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The Concert for Bangladesh (or Bangla Desh, as the country's name was originally spelt) was a pair of benefit concerts organised by former Beatles guitarist George Harrison and Indian sitar player Ravi Shankar.
On this day in 1971, George Harrison and Ravi Shankar staged two concerts at New York’s Madison Square Garden that brought together a star-studded cast of musicians to alert the world to the ...
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George Harrison and Friends - The Concert for Bangladesh Complete (Audience Recording) - YouTube. 0:00 / 2:54:21. August 1st, 1971, Madison Square Garden, NY, USAudience Recording in 1971...
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The Concert for Bangladesh (originally spelt The Concert for Bangla Desh) is a live triple album credited to "George Harrison & Friends" and released on Apple Records in December 1971 in the United States and January 1972 in the United Kingdom.
Watch the 1995 film of George Harrison and Ravi Shankar's historic concerts for Bangladesh relief in 1971. Learn about the George Harrison Fund for UNICEF and how to support its programs worldwide.
May 31, 1972 · Watch the 1972 benefit rock concert organized by George Harrison to raise funds for the refugees of Bangladesh. See the performances of Harrison, Dylan, Clapton, Shankar and more, and read reviews, trivia and goofs.
Concert for Bangladesh. By August 1971, when George Harrison, Ravi Shankar and friends took the stage at Madison Square Garden to play The Concert for Bangladesh, 10 million East Pakistani refugees had fled over the border into India with scant hope of surviving inevitable hunger and disease.
