Misty Copeland first came to the general public’s attention in 2009 when she appeared in Prince’s video Crimson and Clover. Then a soloist and nine year member of American Ballet Theatre, Copeland received a phone call one morning “I was asked if Prince could have my cell number…I was literally still waking up. ‘What? Prince who?'” The next day she headed to Los Angeles for the video shoot. Continue reading
Purple Rain (1984) stars Prince in his film debut playing a quasi-biographical person called The Kid. Purple Rain was developed to showcase Prince’s talents and contains several extended concert sequences. The movie won an Academy Award for Best Original Song Score. Continue reading
Prince in his final interview on The Arsenio Hall Show in 2014. Continue reading
During his interview on CBS This Morning, music legend Stevie Wonder performed Prince’s iconic song to pay tribute to his longtime friend. Prince, one of the most creative and influential artists of his era, died Thursday at the age of 57. Continue reading
The 2007 Super Bowl XLI halftime show featured Prince. The 12 minutes performance included both original songs and covers. He even made the Foo Fighters’s Best Of You sound amazing.
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Music Icon Prince Rogers Nelson known simply as Prince has died at age 57. Just before 10 a.m. CST on April 21, authorities responded to a medical emergency at Prince’s Minnesota home and studio. The Chanhassen Sheriff’s department told the outlet that there has been a fatality, and they immediately informed Prince’s closest relatives about the death. It was later confirmed by Prince’s rep, Yvette Noel-Schure that Prince had passed.
Six days before the fatality occurred, Prince’s plane had to make an emergency landing while en route to a concert in Atlanta, Georgia. The singer was rush to the hospital, and Noel-Schure informed the media that a case of the flu was the cause of Prince’s hospitalization. Prince appeared at a concert the next day to assure his fans he was okay. At the show, Prince prophetically told the crowd, “Wait a few days before you waste any prayers.”
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Donna Summer, a five-time Grammy Award winning singer, songwriter gained prominence during the disco era of the late 1970s. Summer has reportedly sold over 140 million records, making her one of the world’s best-selling artists of all time. She hols the distinction as the first artist to have three consecutive double albums reach No. 1 on the United States Billboard album chart and four number-one singles in the United States within a 12-month period.
Love to Love You Baby is a song by American singer and songwriter Donna Summer released in 1975. It became one of the first ever disco hits to also be released in an extended form. The final recording lasted over sixteen minutes, and contained the sexiest “simulated” orgasms ever found on vinyl. According to the BBC, the song contained 23 “orgasms”. In an interview in 1976, Summer responded to a number of questions that she claimed she’d been asked about the process of recording the song: “Everyone’s asking, ‘Were you alone in the studio?’ Yes, I was alone in the studio. ‘Did you touch yourself?’ Yes, well, actually I had my hand on my knee. ‘Did you fantasize on anything?’ Yes, on my handsome boyfriend Peter.
Love To Love You Baby-Soul Train (1976)
MacArthur Park is a song which Jimmy Webb originally wrote and composed as part of an intended cantata. Webb initially brought the entire cantata to The Association, but the group rejected it. Among the best-known covers are Donna Summer’s disco arrangement from 1978. In the autumn of 1978 Donna Summer released a multi-million selling vinyl single disco version of MacArthur Park. This reached number one on the American pop music sales charts for three weeks during 1978, and it was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. Summer was also nominated for Favorite Pop/Rock Female at the American Music Awards.
MacArthur Park- Live (1978)
No Diggity – Blackstreet Album: Another Level Year: 1996 Teddy Riley produced this Dr. Dre-featured hit that landed the group Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals Grammy in ’96. Continue reading
I’ll Be The One is the first radio single from the debut album Keys To My Heart by Bri (Briana Babineaux). Continue reading
The Dance of the Village Elders are back ! This time we exercise, dance and just have fun through the zoom platform or in-person at R.A.I.N. Nereid 
The Dance of the Village Elders are back ! This time we exercise, dance and just have fun through the zoom platform or in-person at R.A.I.N. Nereid 
