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Music for UNICEF Concert
The Music for UNICEF Concert: A Gift of Song
was a
benefit concert
of
popular music
held in the
United Nations
General Assembly
in
New York City
on January 9, 1979. It was intended to raise money for
UNICEF
world hunger programs and to mark the beginning of the
International Year of the Child
. The concert was
videotaped
and broadcast the following day on
NBC
in the U.S. and around the world. The moderator was
David Frost
, with
Gilda Radner
and
Henry Winkler
also introducing some of the performers.
Henry Fonda
made a short appearance. Each performer signed a large parchment declaring support for UNICEF's goals.
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