Sleep with Prince Part 1

Sleep with Rock Stars Episode 2 Prince PartA

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You may find that the more you listen, the more your mind will begin to associate the stories with sleep. So feel free to return to each episode. Again [00:01:00] and again. Repetition can help create a signal to your brain that it's time to rest. And if the musical act isn't your favorite, that's perfectly okay.

your eyes and let your body [: 00:02:00

There's nowhere you need to be. Nothing you need to do. This is your time, a time to let go of the day a unwind and allow your mind to slow down. With each breath in, invite calm with each breath out, release the tension as your body begins to soften into the surface. Beneath you, imagine a gentle wave of warmth from the crown of your head to the tips of your toes carrying away the weight of the day.

th,: 1958

His music incorporated a wide variety of styles, including funk, r and b, rock, new Wave, soul synth, pop, pop. Jazz, blues and Hip Up. Prince produced his albums himself, pioneering the Minneapolis sound. Born and raised in Minneapolis. Prince signed a record deal with Warner [00:04:00] Brothers records at the age of 18, soon releasing the studio albums for you.

in Prince: 1979

The album recorded with his new backing band, the Revolution. Spent six consecutive months atop the US Billboard 200 chart and won the Academy Award for [00:05:00] best original song score. The movie grossed $70.3 million worldwide. And it has been recorded as one of the greatest musical films. After Disbanding the Revolution, prince released the album sign of the Times 1987, widely hailed by critics as the greatest work of his career.

In: 1993

Over the next decade, six of his albums entered the [00:06:00] US top 10 charts in April, 2016. At the age of 57, prince died after accidentally overdosing on Fentanyl at his Paisley Park home and recording studio in Chen Hassen, Minnesota. He was a prolific musician who released 39 albums during his life with a vast array of unreleased material left in a custom built bank vault underneath his home, including fully completed albums and over 50 finished music videos.

Academy Award, and a Golden [: 00:07:00

He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2004, the UK Music Hall of Fame in 2006, and the Rhythm and Blues Music Hall of Fame in 2016, and was inducted twice into the Black Music and Entertainment Walk of Fame in 2022. Estimates of the complete number of songs written by Prince Range, anywhere from 500 to well over a thousand early life.

th,: 1958

The jazz drummer, Louis Hayes [00:08:00] was his paternal cousin. Prince was named after his father's most popular stage name Prince Rogers, which his father used while performing with Prince's mother in a jazz group called the Prince Rogers Trio. In 1991, Prince's father told a current affair that he had named his son Prince, because he wanted Prince to do everything I wanted to do.

Prince was not fond of his name and wanted people instead to call him Skipper, a name, which stuck throughout his childhood. Prince said he was born epileptic and had seizures when he was young. He stated, my mother told me one day, I walked into her and said, mom, I'm not going to be sick anymore. And she said, why?

th,: 1960

Paul News Station WCCO TV was researching a previous teacher strike in April, 1970. And accidentally uncovered an interview they had done with Prince about that 1970 strike Prince, who was 11 years old at the time, said about the strike. I think they should get a better education too 'cause um, and I think they should get some more money 'cause they work maybe working extra hours for us and all that stuff.

life, prince wrote his first [: 00:10:00

His parents divorced when he was 10. His mother remarried Hayward Baker, with whom she had a son named Omar. Prince had a fraught relationship with Omar to the extent that it caused him to repeatedly switch homes, sometimes living with his father and sometimes with his mother and stepfather. Baker took Prince to see James Brown in concert, and Prince credited Baker with improving the family's finances after a brief period of living with his father who bought him his first guitar.

Central High School where he [: 00:11:00

He played on Central's Junior Varsity basketball team. And continued to play basketball for fun. As an adult, he was trained in classical ballet at the Minnesota Dance Theater through the Urban Arts program of Minneapolis Public Schools. Prince became an advocate for dancers and used his wealth to save the failing Joffrey Ballet in Chicago during the 1990s.

ter and producer Jimmy Jam in: 1973

Willie wrote the songs and Prince contributed Guitar Tracks and Prince and Willie co-wrote the 94 East Song. Just another sucker, the band recorded tracks, which later became the album Minneapolis Genius, the historic 1977 recordings in 1976. Shortly after graduating from Central High School, prince created a demo tape with Producer Chris Moon in Moon's Minneapolis studio.

