Why Was Dan Aykroyd In ‘We Are the World’?
https://popculturereferences.com/why-was-dan-aykroyd-in-we-are-the-world/
As Aykroyd recalled to New Hampshire magazine in 2009:
https://shark1053.com/the-story-of-how-dan-aykroyd-ended-up-in-the-we-are-the-world-video-has-a-nh-connection/
My father and I were interviewing business managers in LA and we walked into this office of a talent manager, and realized we were in the wrong place. I was looking for a money manager, not a talent manager. I had managed myself at that time and always have. But he said, so long as you are here, would you like to come and join this “We are the World” thing.share
I thought how do I fit in here? Well, we did sell a few million records with the Blues Brothers and in my other persona I am a musician, so I showed up and was a part of it but it was totally by accident.”