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Robert Frederick Zenon "Bob" Geldof, KBE (born 5 October 1951) is an Irish singer, songwriter, author, and political activist. He rose to prominence as the lead singer of the Irish rock band Boomtown Rats. Geldof was born and raised in Dún Laoghaire, Ireland, and attended Blackrock College. The Boomtown Rats had hits with his compositions "Rat Trap" and "I Don't Like Mondays". He co-wrote "Do They Know It's Christmas?", one of the best-selling singles of all time. He also starred as Pink in Pink Floyd's 1982 film Pink Floyd The Wall.
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In 1984 a who's who of musicians gathered together to sing a holiday song penned by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure. Money raised from the song would go to easing the famine in Ethiopia. Calling themselves Band Aid,"Do They Know it's Christmas" became a smash hit going gold in the United States and platinum in the United Kingdom. Twenty-five ...
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- News Source: The Scotsman | 1 day agoThe launch of the development has shaped the music industry more than any other, according to a new report...Band Aid's groundbreaking 1984 single Do They Know It's Christmas? helped to spark the massive Live Aid concerts at London's Wembley Stadium
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- Blog Source: www.moejackson.com | 1 day agoI know her pops is Bob Geldof, but he was in the Boomtown Rats. That's enough to be a "socialite" in England? Hell, Nicole Richie's father has at least sold hundreds of millions of records. Geldof had a few hits and did Live Aid. ...
- Blog Source: lolavibe.wordpress.com | 1 day agoSo the year Bob Geldof and Midge Ure put Band Aid together and released Do They Know It's Christmas has to be one of my all time favorite songs from that era. To see my favorite groups and artists of the time ~ Duran Duran, ...
- Blog Source: mickysmuses.blogspot.com | 1 day agoHomage to the"...boys in clean white shirts (who) stopped the tanks in their dirt... Homage to the"...boys in clean white shirts (who) stopped ...and the blood they spilled just made the white shine brighter..." Bob Geldof, The Chains ...
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