Prince Roger Nelson was a legendary musician who achieved wide fame in he 1980s with the album 1999 and Purple Rain, the latter album sharing a title with a film starring the musician. These albums cemented his superstar status. He was named after the Prince Roger Trio, a jazz band his father performed with as a pianist.
He was signed to Warner Brothers Records as a teenager. Prince was a perfectionist who was highly protective of his music. He wrote, composed and produced the majority of his music and played most of the instruments on his albums.
Prince's artistry included his singing abilities - a wide range from falsetto to baritone and quick flamboyant shifts of register. He was also a prominent multi-instrumentalist who played all 27 instruments on his debut album. As a performer he played on various guitars, piano, lead vocals and occasional bass, drums and harmonica. On recordings he played assorted keyboards and synthesizers, bass guitar, drums, percussion and saxophone.
You can honor Prince's legendary music in memoriam by checking out his recordings in the GPL collection:
1999 published in 1982Purple Rain published in 1984
Graffiti Bridge published in 1990
Very Best of Prince published in 2001
Lullaby Renditions of Prince published in 2012
HITnRUN Phase One published in 2015 (his latest, last, except for HITnRUN Phase Two (streaming)
This a limited listing and there are many recordings in between. Search under Prince as well as Revolution (Musical Group) as authors, then reminisce.
Don't forget his motion picture, Purple Rain, the DVD: 20th Anniversary published in 2004 nor his book entitled 21 Nights published in 2008, a pictorial work of his performance in London, England.
His amazing talents will be missed.
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