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We Are (Still) the World

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  Lending their voices to USA for Africa:  Dan Akkroyd,  Bette Midler ,  Harry Belafonte ,  Bob Dylan ,  Michael Jackson ,  Phil Collins ,  Billy Joel ,  Lionel Richie ,  Smokey Robinson ,  Diana Ross ,  Dionne Warwick ,  Stevie Wonder ,  Lindsey Buckingham ,  Kim Carnes ,  Ray Charles ,  Sheila E. ,  Daryl Hall ,  James Ingram ,  La Toya Jackson ,  Marlon Jackson ,  Al Jarreau ,  Cyndi Lauper ,  Huey Lewis ,  Kenny Loggins ,  John Oates ,  Steve Perry , Anita Pointer ,  June Pointer ,  Ruth Pointer ,  Kenny Rogers ,  Paul Simon , Bruce Springsteen and Tina Turner.  Photo via IMDB. OK, here's a challenge.  Try watching “The Greatest Night in Pop” without getting chicken skin and putting the hairs on your neck into a frenzy. For about an hour. That's the effect of watching Bao Nguyen's music documentary about the creation of the aid anthem “We Are the World” one night in 1985. It's now streaming on Netflix. My guess is that people of a certain age won't be able to ge