Prince is coming to the North Charleston Coliseum March 30th! Whether you love him or hate him, I believe we can all agree on the fact that Prince achieved the “American Musical Dream” by creating three generations of top charting music. And to think he produced, wrote, and recorded most of his work all by himself! So in tribute to Prince’s Charleston debut, I would like to share some fun trivia.
1. Prince owns his own studio and record label. He also writes, produces,
Records, and plays most of the instruments on his albums.
2. Prince has had over thirty top 40 hits including: “Little Red Corvette”, “When Doves Cry”, “Let’s Go Crazy”, “Raspberry Beret”, “Cream”, “Kiss”, and “U Got the Look”.
3. He has had 10 albums go platinum.
4. He won an Academy Award for the movie “Purple Rain”
5. Prince has won 7 Grammy awards.
6. The number one hit “When Doves Cry” doesn’t have any guitars in the musical composition.
7. Prince’s dad bought Prince his first guitar when he was ten years old.
8. Prince is a vegetarian.
9. Prince recorded the 1989 “Batman” movie soundtrack.
10. When Prince was ten he dance on stage with his hero, James Brown.
Infamous Quotes:
“I’ve got more hits than Madonna’s got kids.”
“Cool means being able to hang with yourself. All you have to ask yourself is ‘Is there anybody I’m afraid of? Is there anybody who if I walked into a room and saw, I’d get nervous?’ If not, then you’re cool.”
“You can always renegotiate a record contract. You just go in and say, ‘You know, I think my next project will be a country-and-western album’.”
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