We are the World
San Carlos Library 610 Elm St, San Carlos, CAForty years ago, singer and actor Harry Belafonte came up with the idea to form a super group of pop artists to record a song to raise funds for Famine Relief in Africa. From this came the song "We Are The World" (written by Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie) which sold over 20 million copies worldwide and raised $80 million dollars for famine relief around the world.