One of the Beatles told the band to play...
The great and wonderful George Harrison, along with Ravi Shankar, organised an event that would be remembered forever and on this day in 1971 was the Concert for Bangladesh. The purpose of this event was to help the relief effort for refugees in Bangladesh during the warring period between East & West Pakistan that year.
This concert was the first of its kind, and has since paved the way for many other relief concerts (Live Aid, for instance) as a new means to providing charitable support and raising awareness for causes and world issues through music.
The concert raised US$243,418.50. Besides the monetary value this concert provided, nobody could deny the impact that this concert had.
And hey, at they very least it has provided us with some brilliant live music.
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| Harrison & Dylan |
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| Harrison & Co performing 'While My Guitar Gently Weeps' at The Concert for Bangladesh 1st August 1971 |
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