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| − | From [[The Real Frank Zappa Book]] (1989): "The [[PMRC]]'s list of people signed to member labels of the [[RIAA]] who were 'offensive' in 1985 was pretty ridiculous. The Captain and Tennille were on it for 'Do That to Me One More Time'. [[Michael Jackson|The Jacksons]] were on for 'Torture'. [[Bruce Springsteen]] was on for 'I'm on Fire', and, of course, | + | [[File:Prince.jpg|thumb|right]] |
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| + | African-American pop/funk/rock musician/bandleader/producer/record company executive (1958-2016) best known for the hits "Little Red Corvette", "1999", "When Doves Cry" and "U Got The Look." | ||
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| + | From [[The Real Frank Zappa Book]] (1989): "The [[Parents Music Resource Center|PMRC]]'s list of people signed to member labels of the [[Wikipedia:Recording Industry Association of America|RIAA]] who were 'offensive' in 1985 was pretty ridiculous. The Captain and Tennille were on it for 'Do That to Me One More Time'. [[Michael Jackson|The Jacksons]] were on for 'Torture'. [[Bruce Springsteen]] was on for 'I'm on Fire', and, of course, Prince, for the fabulous 'Darling Nikki'. Where was he throughout all this? He went apeshit and sued some spaghetti company for calling their product 'Prince', but remained curiously silent during the record-ratings stuff." | ||
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| + | Prince was also mentioned and thanked in the liner notes of ''[[The MOFO Project/Object (Fazedooh)|The MOFO Project/Object]]'' (2006) album. <ref>http://donlope.net/fz/notes/The_MOFO_Project_Object.html#Contributors</ref> | ||
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| + | ==Sources== | ||
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| + | ==External links== | ||
| + | * [[Wikipedia:Prince (musician)]] | ||
[[Category:Pop Musicians]] | [[Category:Pop Musicians]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Funk Musicians]] | ||
[[Category:PMRC (The List)]] | [[Category:PMRC (The List)]] | ||
[[Category:The Real Frank Zappa Book (The List)]] | [[Category:The Real Frank Zappa Book (The List)]] | ||
[[Category:Rock Artists]] | [[Category:Rock Artists]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Singers]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Guitarists]] | ||
Latest revision as of 17:34, 8 July 2025
African-American pop/funk/rock musician/bandleader/producer/record company executive (1958-2016) best known for the hits "Little Red Corvette", "1999", "When Doves Cry" and "U Got The Look."
From The Real Frank Zappa Book (1989): "The PMRC's list of people signed to member labels of the RIAA who were 'offensive' in 1985 was pretty ridiculous. The Captain and Tennille were on it for 'Do That to Me One More Time'. The Jacksons were on for 'Torture'. Bruce Springsteen was on for 'I'm on Fire', and, of course, Prince, for the fabulous 'Darling Nikki'. Where was he throughout all this? He went apeshit and sued some spaghetti company for calling their product 'Prince', but remained curiously silent during the record-ratings stuff."
Prince was also mentioned and thanked in the liner notes of The MOFO Project/Object (2006) album. [1]
