Prince During his long career, Prince has been known by several names - one of them being a symbol (right). But in the 80's, he was, thankfully, just known as Prince. His music career started in 1978, but Prince's first UK success came in 1983 with the first release of the single and album "1999". The single was even more successful when it was re-released in 1985 and reached No.2 in the UK charts. Incidentally, it was re-released again in time for the 1999 New Year celebrations, but only just scraped into the Top 40 in the UK. Real UK success came in 1984 with the "Purple Rain" soundtrack album. It featured the hit singles "When Doves Cry" (one of my personal favourites) and "Let's Go Crazy" which were both No.1 in the U.S. Also released as a single were the title-track "Purple Rain" and "I Would Die 4 U". Prince's success continued throughout the 1980's with five more albums. In 1985 he released the hit album "Around The World In A Day" which featured the hit singles "Raspberry Beret" (No.2 - U.S.) and "Paisley Park" which was also a Top Ten U.S. Hit. 1986 saw the release of the next hit studio album "Parade". The first single "Kiss" shot to No.1 on the Billboard Top 100 in the U.S. At the same time, "Manic Monday" by the Bangles - which was written by Prince under the name "Christopher" - also went to No.1 on the Billboard Hot 100. Two more highly successful albums "Sign O' The Times" (1987) and "Lovesexy" (1988) went platinum in the U.K. In 1989 Prince released the "Batman" soundtrack album which featured the hit singles "Batdance", "Partyman" and "The Arms Of Orion" (with Sheena Easton). Unfortunately, there are hardly any videos available with sound as Universal have taken the sound off all of them on Youtube - tight or what?
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