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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) [1] was a pair of benefit concerts organised by former Beatles guitarist George Harrison and Indian sitar player Ravi Shankar. The shows were held at 2:30 and 8:00 pm on Sunday, 1 August 1971, at Madison Square Garden in New York City, to raise international ...
Aug 1, 2019 · 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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Jul 19, 2018 · He led Joe Cocker’s band Mad Dogs & Englishmen, and appeared at George Harrison ’s 1971 Concert for Bangladesh. Many of his songs became hits for others, among them 'Superstar' (written with Bonnie Bramlett) for the Carpenters, 'Delta Lady' for Joe Cocker and 'This Masquerade' for George Benson.
Aug 1, 1971 · News - 01 August 2019. 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 star-studded cast of musicians to alert the world to the plight of the Bangladeshi people, victims of simultaneous floods, famine and civil war.
The Concert for Bangladesh (originally spelt The Concert for Bangla Desh) [2] is a live triple album credited to " George Harrison & Friends" [3] [4] and released on Apple Records in December 1971 in the United States and January 1972 in the United Kingdom.
May 31, 1972 · 1h 43m. IMDb RATING. 8.2 /10. 1.6K. YOUR RATING. Rate. Documentary Music. The first benefit rock concert when major musicians performed to raise humanitarian relief funds for the refugees of Bangladesh of 1971 war. Director. Saul Swimmer. Stars. George Harrison. Bob Dylan. Ravi Shankar. See production info at IMDbPro. RENT/BUY. search Amazon.
On August 1st, 1971, George Harrison and Ravi Shankar staged two concerts at New York’s Madison Square Garden that brought together a star-studded cast of musicians to alert the world to the plight of the Bangladeshi people - victims of simultaneous floods, famine and civil war.
