Ferry Aid

A group of British artists as Ferry Aid ( English help ferry ) occurred, sang a cover version of the Beatles -title Let It Be to the bereaved families of the victims of the disaster of the British car ferry " Herald of Free Enterprise to support financially": On March 6, 1987 the car ferry ran out of the Belgian port of Bruges-Zeebrugge and capsized a little later. 193 people were killed.

let it be

let it be
Ferry Aid
publication	March 23, 1987
length	6 min 8 s
Genre (s)	pop
Author (s)	Lennon / McCartney
Label	CBS

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Singles

let it be   DE 3 04/20/1987 (14 weeks)   AT 4th 05/15/1987 (14 weeks)   CH 1 04/26/1987 (14 weeks)   UK 1  gold 04/04/1987 (7 weeks)

The song Let It Be , composed by Paul McCartney and first published in 1970, was released license-free for recording, which took place from March 15-17, 1987 , by Michael Jackson , who owned the rights to the Beatles songs at the time of the ferry accident .

Main members

(Artists with solo performances, more than 80 artists were involved; sorted by time of publication)

• Paul McCartney
• Boy George
• Keren Woodward & Nick Kamen
• Paul King
• Mark King
• Jaki Graham
• Taffy
• Mark Knopfler (guitar)
• Andy Bell
• Pepsi & Shirlie
• Mel & Kim
• Gary Moore (guitar)
• Nik Kershaw & Kim Wilde
• Edwin Starr
• Ben Volpeliere-Pierrot
• Ruby Turner
• Kate Bush

Other members

(These artists sing with all of the main artists at the end of the song)

The alarm John Altman Debee Ashby Al Ashton Rick Astley Bananarama Simon Bates Alison Bettles Jenny Blythe Errol Brown Miquel Brown Bucks Fizz Jay Carly

The Christians Nick Conway Linda Davidson Hazell Dean Anne Diamond Difford & Tilbrook Doctor & the Medics The Drifters Drum theater Frankie Goes to Hollywood Roy Gayle Go West

Felix Howard Gloria Hunniford imagination Jenny Jay Ellie Laine Annabel Lamb Stephanie Lawrence Loose ends Linda Lusardi Ruth Madoc Bobby McVey Suzanne Mizzi The New Seekers

Sadie Nine The Nolans Hazel O'Connor Mike Osman Su Pollard Tim Polley Pamela Power Maxi Priest Princess Jimmy Pursey Suzi Quatro Mike Read Sally Sagoe

Nejdet Salih Ray Shell Mandy Smith Neville Stapleton Alvin Stardust Steve Strange Sylvia Tella Terraplane Bonnie Tyler Maria Whittaker Working week Carol Hitchcock

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1. ↑ Chart source: Charts
2. ↑ Music Sales Awards: UK