The Purple One caught fire with his Purple Rain project in 1984. There has been controversy through the years, but he's remained a viable performer now into his fourth decade. Here is the complete Discography from Prince:
1978: For You (#163) 1979: Prince (#22) 1980: Dirty Mind (#45) 1981: Controversy (#21, #55 Australia) 1982: 1999 (#9, #30 U.K., #25 Canada, #35 Australia, #6 New Zealand) 1984: "Purple Rain" Soundtrack (#1, #7 U.K., #1 Canada, #1 Australia, #2 New Zealand) 1985: Around the World in a Day (#1, #5 U.K., #16 Canada, #12 Australia, #16 New Zealand) 1986: "Parade" Soundtrack (#3, #4 U.K., #11 Canada, #8 Australia, #7 New Zealand) 1987: Sign "O" the Times (#6, #4 U.K., #27 Canada, #20 Australia, #6 New Zealand) 1988: Lovesexy (#11, #1 U.K., #7 Canada, #6 Australia, #1 New Zealand) 1989: "Batman" Soundtrack (#1, #1 U.K., #1 Canada, #4 Australia, #4 New Zealand) 1990: "Graffiti Bridge" Soundtrack (#6, #1 U.K., #22 Canada, #10 Australia, #3 New Zealand) 1991: Diamonds and Pearls (#3, #2 U.K., #8 Canada, #1 Australia, #5 New Zealand) 1992: Love Symbol Album (#5, #1 U.K., #16 Canada, #1 Australia, #4 New Zealand) 1994: Come (#15, #1 U.K., #34 Canada, #2 Australia, #16 New Zealand) The Black Album (#47, #36 U.K., #48 Canada, #15 Australia) 1995: The Gold Experience (#6, #4 U.K., #35 Canada, #13 Australia) 1996: Chaos and Disorder (#26, #14 U.K., #43 Canada, #54 Australia) Emancipation (#11, #18 U.K., #24 Canada, #8 Australia, #22 New Zealand) "Girl 6" Soundtrack (#75) 1997: Kamasutra (Internet only) 1998: Crystal Ball/The Truth (#62, #91 U.K.) Crystal Ball/The Truth/Kamasutra (Internet only) 1999: The Vault: Old Friends 4 (sic) Sale (#85, #47 U.K.) Rave Un2 (sic) the Joy Fantastic (#18, #145 U.K., #5 Canada 2000: NPG Music Club Vol. 1-12 (Internet only) 2001: The Rainbow Children (#109) 2003: N.E.W.S. Xpectation (sic) (Internet) C-NOTE 2004: Musicology (#3, #3 U.K., #11 Canada, #19 Australia, #25 New Zealand) The Chocolate Invasion (Internet only) The Slaughterhouse (Internet only) 2006: 3121 (#1, #9 U.K., #9 Canada, #18 Australia) 2007: Planet Earth (#3, #17 Canada, #38 Australia) 2009: Lotusflow3r/MPL Sound (#2) 2010: 20Ten
Live Albums: 2002: One Nite (sic) Alone...Live! 2008: Indigo Nights
Compilations: 1993: The Hits 1 (#46, #5 U.K., #34 Canada, #19 Australia, #12 New Zealand) The Hits 2 (#54, #5 U.K., #36 Canada, #20 Australia, #8 New Zealand) The Hits/The B-Sides (#19, #4 U.K., #67 Canada, #5 Australia, #50 New Zealand) 2001: The Very Best of Prince (#55, #2 U.K., #22 Canada, #40 Australia) 2006: The Ultimate Prince (#61, #6 U.K., #3 New Zealand)
1962: Booker T & the MG's released one of The Top 100 Instrumentals of the Rock Era*--"Green Onions". (Note: one website claims the single was released in September. It debuted on the Singles chart on August 11, 1962. It is physically impossible for a song to be ranked on the Singles chart if it has not been released as a single.)
1964: The Zombies released the single "She's Not There" on Decca Records. 1964: The Rolling Stones concert in Blackpool, England ended in a dangerous riot.
1965: Gary Lewis & the Playboys had a hot song with "Save Your Heart For Me". It moved up from #40 to #13 on this date.
1965: "Satisfaction" by the Rolling Stones reigned for a third week at #1. "I'm Henry VIII, I Am" by Herman's Hermits was at #2 with the Four Tops' former #1 "I Can't Help Myself" third.
