Singer Harry Connick Jr. and his daughter Kate, 13, have teamed up to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the famous American Girl doll, reports Contact Music.
The world-renowned musician and actor Harry Connick, Jr. and his daughter wrote an original song, A Lot Like Me, with all proceeds benefiting the Ellis Marsalis Center for Music in New Orleans.
The Ellis Marsalis Center for Music, a 17,000-square-foot facility newly constructed in the Upper Ninth Ward in New Orleans, will be the centerpiece of the Musicians’ Village. Slated to open August 25, 2011, the Center will serve as a performance, education, and community venue that will include a 150-seat performance hall, recording studios, teaching facilities for individual and group instruction, and a gathering place for the community.
For after-school programming, the center will partner with neighborhood schools to provide music and dance lessons in a safe environment for children in the Upper Ninth Ward, many of whom lost everything in the devastation of Hurricane Katrina.
Connick Jr and his daughter previously sang together in 2008 for the Christmas album Winter Wonderland.