Charity record
In 1956, The Lord's Taveners released a 78 rpm disc which contained six tracks donated by popular artists at the time.This was the first charity record to make the UK charts and reached Number 2.George Harrison's "Bangla Desh" single in 1971 is commonly regarded as the first successful international charity single;[1] it was recorded to help fund relief efforts following the 1970 Bhola cyclone and the Bangladesh Liberation War.The money raised was donated to UNICEF, as were takings from Harrison's Concert for Bangladesh (again, the first of its kind)[citation needed] held at Madison Square Garden, New York, and its spin-off live album and concert film.[citation needed] In the United Kingdom, however, charity singles (especially Comic Relief), have become annual hits.