Description:
When attending a 48 hour charity “Radiothon” at the radio station KLOS, Jimmy Bain (of Rainbow and Dio) and Vivian Campbell (at that time still in Dio, later to play in Whitesnake and Def Leppard) noticed that the representation of heavy metal stars was scarce.

In the light of the success of Band Aid’s “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” and USA for Africa’s “We Are the World”, they forwarded the idea to Ronnie James Dio, also attending the Radiothon, and they decided to make a similar project exclusively built on artists from the heavy metal scene. Together the three cowrote the song “Stars.”

On May 20 & 21, 1985, 40 artists gathered at the A&M Records Studio in Hollywood, California to record the Stars album. The project included members of such bands as Dio, Quiet Riot, Iron Maiden, Mötley Crüe, Twisted Sister, Queensrÿche, Blue Öyster Cult, Dokken, Night Ranger, Judas Priest, W.A.S.P., Rough Cutt, Journey, Y&T, Vanilla Fudge/King Kobra, and the parody band Spinal Tap.

Ronnie James Dio had intended for the song and album to be released shortly after its recording, but contractual issues with the different artists’ record labels delayed the release until January 1, 1986, somewhat diminishing the impact of its release.

The Lyrics
Stars

Ronnie James Dio: Who cries for the children? I do.
Dave Meniketti: Some time in the night when you’re feeling the cold
RJD: Take a look at the sky above you.
Rob Halford: Those are faces in the light if the story were told
RJD: They are calling you, calling you.
RJD: We are magic in the night
Kevin DuBrow: We are shadow we are light
Dave Meniketti: We are forever you and I
Chorus (Vocal Lead: Rob Halford)
We’re stars. We’re stars.
Eric Bloom: We can be strong we are fire and stone
Paul Shortino: And we all want to touch a rainbow.
Geoff Tate: But singers and songs will never change it alone so we are calling you, calling you.
Don Dokken: We’re the beating of a heart the beginning, we’re the start
Paul Shortino: Forever we will shine.
Chorus (Vocal Leads: Paul Shortino, Don Dokken, RJD & Geoff Tate)
We’re stars. We’re stars. We’re stars. We’re stars.
Kevin DuBrow: We are magic in the night
Rob Halford: We are shadow we are light
Geoff Tate: We are forever you and I
Chorus (Vocal Leads: Dave Meniketti, Eric Bloom, Rob Halford)
We’re stars. We’re stars. We’re stars. We’re stars.

All guitar melody lines on choruses played by Adrian Smith and Dave Murray.
Guitar Solos: Craig Goldy, Eddie Ojeda, Vivian Campbell, Brad Gillis, Neal Schon, George Lynch, Yngwie Malmsteen, Vivian Campbell, George Lynch, Carlos Cavazo, Brad Gillis, Craig Goldy, Donald “Buck Dharma” Roeser.
Ending Solo is played by Neal Schon.

P.S This is the original 30min VHS tape converted to xvid for you.

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