Music History lesson 101. Sun City was a resort in South Africa that catered to wealthy white tourists. Many famous entertainers performed there despite the racist Apartheid policy. Artists United Against Apartheid was organized by Little Steven Van Zandt, who discovered Sun City when he traveled to Africa after leaving Bruce Springsteens E Street Band in 1985. The legacy of this song is that it helped expose Apartheid, a system of forced discrimination in South Africa. Apartheid ended there in 1990 when Nelson Mandela was released from prison. Artists that sold their soul for money included Frank Sinatra, Queen, Elton John, Linda Ronstadt, Julio Iglesias, The OJays, Ray Charles, Boney M., Black Sabbath, Rod Stewart, Tina Turner, Dionne Warwick Artists who appeared on the recoding included Kool DJ Herc, Grandmaster Melle Mel, The Fat Boys, Ruben Blades, Bob Dylan, Herbie Hancock, Ringo Starr and his son Zak Starkey, Lou Reed, Run DMC, Peter Gabriel, Kurtis Blow, Jackson Browne and then-girlfriend Daryl Hannah, U2, George Clinton, Keith Richards, Ronnie Wood, Peter Wolf, Bonnie Raitt, Hall & Oates, Pete Townshend, Pat Benatar, Clarence Clemons, Bruce Springsteen and Joey Ramone.
Posted on: Tue, 07 Oct 2014 14:02:25 +0000
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