1965: "I Can't Help Myself" by the Four Tops was #1 on the R&B chart for the eighth straight week.
1967: The Supremes released the single "Reflections".
1971: T. Rex was hot in the U.K, landing the #1 song "Get It On". 1971: CCR exploded up the chart as "Sweet Hitch-Hiker" moved from 68 to 37.
1971: "Indian Reservation" by the Raiders was #1, giving the likable group from Boise, Idaho their 19th hit but first and only #1 song. Carole King from Stanley, Idaho fell to #2 after five weeks with her classic "It's Too Late". Both songs are in The Top 500 Songs of the Rock Era*. James Taylor was up against tough competition but he stayed at #3 with "You've Got a Friend" while Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds were stuck at 4 with "Don't Pull Your Love". The rest of the Top 10: Jean Knight's one and only--"Mr. Big Stuff", Cornelius Brothers and Sister Rose dropped with "Treat Her Like A Lady", Tommy James moved up to #7 with his solo hit "Draggin' The Line", the Bee Gees had song #8--"How Can You Mend A Broken Heart", John Denver scored the first Top 10 of his career with "Take Me Home, Country Roads" while the Grass Roots posted their 16th hit with "Sooner Or Later". 1971: Carole King remained at #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart for the fifth week with "It's Too Late".
1972: Three Dog Night released the single "Black And White". 1972: Bobby Ramirez, drummer for Edgar Winter's White Trash, was killed in a barroom brawl at age 24 in Chicago, Illinois. 1975: The Eagles were in concert at the Convocation Center in South Bend, Indiana. 1976: Alan Parsons, the famed engineer and producer, organized his own group to be called the Alan Parsons Project, debuted on the chart with their first single "(The System Of) Doctor Tarr And Professor Feather."
1976: Lou Rawls moved to the top of the R&B chart with his great summer song "You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine".
1976: The Manhattans climbed to the top after 15 weeks with "Kiss And Say Goodbye", sending "Afternoon Delight" by Starland Vocal Band to #2. The Brothers Johnson could get no higher than #3 with their great song "I'll Be Good To You". Newcomer Starbuck was feeling good with "Moonlight Feels Right", as it edged up to 4 while Gary Wright hit #5 with "Love Is Alive". The rest of the Top 10: Seals & Crofts moved from 16 to 6 with "Get Closer", the Beatles were at position #7 with "Got To Get You Into My Life", the duo of Elton John & Kiki Dee moved from 23 to 8 with "Don't Go Breaking My Heart", the Beach Boys posted their 45th hit but their first Top 10 in 10 years with "Rock And Roll Music" and actor John Travolta had a Top 10 song with "Let Her In".
1976: Peter Frampton moved from 7 to 1 with the album Frampton Comes Alive, bumping Wings at the Speed of Sound to #2. George Benson remained at 3 with Breezin', Chicago X was at #4 at Fleetwood Mac's self-titled release was still at #5 after 52 weeks. The rest of the Top 10: Jefferson Starship moved from 50 to 6 with Spitfire, Neil Diamond was up to 7 with Beautiful Noise, the Beatles with Rock 'N' Roll Music, the Steve Miller Band moved into the Top 10 with Fly Like an Eagle and Aerosmith plummeted with Rocks. 1978: The remake of the movie Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, starring Peter Frampton and the Bee Gees, opened in New York City.
1979: The Commodores released their amazing single "Sail On".
1982: After years of trying, Survivor had a hit song, and it wasn't just any hit record, but the #1 classic "Eye Of The Tiger". Toto spent a fourth week at #2 with "Rosanna" and "Hurts So Good" from "John Cougar (Mellencamp) was third. Fleetwood Mac was up to 4 with "Hold Me" and the Dazz Band found itself at #5 with "Let It Whip". The rest of the Top 10: Steve Miller had his first Top 10 song in five years--"Abracadabra", Chicago was racing up the charts (11-6) with their great comeback song "Hard To Say I'm Sorry", the Human League remained in the Top 10 after 22 weeks with "Don't You Want Me", Air Supply collected their seventh consecutive Top 10 song to start their career (#6 all-time) with "Even The Nights Are Better", the Motels were at 9 with "Only The Lonely" and REO Speedwagon closed out the list with "Keep The Fire Burnin'". 1982: The talented Jennifer Holiday moved into the #1 position on the R&B chart with "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going". 1982: "Even the Nights Are Better" from Air Supply was the new #1 Adult Contemporary song.