Unable to secure a recording contract. Moon brought the tape to Owen Husney, a Minneapolis businessman who signed prints age 19 to a management contract and helped him create a demo at Sound 80 Studios in Minneapolis with producer engineer David Z. The demo recording along with the press kit produced at HUS ad Agency resulted in interest from several record companies.

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The album was mixed in Los Angeles and released on April 7th, 1978. According to the for You album notes, prince wrote, produced, arranged, composed, and played all 27 instruments on the recording, except for the song soft and Wet. His lyrics were co-written by Moon. The cost of recording the album was twice Prince's initial advance.

on the Hot [: 00:14:00

Involved a then teenage singer Sue Ann Corwell. His career as a solo artist. He hoped to mold after hearing her talented performance on the Minneapolis r and b scene. However, Cardwell resisted his suggestion that she use the name Susie Stone in recordings he had been working on with her for a projected 1978 album.

y Warner Brothers Records. In: 1979

Their first show was at the Capri Theater on January 5th, 1979. Warner Brothers executives attended the show, but decided that Prince and the band needed more time to develop his music. In October, 1979, prince released the album Prince, which was number four on the billboard top r and b, black albums, charts, and number 22 on the billboard 200 and went platinum.

th,: 1980

Prince used Ner music, BMI. In 1980, prince [00:16:00] released the album Dirty Mind, which contains sexually explicit material including the title song. Head and the Song Sister, which was described by Steven Thomas Earwin as a stunning, audacious amalgam of funk, new wave r and b and Pop fueled by grinning Lee salacious sex and the Desire to Shock recorded in Prince's Studio.

he opening act for Rick James: 1980

Prince released the album controversy. He played several dates in support of it as the first of three opening acts for the [00:17:00] Rolling Stones on their US tour. In Los Angeles, prince who appeared in a trench coat and black bikini briefs was forced off the stage after just three songs by audience members throwing trash at him.

He began in: 1982

By 2002, MTV News noted that now all of his titles, liner notes, web postings, are written in his own shorthand. Spelling A Seen on 1990 nines Rave unto the Joy. Fantastic, which featured. Hot would [00:18:00] you? In 1981, prince formed a side project called The Time. The band released four albums between 1981 and 1990 with Prince writing and performing most of the instrumentation and backing vocals, sometimes credited under the pseudonyms, Jamie Starr or The Star Company with lead vocals.

By Morris Day in late: 1982

Billy Jean played in heavy rotation on MTV, which had been perceived as against black music until CBS President Walter Yetnikoff threatened to pull all CBS videos. Prince and Jackson had [00:19:00] a competitive rivalry, which lasted for many years. The song Delirious also placed in the top 10 on the Billboard hot hundred chart International Lover earned Prince his first Grammy Award nomination at the 26th annual Grammy Awards.

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musician, 1984 through 1987. Purple Rain, around the world in a day and parade. During this period, prince referred to his band as the Revolution. The band's name was also printed in reverse on the cover of 1999. [00:20:00] Inside the letter I of the word Prince, the band consisted of Lisa Coleman and Dr. Fink on keyboards, Bobby Z on drums, brown, mark on Bass, and Des Dickerson on guitar.

so part of the lineup for the: 1999

Dickerson were replaced by Coleman's friend Wendy Melvoin. At first, the band was used sparsely in the studio, but this gradually changed. During 1983, according to his former manager Bob Glo, in the early 1980s, prince required his [00:21:00] management to obtain a deal for him to star in a major motion picture.

d in the hit film Purple Rain: 1984

The Purple Rain album sold more than 13 million copies in the US and spent 24 consecutive weeks at number one on the Billboard 200 chart. The film won Princes and Academy Award for best original song score. Engrossed more than $68 million in the us. $206 million in 2020 $4. Songs from the film were hits on pop charts around the world when Duffs cry and let's go.

and the title track reached [: 00:22:00

It is also included on the list of time, magazines, all time 100 albums. The album also produced two of Prince's first three Grammy Awards earned at the 27th annual Grammy Awards. Best rock performance by a duo or group with vocal and best scores. Soundtrack for visual media. In 1984, pop artist Andy Warhol created the painting, orange.

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The Vanity Fair article was one of the first global media pieces written as a critical appreciation of the musician, which coincided with the start of the 98 date Purple Rain Tour. After Tipper Gore heard her 11-year-old daughter Karenna listening to Prince's song, darling Nikki, which gained wide notoriety for its sexual lyrics.

