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When did Band Aid start making music?
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Band Aid's first song “Do They Know It's Christmas?” released on November 29, 1984.
Band Aid was a charity supergroup featuring mainly British and Irish musicians and recording artists. It was founded in 1984 by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to raise money for anti-famine efforts in Ethiopia by releasing the song “Do They Know It’s Christmas?"¹. The original group was composed of forty artists to raise awareness and funds for the... Read More
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