a plan was hatched to bring together American singers for a similar effort to raise money for drought relief. The result, “We Are the World” by USA for Africa, hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot ...

I can’t help but watch the making of the timeless song “We Are the World” again and again ... it’s delightful to reminisce and see the greatest singers of the era coming together to ...

By Gary Trust On Dec. 20, 1984, Harry Belafonte placed a call to nonprofit consultant/music manager Ken Kragen ... A&M Studios in early 1985, and “We Are the World” was born.

Nearly 40 years after singing together on 1985's "We Are the World" as part of the starry supergroup U.S.A. for Africa, the two music legends reunited on Friday, April 19 at a special performance ...

Ken Kragen's 1984 charity single "We Are the World" raised $64 million for USA for Africa Rachel DeSantis is a senior writer on the music team at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since ...

"If you’re thrown in a room with a bunch of singers, you have a tendency ... He was like, ‘Well, what does that sound like?’” “We Are the World” remains the eighth best-selling ...