When George Harrison put on his Concert For Bangladesh in 1971, he broke ground for rock and roll altruism. But it started with this record.

In the summer of 1971, as the people of Bangladesh waged a desperate fight for freedom, two foreign voices -- one British, one American -- rose in defiance against the brutal atrocities unfolding ...

The Concert for Bangladesh was a pair of benefit concerts ... The shows were held at 2:30 and 8:00 pm on Sunday, 1 August 1971, at Madison Square Garden in New York City, to raise international ...