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Surprising facts about the legend of our generation Prince Rogers Nelson

4/21/2017
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Prince Rogers Nelson can be called a man of all talents. A year ago we lost this cultural icon...

Prince Rogers Nelson died on April, 21, when he was only 57 years old. This is really a great loss of our generation.

Prince was an outstanding musician, singer, songwriter, actor, dancer, he could play almost all musical instruments. Here are some interesting facts about this outstanding person that you probably didn't know. Enjoy!

Prince is not a pseudonym

During his life and artistic career the musician had lots of nicknames. In his childhood, he was known as Skipper. Then as The Kid, The Purple Purv, The Minneapolis Midget, Alexander Nevermind, Christopher Tracy and The Artist Formerly Known As Prince. But his real name was Prince Rogers Nelson in honor of his father's group "The Prince Rogers Jazz Trio".

A man of all talents

Prince's first album titled "For You" was released in 1978. All the songs of this album were composed, arranged and even played the instruments by the musician himself.

Camille

Camille is the name of Prince's female alter-ego. You can hear "her" voice in the songs
“If I was Your Girlfriend”.

No interview, please

Prince didn't like to give interviews, but when it happened, he didn't allow journalists to use a tape recorder or even a pen to note his words. He wanted them to concentrate on the music he made and not so much on him. There were some interviews where he preferred to keep silence.

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Bad

Prince refused to sing the song "Bad" in a duet with Michael Jackson, who wrote it for them two.

Mayte Garcia

Mayte Garcia is Prince's first wife. Only a few people know that he saw her in a video for the first time. Mayte's mother advised her to send videotapes of her belly dance to the singer. Although the girl was only 16, Prince started to communicate with her.

I only wanted to see you laughing in the purple rain

Prince's song Purple Rain initially lasted for about 11 minutes, but then was cut. It also spent 24 weeks at Number 1 on the Billboard charts.

Purple tickets

Everyone dreamed of receiving a Golden ticket from Willy Wonka's Factory in childhood. Prince made the dreams of his fans come true. In 2006, he gave Purple tickets to lucky guys who got the opportunity to visit private concert in Prince's house. That was definitely the time of their lives!

Great loss

We will always remember this legendary musician. His wonderful music will stay in our hearts forever.

Let's remember one of his greatest performances

What do you think about this musician? We are waiting for your response in the comments below.

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15 Comments
Clarence Quismundo
Clarence Quismundo
No. The song Purple Rain did not stay at Billboard No,1 for 24 weeks. No record of any artist has even reached 20 weeks as Number one. Maybe the Album "Purple Rain", but not the song.
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Sep 1, 2022 10:59AM
AJ Webb
AJ Webb
Always one of my favorite musicians
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Feb 28, 2022 4:55PM
debimuller
debimuller
my fiancé and I have a special PRINCE song for the past 13yrs
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Oct 7, 2021 7:16AM
Eve
Eve
He was an amazing talent. Gone too soon
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Jul 28, 2020 6:09PM
Linda Stegall
Linda Stegall
Didn't know his full name.
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Jul 16, 2019 7:15PM
Diane Butterfield
Diane Butterfield
The video and the last two pictures were removed. I mean the last three. I wonder why?
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Jul 6, 2019 10:40PM
Sandra Russell
Sandra Russell
Such great talent!
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Jun 1, 2019 10:38PM
Ruby Skinner
Ruby Skinner
1 of a kind, and a great performer
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May 31, 2018 10:01PM
Alexandra Chan
Alexandra Chan
I like hus song
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Oct 25, 2017 9:20AM
ninakamwene
ninakamwene
Purple rain a great song by a talented artist. Thank you.
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Oct 23, 2017 4:46AM
Gordon Lindley
Gordon Lindley
He was devote Jehovah Witness, was one reason he would not sing with Michael Jackson the song Bad.
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Sep 6, 2017 5:41PM
shane es
shane es
Awesome singer
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Apr 30, 2017 6:40PM
Joyce Costa
Joyce Costa
Very talented
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Apr 26, 2017 1:38PM
Maryjane Simmons
Maryjane Simmons
gone too soon.
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Apr 23, 2017 10:00PM
Angelino Balancio
Angelino Balancio
Good mate!
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Apr 21, 2017 7:25PM

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