1985: Madonna released the single "Dress You Up".
1987: La Bamba, a film biography about the life of Richie Valens, opened in theaters. 1993: "Lately" by Jodeci stood alone at #1 on the R&B chart. 1993: U2 bypassed all the mediocre albums at the time to debut at #1 with Zooropa. 1993: UB40 hit #1 with one of the only remakes of a #1 song (Elvis Presley's "Can't Help Falling in Love") to hit #1 in the Rock Era. 1993: Tina Turner took over at #1 on the AC chart with "I Don't Wanna' Fight". 1995: The 80th birthday of Frank Sinatra was celebrated over three days at Carnegie Hall in New York City. 1996: The Eagles performed at the Waldbühne in Berlin, Germany. 1998: Aerosmith postponed the first 13 dates of their American tour after drummer Joey Kramer received second-degree burns in a gas station fire. 2003: Ashanti, Ja Rule and Fat Joe performed at Hot 97's Hot Summer Night show on a pier in New York City. 2003: The movie Masked and Anonymous starring Bob Dylan premiered. 2004: 'N Sync reunited to sing the National Anthem at their Challenge for Children basketball tournament at the Office Depot Center in Sunrise, Florida. 2005: James Blunt had both the #1 U.K. song "You're Beautiful" and the #1 album Back to Bedlam.
2011: Dan Peek, lead singer, guitarist, and keyboardist for America, died in his sleep of fibrinous pericarditis at his home in Farmington, Missouri at the age of 60. 2012: Larry Hoppen, lead singer, co-founder and multi-instrumentalist with Orleans, who also worked with Jackson Browne, Bonnie Raitt, Lulu and Blues Traveler, died at age 61. 2014: The Beatles singles "Love Me Do", "Please Please Me" and "Twist And Shout" all were certified Platinum.
Born This Day: 1934: Jimmy Holiday, who wrote the classic song "Put A Little Love In Your Heart" for Jackie DeShannon, was born in Sallis, Mississippi; died of heart failure February 15, 1987 in Iowa City, Iowa. 1941: Barbara Jean Love of Friends of Distinction ("Grazing In The Grass" and "Love Or Let Me Be Lonely") was born in Los Angeles. 1957: Alan Whitehead, drummer of Marmalade ("Reflections Of My Life") was born in Oswestry, Shropshire, England.
1969: Jennifer Lopez was born in the Bronx, New York. 1973: Mecca (Ann Vieira) of Digable Planets was born in Silver Spring, Maryland.
1955: Slim Whitman had the #1 song in the U.K. with "Rose Marie".
1955: Fats Domino continued to roll, watching "Ain't It A Shame" (now better known as "Ain't That A Shame") post its 10th week on top of the R&B chart. 1963: Neil Young went through his first recording session at radio station CKRC in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
1964: The Beatles were at The Night of a Hundred Stars at the Palladium in London. 1964: The Beatles registered their fifth U.K. #1 when "A Hard Day's Night" reached the top. 1965: The Kinks performed "You Really Got Me" on the television show Where the Action Is. 1966: British Prime Minister Harold Wilson was on hand as the Cavern Club reopened in Liverpool. 1966: Jack Jones reached #1 on the Easy Listening chart with "The Impossible Dream".
1966: The Lovin' Spoonful had the perfect hit for the season--"Summer In The City", which moved from #53 to #21 on this date. 1966: Frank Sinatra's Strangers in the Night may have moved into the #1 slot, but the Beatles meant business, moving from 18 to 2 with their album Yesterday...And Today.
