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In 1980, Lisa Coleman replaced Gayle Chapman in Prince's touring band. Coleman was well-liked by Prince and was asked to contribute vocals to several tracks over his next few albums. In 1983, Dez Dickerson left the band due to religious conflicts. Coleman suggested Melvoin as a replacement. Prince accepted Melvoin into the band as they began to record Purple Rain. The film and album were a phenomenon, catapulting himself and the newly named Revolution as superstars. Prince's personal life also became intertwined with Melvoin ...

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Crystal Ball is an unreleased album by Prince from 1986/1987. The album was planned to consist of 3 LPs and cover a broad range of musical styles. Crystal Ball unreleased album - Evolution of the album. The beginnings of Crystal Ball can be traced to early 1986 on a concept album called Dream Factory. Much like Parade, Dream Factory was written by Prince in collaberation with Wendy and Lisa but to an even greater degree. The album evolved quickly from a single albu ...

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A painter who had also dabbled in piano, guitar and ukulele since childhood, Mitchell took her surname from a brief marriage to folksinger Chuck Mitchell in 1965. She performed frequently in coffee houses and folk clubs and became well known for her unique style of song writing and her innovative guitar style. Personal and often self-consciously poetic, her songs were strengthened by her extraordinarily wide-ranging voice (with a range in pitch at one time covering over four octaves) and unique guitar playing, tuning the instrument in unorth ...

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The beginnings of Crystal Ball can be traced to early 1986 on a concept album called Dream Factory. Much like Parade, Dream Factory was written by Prince in collaberation with Wendy and Lisa but to an even greater degree. The album evolved quickly from a single album to a double with a large body of tracks being considered or rejected. A final configuration of the album was finally decided upon, but before the album could be produced, Wendy and Lisa quit the band, and The Revolution dissolved. Prince decided to ab ...

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Prince artist - Uptown: Early years. Prince Rogers Nelson was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota at Mount Sinai Hospital to John L. Nelson and Mattie Shaw. John L. Nelson played in a jazz trio The Prince Rogers Trio, hence Prince's birth name. There are a number of myths regarding Prince's ethnicity and gender, some spread by Prince himself. The most pervasive is that he is the child of a black father and white mother, a myth later bolstered by the cult film Purple Rain starring Prince, Morris Day of The Time, and pop singer Apollonia. Princ ...

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For a detailed listing of albums, singles, and production/songwriting work Prince has done for other musicians, please see Prince discography. Prince artist - Top Twenty albums. The following albums reached the Top Twenty on either the U.S. Billboard 200 albums chart, or the UK Albums Chart. Prince artist - Top Ten singles. The following singles reached the Top Ten on one or more of the following charts: the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, the U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart, the U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Mus ...

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(with U.S. chart positions) Joni Mitchell - Albums. Song to a Seagull (also known as Joni Mitchell) (1968) #183 Clouds (1969) #31 Ladies of the Canyon (1970) #27 Blue (1971) #15 For the Roses (1972) #11 Court and Spark (1974) #2 Miles of Aisles (live) (1974) #2 The Hissing of Summer Lawns (1975) #5 Hejira (1976) #13 Don Juan's Reckless Daughter ...

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Both Sides Now (2000) was an album composed mostly of covers of classic standards, performed with an orchestra. It received rave reviews by critics and remains a strong seller. The album contained reappraisals of "A Case of You" and the title track "Both Sides Now," two early hits transposed down to Mitchell's now-dusky, soulful alto range. Its success led to 2002's Travelogue, a collection of re-workings of her previous songs with lush orchestral accompaniments ...

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Side 1 "Rebirth of the Flesh" "Play in the Sunshine" "Housequake" "The Ballad of Dorothy Parker" Side 2 "It" "Starfish and Coffee" "Slow Love" "Hot Thing" Side 3 "Crystal Ball" "If I Was Your Girlfriend" "Rock Hard in a Funky Place" Side 4 "The Ball" "Joy in Repetition" "Strange Relationship" ...

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Mitchell's confessional approach deepened on Blue (1971), widely considered the best of this period. Exploring the various facets of relationships, from infatuation on "A Case of You" to insecurity on "This Flight Tonight", the songs featured an increasing use of piano and Appalachian dulcimer on "Carey" , "California" and "All I Want." Others were piano led, some exhibiting the rhythms associated with rock music. The more straightforward "rock" influence was still strong on her next two albums, recorded for new label Asylum. < ...

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The first such album, The Hissing of Summer Lawns (1975), was also a lyrical departure, with the confessional style replaced by a series of vignettes, from nightclub dancers ("Edith and the Kingpin") to the bored wives of the wealthy ("The Hissing of Summer Lawns" and "Harry's House Centerpiece"). The album was stylistically diverse, with complex vocal harmonies set with African drumming (the Warrior Drums of Burundi making up the foundation of "The Jungle Line"). Although many fans and other artists often cite Hissing as their ...

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Mitchell could be labeled a "musician's musician"; her work has had an enormous influence on a number of artists; she has influenced not only "similar" singer-songwriters, such as Sheryl Crow and Shawn Colvin, but a number of artists in diverse genres, such as k.d. lang, Elvis Costello, PM Dawn, Agnes Chan, and Prince. For instance, Prince's song "The Ballad of Dorothy Parker" off the album Sign 'O' the Times, pays tribute to Mitchell, both through his evocative Mitchell-like harmonies and through the use of one Mitchell's own techniq ...

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The 1980s saw Mitchell's lowest recorded output since the beginning of her career. Only three albums of new material appeared, and none of them made an impression. 1982's Wild Things Run Fast was an attempt to return to pop songwriting, including cover versions of "Unchained Melody" and "(You're So Square) Baby I Don't Care". It was influenced largely by Mitchell's marriage to producer Larry Klein - Mitchell herself referred to the songs in several interviews as "I love Larry" songs. Although the songwriting was solid, the set was released at a time where multi-layered, darker music in the ...

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The next year, the duo released an album simply entitled Wendy And Lisa with Columbia Records. The lead single, "Waterfall" received some airplay, and the music video was played on MTV and VH1. The album was a moderate success, but did not approach the sales figures of The Revolution. The sound was a continuation of the pop/dance/R&B fusion that had been the hallmark of their work with Prince; many Prince fans that were more fond of his funkier music did not follow the duo's work. They released a follow up album, Fruit At the ...

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