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Jackson pens Katrina song
07/09/2005 07:57 - (SA)
Los Angeles - Pop star Michael Jackson has written a song for Hurricane Katrina victims and is enlisting other musicians to join him in a recording project to raise funds for their relief, a spokesperson said on Tuesday.
The newest creation by the King of Pop, recently cleared of child molestation charges, is called From the Bottom of My Heart.
Hurricane Katrina ravaged the US Gulf Coast when it struck on August 29, leaving the historic city of New Orleans in ruins and thousands feared dead.
"In response to the widespread devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina, recording superstar Michael Jackson has been moved to pen a song, with the working title, From the Bottom of My Heart," said a statement by a spokesperson.
"Within 24 hours, Mr Jackson will be reaching out to other recording superstars asking that they join him in this project to aid victims of Hurricane Katrina," it said.
"All proceeds from the sale will be donated to the victims of Hurricane Katrina."
Jackson, 47, plans to record the song in the next two weeks on Two Seas Records, a label owned by Prince Abdullah Hamad Alkhalifa of Bahrain. The fundraising project is called "Gulf to Gulf".
The New York Post reported last month that Jackson had bought a property near a palace of Sheikh Abdullah in Bahrain, where the pop star has been staying since his June acquittal on charges of molesting a 13-year-old boy.
"It pains me to watch the human suffering taking place in the Gulf Region of my country," Jackson was quoted as saying on Tuesday.
"My heart and prayers go out to every individual who has had to endure the pain and suffering caused by this tragedy. I will be reaching out to others within the music industry to join me in helping to bring relief and hope to these resilient people who have lost everything."
The idea is to repeat the phenomenon of We are the World, a song written and produced by Jackson in 1985 to raise funds to counter famine in Africa. It raised millions of dollars, the statement noted.
- AFP
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