1966: "Hanky Panky" by Tommy James & the Shondells remained at #1 with "Wild Thing" from the Troggs trailing. Sam the Sham & the Pharoahs had their follow-up to "Wooly Bully"--it was "Lil' Red Riding Hood" moving from 9 to 3. "The Pied Piper" by Crispian St. Peters also made a nice move (12-4) while Dusty Springfield came in fifth with "You Don't Have To Say You Love Me". The rest of the Top 10: The Beatles' former #1 "Paperback Writer", Paul Revere & the Raiders from Boise, Idaho moving up to #7 with "Hungry", the Cyrkle with "Red Rubber Ball", the Mamas & the Papas entered the Top 10 with "I Saw Her Again" and Tommy Roe's "Sweet Pea" at #10. 1971: The Rolling Stones and Brian Jones' father filed a lawsuit against former Stones manager Allen Klein, alleging that Klein mismanaged the group's money. 1969: The Rolling Stones topped the U.K. chart with "Honky Tonk Women". 1971: The Moody Blues released the album Every Good Boy Deserves Favour.
1973: Grand Funk released the single "We're An American Band".
1973: B.W. Stevenson released the single "My Maria".
1977: Judas Priest began their first American tour at the Oakland Alameda County Coliseum in Oakland, California, opening for Led Zeppelin. 1977: We didn't yet know all that was in store for this album, but "Don't Stop" from Fleetwood Mac'sRumours moved from 60 to 31 this week. 1977: The Emotions enjoyed their fourth consecutive week at #1 on the R&B chart. 1977: England Dan & John Ford Coley celebrated five weeks at #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart with "It's Sad To Belong".
1977: Barry Manilow made it to #1 with "Looks Like We Made It", his eighth hit, sixth Top 10 and third chart-topper. Andy Gibb closed to #2 with "I Just Want to Be Your Everything", Shaun Cassidy fell with "Da Doo Ron Ron" and Peter Frampton's title track from his album I'm In You was at #4. The rest of the Top 10: "My Heart Belongs To Me" from Barbra Streisand, Hot with "Angel In Your Arms", Alan O'Day slipped to 7 with "Undercover Angel", Jimmy Buffett's signature song "Margaritaville" at #8, Peter McCann with "Do You Wanna' Make Love" and the Emotions crashed into the Top 10 with "Best Of My Love". 1977: After just one week away from being #1, Rumours by Fleetwood Mac returned to #1 for a third time on the Album chart. It had reached 11 weeks at the top and the third stay was going to be even longer. 1980: Keith Godchaux of the Grateful Dead died from injuries sustained in an automobile accident in Marin County, California. He was 32. 1983: The Police performed at Comisky Park in Chicago, Illinois. 1983: Paul Young rose to the top of the U.K. chart with his remake of the Marvin Gaye song "Wherever I Lay My Hat (That's My Home)".
1983: Synchronicity reached #1 on the Album chart in only the fourth week of release for the Police. In those days, it was tough to get to the top because of the stronger competition. The Soundtrack to "Flashdance" was up to #2 while Thriller by Michael Jackson relinquished its stranglehold on the top spot...for the time being, and Def Leppard's great album Pyromania had to stay at #4. The rest of the Top 10: Stevie Nicks with The Wild Heart, David Bowie's Let's Dance, Loverboy had a solid album at #7 with Keep It Up, Men At Work's Cargo was #8, Prince's solid album 1999 was at #9 and Eddy Grant remained at 10 with Killer on the Rampage.
You are missed, Michael Hutchence...
1988: Richard Marx scored a #1 with "Hold On To The Nights". Def Leppard was on fire, however, with "Pour Some Sugar On Me", INXS had a red-hot song with "New Sensation" and Steve Winwood was closing fast with "Roll With It". The rest of the Top 10: Cheap Trick's former #1 "The Flame", newcomer Breathe was at 6 with "Hands To Heaven", Eric Carmen had song #7--"Make Me Lose Control", Pebbles was down with "Mercedes Boy", Terence Trent D'Arby moved from 14 to 9 with "Sign Your Name" and former Go-Go Jane Wiedlin entered the Top 10 with "Rush Hour".
1988: Def Leppard finally reached #1 on the Album chart...in their 49th week of release with Hysteria. Van Halen dropped to 2 with OU812,Faith by George Michael (now down to #5), and the "Dirty Dancing" Soundtrack (#3) were on their way down. Guns N' Roses edged up to #4 with their superb Appetite for Destruction. The rest of the Top 10: Steve Winwood moved from 15 to 6 with Roll With It, Tracy Chapman's incredible debut was at #7, Sade was at 8 with Stronger Than Pride, Poison dropped with Open Up and Say...Ahh! and Bruce Hornsby & the Range had another winner with Scenes from the Southside.
