USA for Africa

E351994
charity supergroup musical supergroup nonprofit organization

USA for Africa was a supergroup of prominent American musicians formed in 1985 to record the charity single "We Are the World" to raise funds for famine relief in Africa.

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Label Occurrences
USA for Africa canonical 4

Statements (60)

Predicate Object
instanceOf charity supergroup ⓘ
musical supergroup ⓘ
nonprofit organization ⓘ
associatedWithEvent 1984–1985 famine in Ethiopia ⓘ
surface form: 1983–1985 famine in Ethiopia
basedIn Los Angeles ⓘ
benefited Ethiopian famine relief ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
formedFor recording the charity single We Are the World ⓘ
genre charity music ⓘ
pop ⓘ
hasMember Alwin Lopez Jarreau ⓘ
surface form: Al Jarreau

Bette Midler ⓘ
Billy Joel ⓘ
Bob Dylan ⓘ
Bob Geldof ⓘ
Bruce Springsteen ⓘ
Cyndi Lauper ⓘ
Dan Aykroyd ⓘ
Diana Ross ⓘ
Dionne Warwick ⓘ
Daryl Hall & John Oates ⓘ
surface form: Hall & Oates

Harry Belafonte ⓘ
Huey Lewis ⓘ
Jackie Jackson ⓘ
James Ingram ⓘ
Jeffrey Osborne ⓘ
Kenny Loggins ⓘ
Kenny Rogers ⓘ
Kim Carnes ⓘ
La Toya Jackson ⓘ
surface form: LaToya Jackson

Lindsey Buckingham ⓘ
Lionel Richie ⓘ
Marlon Jackson ⓘ
Michael Jackson ⓘ
Paul Simon ⓘ
The Pointer Sisters ⓘ
surface form: Pointer Sisters

Randy Jackson ⓘ
Ray Charles ⓘ
Sheila E. ⓘ
Smokey Robinson ⓘ
Steve Perry ⓘ
Stevie Wonder ⓘ
Tina Turner ⓘ
Tito Jackson ⓘ
Waylon Jennings ⓘ
Willie Nelson ⓘ
hasOfficialWebsite http://www.usaforafrica.org/ ⓘ
inception 1985 ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
mediaTypeOfWork music recording ⓘ
notableWork We Are the World ⓘ
organizedBy Harry Belafonte ⓘ
Ken Kragen ⓘ
producerOfRecording Quincy Jones ⓘ
purpose famine relief in Africa ⓘ
humanitarian aid ⓘ
raisedFundsFor African famine relief organizations ⓘ
recorded We Are the World ⓘ
songwritersOfWeAreTheWorld Lionel Richie ⓘ
Michael Jackson ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

We Are the World → performer → USA for Africa ⓘ
We Are the World → recordedBy → USA for Africa ⓘ
We Are the World → beneficiary → USA for Africa ⓘ
1984–1985 famine in Ethiopia → reliefEffort → USA for Africa ⓘ