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- The two concerts, one afternoon and one evening, played to over 40,000 people and featured the all-star cast of Bob Dylan, Ringo Starr, Leon Russell, Billy Preston, Eric Clapton, Ravi Shankar, Klaus Voorman, and Badfinger.
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The Concert for Bangladesh (or Bangla Desh, as the country's name was originally spelt) was a pair of benefit concerts organised by former Beatles guitarist George Harrison and Indian sitar player Ravi Shankar.
George Harrison and Friends - The Concert for Bangladesh Complete (Audience Recording) - YouTube. 0:00 / 2:54:21. August 1st, 1971, Madison Square Garden, NY, USAudience Recording in 1971...
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Aug 1, 2021 · 50 years ago today, August 1st, 1971, George Harrison and Ravi Shankar held the Concert For Bangladesh, raising millions for emergency relief efforts in the Southeast Asian country and...
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Jul 19, 2018 · 1 Aug 1971. The Concert For Bangladesh organised by George Harrison to aid victims of famine and war in Bangladesh took place at New York's Madison Sq Garden. Featuring Bob Dylan, Ringo Starr, Billy Preston, Eric Clapton, Ravi Shankar and members from Badfinger.
The Concert for Bangladesh, August 1, 1971. On this day in 1971, George Harrison and Ravi Shankar staged two concerts at New York’s Madison Square Garden that brought together a...
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The Concert for Bangladesh (originally titled The Concert for Bangla Desh) was a live, triple album, commercially released just before Christmas in 1971 in the U.S. and after New Year’s Day 1972 in the U.K. It immediately became a bestseller, landing at #2 for several weeks in the U.S. charts and becoming Harrison’s second #1 U.K. album.
Feb 25, 2021 · Graeme Thomson reveals how George Harrison turned a chaotic night in New York – and the years of financial haggling that followed – into the vast and vital legacy of the 1971 Concert For...
