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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."
Hurricane Katrina ravaged the US Gulf Coast when it struck 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 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."
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 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.
(CRI) | 
Updated: 2005-09-08 09:39
