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With an opening from Bruce Springsteen a whole array of Hollywood stars wore their hearts on their sleeves, and in doing so
raised over 260 million dollars for relief funds, at the same time making TV history. All the production and distribution
costs were covered by major companies, all the stars gave their time freely, so every penny raised goes to the charity.
click
here to listen to Celine Dion singing "God Bless America", from the show.
Tip: Have your kleenex ready...this version of God Bless America by Celine Dion is VERY moving....she sings this with ALL
of her feeling, and then some!
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A comprehensive who's who of actors and musicians converged in New York, Los Angeles and London for "America: A Tribute
to Heroes", an unprecedented multinetwork telethon that dominated TV screens on Friday night the 21st September 2001.The two
hour show, which was featured on more than three dozen major networks, offered an evening of music and tearful stories of
heroism from the devastating terrorist attacks that occured on September 11th 2001. The event ended with Willie Nelson leading
the celebrities in a group sing along of "America, the Beautiful."
Appearing in the show, (and we might have missed
one or two out, if so we are sorry, let us know and we will include them) were.......these also include the celebrity phone
operators..
George Clooney
Halle Berry
Cindy Crawford
Penlope Cruz
John Cusack
Benicio Del Toro
Danny DeVito
Sally Field
Andy Garcia
Whoopi Goldberg
Cuba Gooding Jr.
Goldie Hawn
Salma Hayek
Michael Keaton
Reba McEntire
Jack Nicholson
Al Pacino
Rhea Perlman
Brad Pitt
Kurt Russell
Meg
Ryan
Adam Sandler
Sylvester Stallone
Ben Stiller
Mark Wahlberg
James Woods
Julia Roberts
Robin
Williams
Tom Cruise
Pearl Jam
Faith Hill
Wyclef Jean
Stevie Wonder
Alicia Keys
Bon Jovi
The
Dixie Chicks
Dave Matthews
Sheryl Crow
Sting(by satelite from London)
Will Smith
Muhammad Ali
Dennis
Franz
Jimmy Smits
Billy Joel
Kelsey Grammer
Jim Carrey
U2 (by satelite from London)
Tom Petty
Limp
Bizkit
Johnny Rzeznik
Tom Hanks
Willie Nelson
Bruce Springsteen
Mariah Carey
Celine Dion...who came
out of "retirement" to sing her heart out on "God Bless America." (She may be Canadian, but her lungs were all-American.)
Neil Young was joined by strings for a cover version of John Lennon's "Imagine."
Paul Simon, wearing an FDNY cap,
sang "Bridge Over Troubled Water."
Media Coverage...
The following broadcast companies participated in what has to be one of the very few combined
events in history......
ABC
NBC
CBS
Fox
UPN
WB
E!
PAX
PBS
BET
Comedy Central
Court TV
Discovery
F/X
Fox Family Channel
Hallmark
HBO
Lifetime
MTV
SciFi
Showtime
The Learning Channel
TNN
TNT
TVLand
USA Network
VH1
Telemundo
Univision
Galavision
The
event was also broadcast by over 8,000 radio stations, and was watched in over 200 countries, in addition to live webcast
by Yahoo.
In the U.S.A. alone, almost 90 million people tuned in to watch and give whole heartedly to United Way's
Appeal Fund.
The event organisers were hoping to raise 30 million dollars, thanks to the wonderful Spirit of America,
the total was last reported at exceeding 150 million. Some call centres reported exceeding 1 milion dollars an hour, and in
the first 15 minutes over a quarter of a million calls were received.
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