Heeding a certain call...again
From AFP/Yahoo:
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 spokeswoman said.
The newest creation by the King of Pop, recently cleared of child molestation charges, is called "From the Bottom of My Heart."...
"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 spokeswoman.
"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."...
"It pains me to watch the human suffering taking place in the Gulf Region of my country," Jackson was quoted as saying 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.
So, who will join Jackson in this effort? R Kelly? Lionel Richie? Perhaps Celine Dion:
An emotional Celine Dion took an apparent swipe at the U.S. policy in Iraq during an interview on CNN's Larry King Live in which she made a major cash pledge to Katrina disaster relief....
"How come it's so easy to send planes in another country, to kill everyone in a second, to destroy lives" when Americans need to serve their own country, she said.
Dion, speaking from Las Vegas, said she's been emotionally consumed by the images of hundreds of thousands of people in desperate need of help.
Dion and the partners of her Las Vegas show, A New Day, pledged $1 million to aid the disaster victims.
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