith, Steven Curtis Chapman, tobyMac, Nicole Nordeman, Nicole C. Mullen, Amy Grant, Vince Gill, Wynonna Judd, Melinda Doolittle, and more. These artists all came together and recorded “Come Together Now”
It’s great to see so many artists contributing to things like this. It’s amazing how much good it does. Obviously the massive explosion of “We Are The World” on iTunes last week has allowed the campaign already to raise over $63 million. The Help For Haiti telethon raised over $57 million. Its amazing the power behind music and when we really focus it can be put to such good use.
Downloading any of these songs gives all profits to the relief effort in Haiti. Here are some other ways to give to Haiti if you haven’t already.
www.redcross.org
www.handsandfeetproject.org
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