Let’s Go Crazy: Celebrating 25 Years of Purple Rain
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Back in the summer of 1984, Purple Rain was more than just a movie: it was a genuine experience, a transcendent multi-media event that celebrated commercialism and creativity in equal measure, turning a mid-level R&B singer into an overnight superstar and international sex symbol. At one point during that year, Prince had not only the Number One movie in America, but also the Number One album and the Number One single. In fact, when Purple Rain entered the album chart at peak position on August 4th of 1984 (displacing
Bruce Springsteen's
Born in the U.S.A., of all things), it wouldn't vacate that spot until January 19th of the following year.
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wow august to january...nice little peace of trivia....