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...idea of charity records began with the Beatles. Or, rather, with some Beatles. Following the breakup of the Fab Four, George Harrison helped organize 1971's Concert for Bangladesh, the first star-studded event of its kind. Proceeds from the concert's live triple album went to UNICEF. Paul McCartney followed suit with a 1979 collaboration, cheekily dubbed Rockestra, for the victims of Pol Pot's purges in Cambodia. The first certified charity smash didn't arrive, however, until 1984, when Band Aid--a British and Irish supergroup that included Sting, Bono and George Michael--recorded "Do They Know...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Brief History: Benefit Songs | 3/1/2010 | See Source »

...much like the average person's, my father being who he was, but it certainly provided a foundation and a guiding light for us. There was always really good gospel playing. No matter where you went in the house, there was always music. My father was also studying to be a theologian, and he had classes from time to time in the home. Other ministers would come in, and so we had to tone it down. That's what was going on in the house: the Word and a lot of music...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 10 Questions for Aretha Franklin | 3/1/2010 | See Source »

When he stayed on the diet, Fahl lost an average of 4 lb. per week. But he found himself cheating whenever he could. While visiting his brother off campus one weekend, he went to Taco Bell and ate "almost everything" on the menu. At another outing to a restaurant, he ordered pie. Over Christmas break, he managed to lose weight, but only because his mother kept him on the program. When he returned to campus in January, he mysteriously started gaining. His therapist wonders whether he didn't smuggle in some candy. (See pictures of what makes you eat more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Does Obesity Rehab for Kids Work? | 3/1/2010 | See Source »

...They like knowing the day-to-day life of people who went through important events in history," she said...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Reluctantly, Joel Stein Discovers His Roots | 3/1/2010 | See Source »

...crash since 1954, a commuter train sped through a red signal and hit an oncoming locomotive on Feb. 15, killing 18 people and injuring more than 100. While investigators have not yet determined the cause of the crash, which happened outside the capital, rail workers and train drivers quickly went on strike to protest poor working conditions that may have led to the collision...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World | 3/1/2010 | See Source »

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