1989: Ringo Starr began his first tour with his All-Starr Band (Joe Walsh, Billy Preston and Clarence Clemons) at the Park Central Amphitheater in Dallas, Texas. Over the years, the lineup has changed, but the concept remains--everyone on stage is an "all-star in their own right". 1990: John Mellencamp began work on his acting and directing debut in the movie Falling From Grace. 1987: The surviving members of the Beatles sued EMI-Capitol for $40 million representing back payments and the right to own their own music. 1992: Bruce Springsteen opened his world tour with the first of 11 shows at Brendan Byrne Arena in New Jersey. 1993: Nirvana made a surprise appearance at Roselnad Ballroom in New York City, playing songs from their upcoming In Utero album. 1994: The Eagles were in concert at the Citrus Bowl in Orlando, Florida.
1994: Elton John registered his 27th Top 10 hit (#5 all-time) with the great song "Can You Feel The Love Tonight" from the movie The Lion King. 1998: Iron Maiden had to cancel the rest of their U.S. tour after a doctor told Blaze Bayley not to sing for a month. 1998: It was a Retro 80's tour as Culture Club, Howard Jones and the Human League performed the first show of the tour at the Chastain Park Amphitheatre in Atlanta, Georgia. 2000: Farrah Franklin left Destiny's Child just five months after she joined.
2000: 'N Sync reached #1 with "It's Gonna' Be Me". 2000: The Corrs had the top U.K. album with In Blue. 2004: Linkin Park began a tour at the Riverbend Music Center in Cincinnati, Ohio. 2004: Bill Brown, guitarist with the Ozark Mountain Daredevils, died of smoke inhalation at his home in Springfield, Missouri. 2006: McFly had the #1 song in the U.K. with "Please Please". 2006: Razorlight was #1 on the U.K. Album chart with their self-titled release. 2008: A wax image of Amy Winehouse was unveiled at Madame Tussauds in London.
2011: Amy Winehouse died at the age of 27 from alcohol poisoning in London.
Born This Day: 1935: Cleveland Duncan of the Penguins ("Earth Angel" from 1954) was born in Los Angeles, California; died November 7, 2012 in Los Angeles. (Note: some websites are confused as to his birth year--according to the Doo Wop Music Hall of Fame, he was born in 1935.) 1943: Tony Joe White ("Polk Salad Annie") was born in Goodwill, Louisiana. (Note: several websites report White was born in Oak Grove, Louisiana, but according to 'MTV', Tony was born in Goodwill, near Oak Grove.) 1944: Dino Danelli, drummer of the Rascals, was born in Jersey City, New Jersey. 1946: Andy MacKay, saxophonist with Roxy Music, was born in Lostwithiel, Cornwall, England.
1947: David Essex ("Rock On" from 1973) was born in Plaistow, London.
1948: John Hall of Orleans and a United States Congressman from New York from 2007-2011, was born in Baltimore, Maryland.
1950: Blair Thornton, one of the hard-driving guitarists of Bachman-Turner Overdrive, was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. 1952: Janis Siegel of Manhattan Transfer ("Boy From New York City") was born in Brooklyn, New York. 1954: Marisa DeFranco, keyboardist of the DeFranco Family 1961: Martin Gore, singer-songwriter, guitarist and keyboardist and a founding member of Depeche Mode, was born in Basildon, Essex, England. 1968: Nick Menza, drummer of Megadeth, was born in Munich, Germany. (Note: various websites show his birthday as 1963 or 1964, but our best research indicates Nick was born in 1968. 1964: Tim Kellett, keyboard and trumpet player for Simply Red, was born in Knaresboroug, Yorkshire, England.
1965: Slash, elite guitarist of Guns 'n Roses, was born in Stoke-on-Trent, England. 1970: Sam Watters, singer/songwriter of Color Me Badd and later a producer and record executive, was born in Camp Springs, Maryland. 1971: Chad Gracey, drummer of Live, was born in York, Pennsylvania. 1971: Dalvin DeGrate, half of the duo Jodeci, was born in Hampton, Virginia.
1980: Michelle Williams of Destiny's Child was born in Rockford, Illinois. 1980: Steve Jocz, drummer for Sum 41, was born in Ajax, Ontario, Canada.
