Band Aid was a group put together by Bob Geldof to record the song Do They Know It's Christmas? The band was made up of many popular musicians from the time.
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| - Band Aid was a group put together by Bob Geldof to record the song Do They Know It's Christmas? The band was made up of many popular musicians from the time.
- Band Aid was a British and Irish charity supergroup, founded in 1984 by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure in order to raise money for famine relief in Ethiopia by releasing the record "Do They Know It's Christmas?" for the Christmas market. The single featured Duran Duran and surpassed the hopes of the producers to become the Christmas number one. Two subsequent re-recordings of the song to raise further money for charity also topped the charts.
- Although the focus for Band Aid participants was on contemporary pop artists (Geldof's one criterion for selection was how famous they were, in order to maximise sales of the record), several former Peel session artists took part in the recording of "Do They Know It's Christmas" including Geldof himself and other members of Boomtown Rats, Sting (Police), Paul Weller (formerly Jam, now Style Council), Martyn Ware (formerly Human League, now Heaven 17), Midge Ure (formerly Rich Kids, now Ultravox), Chris Cross (Ultravox), Phil Collins (Genesis), and Rick Parfitt and Francis Rossi (Status Quo). The voices of David Bowie, Holly Johnson of Frankie Goes to Hollywood and members of Big Country were recorded for the B side of the single as they were unable to take part in the studio recording. Geo
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| - Band Aid was a group put together by Bob Geldof to record the song Do They Know It's Christmas? The band was made up of many popular musicians from the time.
- Although the focus for Band Aid participants was on contemporary pop artists (Geldof's one criterion for selection was how famous they were, in order to maximise sales of the record), several former Peel session artists took part in the recording of "Do They Know It's Christmas" including Geldof himself and other members of Boomtown Rats, Sting (Police), Paul Weller (formerly Jam, now Style Council), Martyn Ware (formerly Human League, now Heaven 17), Midge Ure (formerly Rich Kids, now Ultravox), Chris Cross (Ultravox), Phil Collins (Genesis), and Rick Parfitt and Francis Rossi (Status Quo). The voices of David Bowie, Holly Johnson of Frankie Goes to Hollywood and members of Big Country were recorded for the B side of the single as they were unable to take part in the studio recording. George Michael of Wham!, Boy George of Culture Club and Bono and Adam Clayton of U2, whose early records had been featured by Peel, also performed on the single. Geldof promoted the project and the single prior to its release via shows hosted by Peel's colleagues Richard Skinner first and then Mike Read on BBC Radio One. Peel never played "Do They Know It's Christmas" or even the B-side at the time although was presenter on Top of the Pops when it was at no. 1 in the first week of 1985 and on the Christmas Day 1985 show. Also at the end of 1985, highlights of the 'Live Aid' concert started proceedings of the Janice Long and John Peel's New Year's Eve Party. It was belatedly featured on Only At Christmas in 1987, although this may have been ironically, given the programme's description.
- Band Aid was a British and Irish charity supergroup, founded in 1984 by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure in order to raise money for famine relief in Ethiopia by releasing the record "Do They Know It's Christmas?" for the Christmas market. The single featured Duran Duran and surpassed the hopes of the producers to become the Christmas number one. Two subsequent re-recordings of the song to raise further money for charity also topped the charts.
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