Music for UNICEF Concert

Number of Season: 1 | Number of Episodes: 1

The Music for UNICEF Concert: A Gift of Song was a benefit concert of popular music held in the United Nations General Assembly in New York City on January 9, 1979. It was intended to raise money for UNICEF world hunger programs and to mark the beginning of the International Year of the Child. The concert was videotaped and broadcast the following day on NBC in the U.S. and around the world. The moderator was David Frost, with Gilda Radner and Henry Winkler also introducing some of the performers. Henry Fonda made a short appearance. Each performer signed a large parchment declaring support for UNICEF's goals. The concert was the idea of impresario Robert Stigwood, the Bee Gees, and David Frost, who originally conceived it as an annual event. Not all of the performances were truly live, with ABBA lip-synching their new song "Chiquitita" and the Bee Gees lip-synching their song "Too Much Heaven". It raised less than one million dollars at the time for UNICEF, although this figure did not include longer-term royalties from the songs and repeat performances.

0

Seasons:

Season 1 (E:1)

1979

0

Similar Tvs:

Making the Band 2
tv

Making the Band 2

2002

0

CD:UK
tv

CD:UK

1998

5

Making the Band
tv

Making the Band

2000

8

The Chart Show
tv

The Chart Show

1986

0

Club MTV
tv

Club MTV

1985

0

Transmission
tv

Transmission

2006

0

Solid Gold
tv

Solid Gold

1980

6

MTV's Greatest Hits
tv

MTV's Greatest Hits

0

Hilary Duff: This Is Now
tv

Hilary Duff: This Is Now

2007

1

Popworld
tv

Popworld

0

The Midnight Special
tv

The Midnight Special

1972

7

Live from Abbey Road
tv

Live from Abbey Road

2007

0

Friday Night Videos
tv

Friday Night Videos

1983

8

Top of the Pops Reloaded
tv

Top of the Pops Reloaded

2005

0

Son of a Gun
tv

Son of a Gun

0

Amp
tv

Amp

1996

0

MTV Live
tv

MTV Live

0

Big World Cafe
tv

Big World Cafe

0

Die ZDF-Hitparade
tv

Die ZDF-Hitparade

1969

0

The Tube
tv

The Tube

1982

0