Red Hot + Blue - Various Artists(1990)
Music. Film. Art. Alex Cox. Iggy Pop. Debbie Harry. Nenah Cherry. Neil Jordan. Jim Jarmusch. k.d. lang. Aztec Camera.
‘Red Hot + Blue was the first compilation album from the Red Hot Organization in the Red Hot Benefit Series. It features contemporary pop performers reinterpreting several songs of Cole Porter, and the title of the album originates from Cole Porter's musical Red, Hot and Blue.
Released in September 1990, the album sold over a million copies worldwide, raised nearly $1m for the activist group ACT UP, and was heralded as one of the first major AIDS benefits in the music business. The accompanying ABC television special featured music videos for the songs. The clips portrayed the societal effects of AIDS.’
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