“Do They Know It’s Christmas?” By Band Aid It’s hard to believe this song is over thirty five years old. Recorded in November of 1984, this is one of the biggest supergroup recordings ever, and it was all for charity. To help relieve suffering due to famine in Ethiopia, producer Bob Geldof and Donna Yates, his wife, were moved to do something after watching a television report on the hardship.  Yates happened across singer Midge Ure who agreed to help, Geldof enlisted Sting, and the whole thing just steamrolled from there.  Geldof and Ure came up with the basic melody … Continue reading The Music of Christmas – Day 16: “Do They Know It’s Christmas?”