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's "African Flame". The song was considered as an LP and peaked number 12 in ''

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in September 1985.

Background

"Cantaré, Cantarás" was recorded with the purpose of raising funds to boost the campaigns of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) in Latin America. Producers Albert Hammond, José Quintana, Manuel Montoya, Peter Lopez, Luis Medina, and Jose Behar, Co-Founders of non-profit organization HERMANOS, producers of "Cantare, Cantaras" were in charge of the project, bringing together more than 50 Spanish-speaking music artists. Recording was engineered by Humberto Gatica. The project was inspired by the recording of

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" which had been recorded same year, 1985. Idea came about when Manuel Montoya, manager for Albert Hammond at the time, assigned the Lani Hall, A&M artist, also managed by Montoya, recording project later entitled, "Es Facil Amar", to Hammond. The Grammy Award winning effort contained collaborations by Roberto Carlos and Jose Feliciano. Hermanos non-profit organization set up an office in Burbank, CA and assigned Luis Medina to handle day to day operations for the group, authorized signatories were, Luis Medina, Peter, Lopez and Manuel Montoya. Recording took place in April 1985. The LP/single is considered the Latin American version of "We Are the World". It was recorded in

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in April 1985, at

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, the same studio used for "We Are the World". It was composed by Albert Hammond, Juan Carlos Calderón and Anahí van Zandweghe,. A behind the scenes special of making of the record was filmed in La Paz, Bolivia, hosted by Ricardo Montalban and executive produced by Luis Medina, Peter Lopez and Manuel Montoya. Earnings were donated to

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for distribution to charitable organizations in Latin America.

Music video

The music video for "Cantaré, Cantarás" was recorded in the same location of "We Are The World".

Track listing

Personnel

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* Irene Cara * Roberto Carlos * Nydia Caro * Vikki Carr * Verónica Castro * Charytín * Chiquetete * Claudia de Colombia *

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* Celia Cruz * Lupita D'Alessio *

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* Emmanuel * Sergio Facheli * José Feliciano *

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* Miguel Gallardo * Lucho Gatica *

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* Antonio de Jesús * José José * Rocío Jurado * Lissette * Valeria Lynch *

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* Sérgio Mendes *

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* Menudo (with

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and Robi Draco Rosa,

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and

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, group members during 1985.) *

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* Ricardo Montalbán * Palito Ortega * Pimpinela ( Lucía y Joaquín Galán) * Tony Renis * Danny Rivera * José Luis Rodríguez *

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* Simone * Manoella Torres * Pedro Vargas * Diego Verdaguer *

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Musicians * David Foster – keyboards,

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* Greg Phillinganes – keyboard, synthesizer * John Robinson –

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* José Feliciano – spanish guitar *

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–

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*Carlos Rios–

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*Abraham Laboriel - (bass)

Charts

References

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