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                                                                      October 27, 2005

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                                      Jackson Charity Recording Underway In L.A.

                                                                             By Jonathan Cohen, N.Y.

           Michael Jackson has spent the past two nights at Los Angeles' Conway Studios overseeing recording of a single

           to benefit victims of the recent hurricanes, Billboard.com has learned. Although the song was originally titled

         "From the Bottom of My Heart," Jackson spokesperson Raymone Bain says the artist will unveil a new name for

          the track in the coming days.

          Bain says that since early this month, Jackson "was in London tweaking the music as well as putting the finishing

          touches on it before sending it out to various artists" who he wanted to contribute. However, Jackson wound up

         rewriting the song, and as such, "he didn't need as many artists as he originally had planned for" when it came time

         to record.

         Since a number of the acts were planning on being in Los Angeles this week for BET's 25th anniversary celebration,

         "he thought it was a good time to do the vocals," Bain says. Although she declined to name specific contributors,

          sources confirm Ciara, Snoop Dogg and Shirley Caesar have been on hand at Conway.

           "There are others who have to lay vocals well," Bain says. "[Jackson] plans on getting together with them for the

            chorus. We still have two to three more steps before the song will be ready for release."


                     

 

           Source = http://199.249.170.183/bb/daily/article_di...t_id=1001391096 / Gail Felix/ Assistant To Angel Howansky