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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. [29] In 1991, Prince's father told A Current Affair that he named his son "Prince" because he wanted Prince "to do everything I wanted to do". [30]
Playing the piano, Nelson used "Prince Rogers" as a stage name and started a band called "The Prince Rogers Trio" with local musicians. In 1956, he met Mattie Della Shaw (November 11, 1933 – February 15, 2002) at a show on the north side of Minneapolis. Shaw was a jazz musician who became the musical group's singer.
His father John Nelson was a jazz musician who played under the stage name Prince Rogers in a group called the Prince Rogers Trio. When he had a son with the Trio's singer Mattie Della Shaw in ...
Diamonds and Pearls is the thirteenth studio album by American recording artist Prince, and the first with his backing band The New Power Generation.It was released on October 1, 1991, by Paisley Park Records and Warner Bros. Records.
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See Prince singles discography for his singles and extended plays, and Prince videography for his music videos and video albums. Prince has sold over 100 million records worldwide, [1] including 36.5 million certified units in the United States, and over 10 million records in the United Kingdom.
3121 (pronounced "thirty-one twenty-one") is the thirty-first studio album by American musician Prince.Released on March 21, 2006 (3/21) by NPG Records and distributed, under a "one-album deal", by Universal Music, the album reinforced Prince's big comeback after the critical success of Musicology (2004).
Prince was so pleased with the results that they all returned to the studio 2 days later to record another 3 tracks: "U Gotta Shake Something" "Voodoo Who" "Finest Whiskey" On January 5, 1986, Prince, Leeds, Sheila E. and Seacer returned to the studio once more, this time with Wendy & Lisa, and Wendy's brother, Jonathan Melvoin. They recorded ...