Northern Lights was the name used by the supergroup of Canadian musicians who were gathered by the music talent manager Bruce Allen in 1985 to record the single "Tears Are Not Enough". For other uses, see Supergroup (disambiguation). ... Bruce Allen is a Canadian music talent manager who spear-headed the charity supergroup Northern Lights, who recorded the song Tears Are Not Enough for the Ethiopian famine relief in 1985. ... This article is about the year. ... For the song by ABC, see Tears Are Not Enough (ABC song). ...

Like Band Aid (who recorded "Do They Know It's Christmas?" in 1984) and USA for Africa (who recorded "We Are the World" a few weeks later in 1985), proceeds from the song were donated to famine relief in Ethiopia. The Live Aid concert followed on July 13, 1985. Cover art for the original release of Do They Know Its Christmas? – artist Peter Blake Band Aid was a British and Irish charity supergroup, founded in 1984 by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure in order to raise money for famine relief in Ethiopia by releasing the record Do They... Cover art for the original Do They Know Its Christmas? release – artist Peter Blake Do They Know Its Christmas? is a song written by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure in 1984 specifically to raise money for Ethiopian famine relief. ... This article is about the year. ... USA for Africa (United Support of Artists for Africa), was the name under which forty-five U.S. artists, led by Harry Belafonte, Kenny Rogers, Michael Jackson, and Lionel Richie, recorded the hit single We Are the World in 1985. ... We Are the World is a 1985 song written by Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie, produced and conducted by Quincy Jones and recorded by a supergroup of popular musicians billed as USA for Africa. ... Ethiopia, as its borders were in 1985. ... is the 194th day of the year (195th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ...

Participating artists

Vocalists who had solo appearances on the track included Gordon Lightfoot, Burton Cummings, Anne Murray, Joni Mitchell, Dan Hill, Neil Young, Bryan Adams, Corey Hart, Bruce Cockburn, Geddy Lee and Mike Reno. Gordon Meredith Lightfoot Jr. ... Burton Cummings, OM, D.Mus (born December 31, 1947) is a Canadian musician and songwriter. ... Not to be confused with Ann Murray. ... Joni Mitchell, CC (born Roberta Joan Anderson on November 7, 1943) is a Canadian musician, songwriter, and painter. ... Dan Hill (born Daniel Hill Jr, in Toronto, Ontario, on 3 June 1954 to American émigrés) is a biracial Canadian singer and songwriter. ... This article is about the musician. ... Bryan Adams OC, OBC, (born 5 November 1959) is a Canadian rock singer, guitarist, songwriter and photographer. ... For other persons named Corey Hart, see Corey Hart (disambiguation). ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Geddy Lee OC (born Gary Lee Weinrib on July 29, 1953 in Willowdale, Toronto) is a Canadian musician best known as the lead vocalist, bassist, and keyboardist for the Canadian rock group Rush. ... Mike Reno (Born: Joseph Michael Rynoski on January 8, 1955 in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada) is a Canadian musician and lead singer of Loverboy and a drummer. ...

Vocalists who appeared in duos or trios with other vocalists: Liberty Silver, Carroll Baker, Ronnie Hawkins, Murray McLauchlan, Veronique Béliveau, Robert Charlebois, Claude Dubois, Don Gerrard, Salome Bey, Mark Holmes, Lorraine Segato, Lisa Dalbello, Alfie Zappacosta, Charles Nelson Riley, Paul Hyde and Carole Pope and Andy Kim. Ronnie Hawkins, born January 10, 1935 in Huntsville, Arkansas, United States, is a pioneering rock and roll musician and cousin to fellow rockabilly pioneer Dale Hawkins. ... Murray McLauchlan (born June 30, 1948) is a Canadian singer, songwriter, guitarist, pianist, and harmonica player. ... Robert Charlebois (born June 25, 1944) is a Canadian author, composer, musician, performer and actor. ... Claude André Dubois (born 24 April 1947 in Montreal) is a Canadian singer-songwriter. ... Salome Bey, C.M. is an American singer, actress, and songwriter who has lived in Toronto, Ontario since 1966. ... Mark V. Holmes (born New York, 1960) is a judge of the United States Tax Court. ... Lorraine Segato (born Hamilton, Ontario) is a Canadian pop singer-songwriter, who was best known as the lead vocalist for 1980s new wave group Parachute Club. ... Lisa Dalbello (born 1958 in Woodbridge, Ontario) is a Canadian recording artist. ... Zappacosta (born Alfie Zappacosta in 1953 at Sora, Italy) is a Canadian singer/songwriter. ... Charles Nelson Reilly (born January 13, American actor, director and drama teacher best known for his comedic roles in movies, childrens television, and animated cartoons. ... Paul Hyde is a British-born Canadian musician and record producer. ... Carole Pope (born August 6, 1950 in Manchester, England) is a Canadian rock singer, whose provocative blend of hard-edged new wave rock with explicit homoerotic and BDSM-themed lyrics made her one of the first openly lesbian pop stars in the world. ...

Liona Boyd, Tom Cochrane, Tommy Hunter, Kim Mitchell, Oscar Peterson, Paul Shaffer, Jane Siberry, Martha Johnson and Sylvia Tyson participated as instrumentalists or as backing vocalists in the song's chorus. Liona Boyd. ... Tom Cochrane, (born May 14, 1953) is a Canadian singer and songwriter, whose story-telling songs have earned him the nickname The thinking mans rocker. ... Tommy Hunter (March 10, 1937-) is a Canadian country music performer, known as Canadas Country Gentleman. He was born Thomas James Hunter in London, Ontario in 1937. ... Joseph Kim Mitchell (born July 10, 1952 in Sarnia, Ontario) is a Canadian guitarist. ... Oscar Emmanuel Peterson, CC, CQ, O.Ont. ... Paul Shaffer Paul Allen Wood Shaffer (born November 28, 1949 in Fort William (now Thunder Bay), Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian-American musician, actor, voice actor, author, comedian and composer currently seen as the bandleader on the Late Show with David Letterman. ... Jane Siberry (born October 12, 1955 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian singer-songwriter. ... Martha and the Muffins were a Canadian new wave synth pop band in the 1970s and 1980s. ... Sylvia Tyson, C.M. (born Sylvia Fricker in Chatham, Ontario, Canada on 19 September 1940), is a singer-songwriter, broadcaster, and guitarist who found early fame in Canada and abroad with her then-husband Ian Tyson in their folk duo Ian and Sylvia. ...