Long live the Prince

Prince in a true showman is a man who wants to do everything himself. Away from that this man man from Minneapolis, Minnesota is a man of many talents, Entrepreneur, showman, talent scout, label boss, film star but above all a prolific songwriter who penned many a great song not just for himself but for other artistes.

Prince emerged from the early 1980s and from a early age showed signs of a strong will to succeed, this young man managed a advance from Warner Brothers label to start the ball rolling, the label had great faith in him and his ability, perhaps they viewed him as the rock version of Michael Jackson.

With that faith in Prince the world and the label got more than they bargained for. Prince was quite prolific in his songwriting and releasing material and the 1980s was a busy period for the flamboyant showman. He released 2 albums Dirty Mind in 1980 and Controversy in 1981 but people began to take notice when 1999 was released in 1982, this saw the release of Little Red Corvette and 1999.

Things reached a commercial success when in 1984 saw the release of Purple Rain project, the album and movie all done by himself! 13 million copies sold and this saw some of his work go global such as the power ballad Purple Rain also lets go crazy and When Doves Cry.

Prince was number one in all the charts ans soon found himself as the number one everyone wanted to see and talk to. The film also received an academy award and the project was deemed by many as a great success. Following that success Prince went into over drive, he released his own label Paisley Park and a band The revolution and released 3 further albums which scored massive sales, Parade in 1986, in 1987 Sign o' the times which saw the title released as a single and also the international hit Kiss, also Lovesexy was released which saw the magical Wish u Heaven released and alphabet street.

Towards the end of the decade saw a film theme crop up again when Tim Burton the director of the new BatMan films approached him to do a soundtrack for the said film, the result was the infectious get the funk up Batdance.

A true genius in everything he did and whats more he was able to provide hits for other artistes. A list goes on for miles but some of his written material has provided hits for The Bangles with Manic Monday, Sinead O'Connor with Nothing compares 2u, Chaka Khan with I feel for you, Tom Jones with Kiss and Martika with Love thy will be done. The 1980s would certainly be a dull place without
this legendary frontman. To listen to some more of Prince from the 1980s I recommend these