Born: Minneapolis, MN, 1958
Years Active: 1981-2007
Influenced by: Santana, Johnny "Guitar" Watson, Eddie Hazel, Chic, Jackie Wilson, Jimi Hendrix, Joni Mitchell, Led Zeppelin, Sly & the Family Stone, Michael Henderson, Parliament, Funkadelic, James Brown, The Beatles, Stevie Wonder, Al Green, The Gap Band, Larry Graham
Genre: Rock & Alternative
Biography: Few artists have created a body of work as rich and varied as Prince. During the '80s, he emerged as one of the most ...
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11/03/09
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06/25/09
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11/03/09
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10/30/09
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10/25/09
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09/04/09
Bullock Wants To Be Prince's Muse Sandra Bullock fantasises about seducing Prince , so s...
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09/02/09
Unconditional Love: Soul Music Bites Back (Sound Affects) Or is it just regulated to Gra...
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08/10/09
Hordes Gather And Sing Along To 'Purple Rain' Twenty-five years ago, teenagers were sing...
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08/07/09
'Purple Rain' still reigns as Prince fans pack Prospect Park sing-a-long Prospect Park w...
New York Daily News - New York NY
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08/04/09
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07/30/09
At 67, Sir Paul is just letting it be Paul McCartney likes to get out of the Beatle bubb...
News Sentinel - Knoxville TN
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07/28/09
'Let's Go Crazy' For 25 Years Of 'Purple Rain' It's remarkable — and a little depressing...
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07/27/09
Prince Takes Over MTV For 1984 'Purple Rain' Premiere and a leather bandana tied around ...
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07/27/09
25 years of Purple Rain ... and 10 reasons why Prince's movie remains a classic Happy 25...
St. Petersburg Times - St. Petersburg FL
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07/26/09
Purple Rain, 25 Years Later, By Kurt Loder The album was a dizzying synthesis of rock, p...
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07/26/09
Sean Daly's top 10 movie soundtracks As a kid who loved movies and music — not to mentio...
St. Petersburg Times - St. Petersburg FL
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07/24/09
Is Prince flip-flopping between here and L.A.? At least, that's what numerous local fan ...
Pioneer Press - St Paul MN
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07/24/09
SD's Favorite Pop Soundtracks (or: Happy Anniversary, Purple Rain) As a kid who loved bo...
St. Petersburg Times - St. Petersburg FL
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07/21/09
Bruce, Madonna, Prince! 1984 was quite a year Suppose one of the best years in pop music...
MSNBC
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07/20/09
Prince Closes Out Montreux Jazz Fest Prince fans from across Europe converged on Montreu...
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07/06/09
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07/03/09
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06/30/09
Watch: Riverboat Gamblers Cover Prince's "Let's Go Crazy" After accepting our invitation...
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06/26/09
Prince of wails Maybe I'm just like Prince's mother (she's never satisfied), but I'm not...
Pioneer Press - St Paul MN
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06/25/09
Pioneer Press 'Purple Rain' review: July 26, 1984 When "Purple Rain" opened in late July...
Pioneer Press - St Paul MN
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06/25/09
Prince's 'Purple Rain' Turns 25 It was a different world when His Purple Majesty release...
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06/25/09
Local scene: Purple Reign; Punk for health; In brief I still remember the first time I h...
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Pittsburgh PA
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06/23/09
Maroon 5 Recommends Prince's 'Purple Rain' Today, we're launching a brand-new music seri...
NPR
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06/22/09
Why Maroon 5 Loves Prince's 'Purple Rain' Audio for today's show will be available at ap...
NPR
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06/11/09
SPIN Exclusive: Greg Dulli, Apollonia Cover Prince's "When Doves Cry" For this summer's ...
Spin.com
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06/09/09
Prince's Paisley Pals (Column) In March 2009, Prince launched his new website in conjunc...
PopMatters
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X Factor Recap: Lucie Jones Out, Jedward Rule Forever We feel dirty saying this, but we ...
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11/03/09
Chris Brown Responds to 'Haters,' Defends his Choice of Spandex Chris Brown responded to...
The Boombox
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10/07/09
Purple Rain Pair We don't know too many people who color coordinate their outfits just t...
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10/06/09
Battle Of The Beauties (Prince Always Wins) At yesterday's Chanel show in Paris, Jehovah...
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09/05/09
Sandra Bullock Wants To Be Prince's Muse Sandra Bullock fantasizes about seducing Prince...
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08/24/09
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08/11/09
Today's featured reader: WeLuvDMB My wife Cara is a huge Dave Matthews Band fan (I like ...
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08/04/09
Prince Offering Payment Plans on $2,100 'Opus' 'Lotusflow3r,' 'MPLSound' and 'Elixir,' t...
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07/27/09
'Purple Rain' Comes Pouring Down In Today's eBay Prop-Watch In honor of the 25th anniver...
MTV Movies Blog
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07/22/09
Prince at Montreaux Jazz Fest Two of the only shows on the books for Prince this year, h...
Pop Life
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07/20/09
Prince Brings Montreux Jazz Festival To A Close Soul superstar Prince drew a record numb...
Starpulse News Blog
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07/06/09
Prince Concerts Sell Out In Minutes Soul superstar Prince proved he can still draw a cro...
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06/25/09
When Doves Cry We are so very sad that Michael Jackson died today.
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06/25/09
Prince's 'Purple Rain' Turns 25 It was a different world when His Purple Majesty release...
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06/24/09
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06/12/09
Apollonia Covers Prince's 'When Doves Cry' For 'Purple Rain' Tribute Album Prince 's rec...
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06/09/09
Lil Wayne Likes Prince But His Kids Prefer ‘Twilight’ The rapper also revealed what his ...
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06/01/09
Where were you when 'Purple Rain' reigned? Some of us may have forgotten what an impact ...
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