(or the best of the rest)
The Wishing Well
Having dodged a bullet by not being in Doctor Who when Doctor In Distress was released, Sylvester McCoy offers his vocal talents to aid Great Ormand Street Hospital. The b-side features the 'cast' wishing the listener a Happy Christmas "Hello Rat Fans, I just want to wish you all a very merry Christmas, yeaaaauuuuhhh." That sort of thing.
Ferry Aid
Boy George and Hazel O'Connor again. Shows once again that in terms of charity records, cover versions are the best way to go and if you can rope in Sir Paul, so much the better. The freeze frame which accompanies the YouTube video just shows a sea of people with long hair. It's difficult to tell the boys and girls apart.
Artists Against AIDS Worldwide
Or as it seems to have been called in the US, The Mtv Allstars. This was the period when I bought Rolling Stones regularly and still watched music television on a regular basis and became quite interested in R&B. I'd forgotten how much I liked Alicia Keys, Destiny's Child and the Gwen Stefani record. There were two versions of the video. The one above goes for the usual screaming into a microphone model. The other uses an interesting blindfold motif and is by far the more entertaining:
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