A Gift Of Song (Mason Williams Album)
A Gift of Song may refer to: * Music for UNICEF Concert, subtitled A Gift of Song, a benefit concert held in the United Nations General Assembly * ''A Gift of Song'' (The Sandpipers album) See also * ''Gift of Song ''Gift of Song'' is the second studio album released in 1970 by Australian recording artist Judith Durham. The album was re-released in 1973 and again on CD and digitally in 2012. The album produced the singles, "The Light Is Dark Enough"/"Wand ...

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. The concert was the idea of impresario Robert Stigwood, the Bee Gees, and David Frost, who originally conceived it as an annual event. Not all of the performances were truly live, with ABBA lip-synching their new song "Chiquitita" and the Bee Gees lip-synching their song "Too Much Heaven"It raised less than one million dollars at the time for UNICEF, although this figure di ...
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A Gift Of Song (The Sandpipers Album)
''A Gift of Song'' was an LP album by The Sandpipers, released by A&M Records in March 1971 with catalog number SP 4328 in the U.S. and Canada. Other international releases included Germany (A&M 85 870 IT), and the United Kingdom (A&M AMLS 64328). The album was reissued on CD in Japan in 2002 and again in 2014. The February 12, 1972 issue of Billboard Magazine reviewed the album: :''Their sound is beautiful and their sense of quality is superb, this of course aided by top production work by Bones Howe and Bob Alcivar. A programmer's delight, this LP includes "Never Can Say Goodbye," "Never My Love" and the title tune. A particularly strong cut is "Leland Loftis." Should make the Sandpipers once again a big chart group.'' The February 26, 1972 issue of Record World commented: ''The Sandpipers are crooners with a past, present and future. Here they glide ever-so-softly through songs of fairly recent vintage. Among the pretties made even prettier are "If," "Never My Love," " ...
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