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The story of Prince's Purple Rain, this year's viral Stranger Things needle drop
By Nick Hasted published
Prince's Purple Rain was the epic ballad that reclaimed rock for black musicians and is now ingrained in popular culture

Prince aims for superstardom and succeeds with Purple Rain - just steer clear of the movie
By Classic Rock Magazine published
The Purple Rain movie may have been a polished turd of soapy melodrama, but it – and the brilliant soundtrack – transformed Prince into a towering icon of the video age

Why Stevie Nicks turned down Prince's biggest song and spent the night at his purple palace
By James McNair published
Stevie Nicks reveals how she and Prince became flirty friends and collaborators...

"Prince looked at me like I had five heads." The night film director Spike Lee asked Prince to give him a rare guitar from his personal collection
By Paul Brannigan published
If you don't ask, you don't get

"People had issues with how he treated people – he was emotionally abusive, he was physically abusive." Prince documentary director addresses Netflix cancellation, says the star's representatives were unable to "confront his humanity"
By Liz Scarlett published
Director Ezra Edelman was working on a new Prince documentary for Netflix, however it has since been axed, allegedly due to disagreements over how the late musician was to be depicted

10 classic songs given away from one artist to another
By Niall Doherty published
From Prince to Joni Mitchell and Macca to the Bee Gees, the stars who were in such a creative purple patch that they had classics going spare and shopped them elsewhere.

Why Prince turned down Michael Jackson's request for the pair to sing together on a huge 80s hit
By Niall Doherty published
Michael Jackson wanted the pair to team up on a huge hit but the Purple One wasn’t having it

The Clash and Prince to be honoured with Grammy Lifetime Achievement Awards
By Paul Brannigan published
London punk legends The Clash and and magical Minneapolis maverick Prince to be recognised for their "outstanding artistic significance"
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