The Greatest Night In Pop (2024)
Those of us who are over forty and Gen-Xers in particular remember when the music industry stepped up to raise money for Ethiopian famine relief, and one of the ways they did that was the 1985 megapop hit, “We Are the World,” featuring a gigantic choir of luminaries. Huey Lewis. Michael Jackson. Diana Ross. Lionel Ritchie. Stevie Wonder. Kenny Loggins. Tina Turner. Too many to name, really.
Director Bao Nguyen has chronicled that night and the saga surrounding it in his fascinating new Netflix documentary, The Greatest Night In Pop.
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