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The event was the first-ever benefit of such a magnitude, and featured a supergroup of performers that included Harrison, fellow ex-Beatle Ringo Starr, Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton, Billy Preston, Leon Russell and the band Badfinger.
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May 31, 1972 · The Concert for Bangladesh: Directed by Saul Swimmer. With George Harrison, Bob Dylan, Ravi Shankar, Ringo Starr. The first benefit rock concert when major musicians performed to raise humanitarian relief funds for the refugees of Bangladesh of 1971 war.
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Jul 30, 2021 · George Harrison, Bob Dylan and Leon Russell perform at the Concert for Bangladesh in 1971. GAB Archive/Redferns. Fifty years ago, on August 1, 1971, the music world descended on Madison...
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The Concert for Bangladesh (originally spelt The Concert for Bangla Desh) is a live triple album credited to "George Harrison & Friends" and released on Apple Records in December 1971 in the United States and January 1972 in the United Kingdom.
Jul 19, 2018 · July 19, 2018. By. This Day In Music. On 1st August 1971, the Concert For Bangladesh, organized by George Harrison to aid victims of famine and war in Bangladesh, took place at New York’s Madison Square Garden.
