Twenty-five years ago, the original We are the World was recorded for famine relief in Africa. Monday, singers from all over the world gathered in Los Angeles to re-record We are the World for the Haiti earthquake relief. The group met at the same recording studio in Hollywood.
The Los Angeles Times said: "Just as Michael Jackson, Bruce Springsteen and Bob Dylan descended on the A&M Studios on La Brea to sing for famine relief in Africa, Barbra Streisand, Celine Dion, Kanye West and Keith Urban turned up at the same soundstage (now called Henson Recording Studios) to join an all-star chorus that was 100 voices strong."
The celebrities included: Tony Bennett, Justin Bieber, Kanye West, Vince Vaughn, Josh Groban, Barbara Streisand, and Celine Dion.
"I'm standing there between Tony Bennett and Bizzy," Josh Groban said. "That's not ever really going to happen again."
The re-make of the song will be played during the opening ceremonies of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, and can be seen on NBC. The song will also be available for download on iTunes. Proceeds will help Haiti earthquake victims.
An eye doctor from Utah, Dr. Branson Call returned Monday from Haiti after an annual trip to help the people of Haiti. Dr. Call was in Haiti when the earthquake struck and amazingly survived, even though 30 medical students in the building next door all died. For several days he was unable to contact his family or friends because there wasn’t phone service or internet. His family wasn’t even sure he was alive. He spent several days trying to help the wounded before getting onto a plane to the Dominic Republic and contacting his family, according to ABC 4.
The Salt Lake City based Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) has responded and said that no missionaries from the US are in Haiti, but that an immediate relief project has begun to provide aid. In Haiti, the Caribbean Area Presidency of the LDS Church also provided immediate relief to the people there. To donate to the LDS Church aid for Haiti, go to LDS.org. For more information on how the LDS Church is helping in Haiti, click here. For more ways to donate to the relief efforts in Haiti, click here. For stories of incredible survival in Haiti, see the articles on the left.
To see a slideshow of the earthquake disaster photos in Haiti, click here.
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