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LA Times Today: Lionel Richie, Prince and a grumpy Bob Dylan: The untold story behind ‘We Are the World’

LA Times Today: Lionel Richie, Prince and a grumpy Bob Dylan: The untold story behind ‘We Are the World’

Watch L.A. Times Today at 7 p.m. on Spectrum News 1 on Channel 1 or live stream on the Spectrum News App. Palos Verdes Peninsula and Orange County viewers can watch on Cox Systems on channel 99.

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“We Are the World” was an inescapable pop anthem, a hit from the moment it launched on radio airwaves around the world at exactly the same moment.

It’s been four decades since those music legends gathered in the historic A&M Studios right here on La Brea, recording that song to raise money for famine relief in Africa.

The Netflix documentary “The Greatest Night in Pop” reveals unknown details and a little drama about that night.

L.A. Times pop music critic Mikael Wood joined Lisa McRee with a preview.

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