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In 1985, prince announced that he would discontinue live performances and music videos after the release of his next album. His subsequent recording around the world in a day 1985, held the number one spot on the billboard, 200 for three weeks. From that album, the single Raspberry Beret reached number two on the Billboard hot hundred and Pop Life reached number seven in 1986.

song Mimic Monday written by [: 00:25:00

The album parade served as the soundtrack for Prince's second film under the Cherry Moon, 1986. Prince directed and starred in the movie, which also featured Kristen Scott Thomas. Although the Parade album went platinum and sold 2 million copies, the film under the Cherry Moon received a Golden Raspberry Award for worst picture tied with Howard The Duck and Prince received Golden Raspberry Awards for Worst Director.

And it happened one night in: 1986

After the tour, prince disbanded the revolution and fired Wendy and Lisa Brown. Mark quit the. He artist Dr. Fink remained Prince recruited new band members, Migo Weaver on Guitar, Atlanta Bliss on Trumpet, and Eric Leeds on saxophone, 1987 through 1991. Sign of the Times Love Sexy Batman and Graffiti Bridge.

Before disbanding the Revolution, prince was working on two separate projects. The Revolution album, dream Factory, and a solo effort. Camille, unlike the three previous band albums, dream Factory, included input from the band of members and featured songs with lead vocals by Wendy and Lisa. The Camille Project saw Princes create a new androgynous persona, primarily singing in a sped up female sounding voice.

dismissal of the Revolution, [: 00:27:00

The first single sign of the times charted at number three on the hot hundred. The follow up single. If I was, your girlfriend charted at number 67 on the hot hundred, but went to number 12 on r and b chart. The third single a duet was Sheena Easton. You got the look charted at number two on the hundred and number 11 on the R&b chart in the final single.

top album of the Year by PA [: 00:28:00

From the remnants of the revolution, prince added bassist, Levi Cesar Jr. Keyboardist Body Boyer. And dancer choreographer Kat Glover to go with a new drummer, Sheila e and Holdovers, Mika Weaver, Dr. Fink, Eric Leeds, Atlanta Bliss, and the bodyguards. Jerome Wally Safford and Greg Brooks for the sign of the Times Tour.

The sign of the Times Tour was a success overseas with Warner Brothers and Prince's managers wanting to bring it to the US to promote sales of the album. Prince Balk did a full US tour as he was ready to produce a new album. As a compromise, the last two nights of the tour were filmed for release in movie theaters.

and reshoots were performed [: 00:29:00

The Black Album also saw Prince Experiment with hip hop on the songs, Bob George, and Dead on it. Prince was set to release the album with a monochromatic black cover with only the catalog number printed. But after 500,000 copies had been pressed, prince had a spiritual epiphany that the album was evil and had it recalled.

as a limited edition album in: 1994

Love Sexy Reach number 11 on the Billboard 200 and number five on the r and b albums chart. The lead single Alphabet Street pink did number eight on the hot hundred and number three. On the r and b chart, it sold 750,000 copies. Prince again took his post revolution backing band, minus the bodyguards on a three leg, 84 show Love Sexy World Tour.

expensive sets and props. In: 1989

He also began work on several musical projects, including Raven to The Joy, fantastic, and early drafts of his graffiti bridge film, but both were put on hold when he was asked by Batman 1989 Director Tim Burton to record several songs for the upcoming live action adaptation. Prince went into the studio and produced an entire nine track album that Warner Brothers released on June 20th, 1989.

ber two on the r and b chart.[: 00:32:00

While the love ballot scandalous went to number five on the r and b chart, prince had to sign away all publishing rights to the songs on the album to Warner Brothers as part of the deal to do the soundtrack. In 1990, prince went back on tour with a revamped band for his Back to Basics New tour with the departures of Bonnie Boyer, Sheila E, the Horns, and Kat Prince.

fourth film, graffiti Bridge,: 1990

Initially, Warner Brothers was reluctant to fund the film, but with Prince's assurances. It would be a sequel to Purple Reign, as well as the involvement of the original [00:33:00] members of the time. The Studio Green Lit the project released on August 20th, 1990. The album reached number six on the Billboard 200 and r and B albums chart.

th,: 1990

Grossing $4.2 million after the release of the film and album. The last remaining members of the Revolution, Migo Weaver, and Dr. Fink left Prince's Band. This portion was recorded June 5th, 2025 from the Wikipedia entry on the musician Prince, which can be found at [00:34:00] ian.wikipedia.org/wiki/prince.