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Oliver Tambo and the ANC's school in Tanzania "was sure happy when we gave them a big check", according to Schechter. In South Africa, "Sun City" inspired musician Johnny Clegg to create a local organization similar to Van Zandt's. "Sun City" also became the catalyst for the 1988-91 South Africa Now TV series.
Van Zandt became interested in writing a song about Sun City to make parallels with the plight of Native Americans. Danny Schechter, a journalist who was then working with ABC News' 20/20, suggested turning the song into a different kind of "We Are the World", or as Schechter explains, "a song about change not charity, freedom not famine."
Sun City is the first and only album by Artists United Against Apartheid, released on October 25, 1985, [1] [6] by EMI Manhattan Records. The Little Steven -led project features contributions from more than 50 artists from the rock , hip hop , soul , funk , jazz , reggae , latin , and world music genres.
Daniel Isaac Schechter (June 27, 1942 – March 19, 2015) was an American television producer, independent filmmaker, blogger, and media critic. He wrote and spoke about many issues including apartheid , civil rights , economics, foreign policy , journalistic control and ethics, and medicine.
A music video was produced for the song, directed by Anton Corbijn. The video is featured on the Directors Label series DVD The Work of Director Anton Corbijn . On February 14, 2008, Joseph Arthur and his band The Lonely Astronauts performed "In the Sun" live on the Late Show with David Letterman .
Basya Schechter is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, composer, producer, cantor, and music teacher. She is the lead singer and founder of the world / folk rock band Pharaoh's Daughter and has released two solo albums.
Jonathan Miles Shecter (born August 4, 1968), also known as Shecky Green and J the Sultan, is an American magazine editor and music promoter. [1] He is the co-founder [2] of the music and culture magazine The Source, former Director of Programming for the Wynn Las Vegas, [1] and current Editor-In-Chief for Cuepoint at Medium.
Basya Schechter formed Pharaoh's Daughter in 1995 while attending Barnard College. [1] The band's name is a reference to Schechter's given name, a Yiddish variant of the Biblical daughter of Pharaoh, Bithiah. [2] They debuted in 1999 with the independent album Daddy's Pockets and were signed to Knitting Factory Records later that year. [3]