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MARY J. BLIGE AND ANDREA BOCELLI TO PERFORM TOGETHER LIVE IN SPECIAL FUND-RAISING SEGMENT FOR HAITI RELIEF ON THE 52ND ANNUAL GRAMMY® AWARDS

Groundbreaking Performance of Simon & Garfunkel's "Bridge Over Troubled Water" Will Be Available for Download at iTunes and All Proceeds Will Go to the American Red Cross Benefiting Ongoing Relief Efforts in Haiti Music's Biggest Night® Takes Place Live Jan. 31 Only on CBS SANTA MONICA, Calif. (Jan. 27, 2010) — Nine-time GRAMMY® winner Mary J. Blige and world-renowned pop tenor Andrea Bocelli will join forces and perform live together in a special fund-raising segment for Haiti relief on the 52nd Annual GRAMMY Awards. This once-in-a-lifetime performance (audio and video) of the Simon & Garfunkel classic "Bridge Over Troubled Water" will be made available for download at iTunes.com/Target following the telecast, and all proceeds will go to the American Red Cross, benefiting ongoing earthquake relief efforts in Haiti . This year marks the 40th anniversary of "Bridge Over Troubled Water" receiving GRAMMY Awards for Record Of The Year, Album ...

“CHICAGO’S HOPE FOR HAITI” BENEFIT CONCERT

GRAMMY WINNER DONALD LAWRENCE AND PLATINUM RECORDING ARTIST MARVIN SAPP WILL JOIN JOHN P. KEE, BYRON CAGE, KAREN CLARK SHEARD, VANESSA BELL ARMSTRONG, AND WHO’S WHO OF CHICAGO CHURCH COMMUNITY FOR HAITI BENEFIT CONCERT February 8, 2010 @ 7 PM @ The House of Hope Chicago’s influential and vibrant church and gospel music communities are coming together to raise money for the survivors of the recent Haiti earthquake. Illinois State Senator Rev. James T. Meeks (Pastor of Salem Baptist Church) and Rev. Charles Jenkins (Pastor of Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church) are spearheading this effort and have enlisted Grammy-winning recording artist / producer Donald Lawrence, and Ricky Dillard of Chicago’s New G Chorale to organize the music for “Chicago’s Hope for Haiti” benefit concert. “I woke up early Tuesday morning and said to myself I've heard what the NFL is doing, for Haiti,” Jenkins says of the idea to organize the benefit. “I've heard what the NBA is doing. I've heard what...