I was just arguing with a co-worker who claims to be a Prince fan, but refuses to believe that Prince helped shaped the career of The Time and others.

He also argued with me...or at least cast doubt...on the fact that Prince has written for countless artists under the years and has produced for them.

I need proof that Prince helped shaped The Time's career. He was the "Svengali" of the Minneapolis sound and either wrote or co-wrote tunes like "777-9311" and others for the time. This co-worker believed that I was lying because he couldn't understand why Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis would work under Prince, since they're already talented. I tried to explain to him that they DID work for Prince and were fired when they showed up late for an Atlanta gig.

1. Can someone help me out by providing a quick history of The Time and Prince's association and contributions to the band?

2. Also, I need a complete listing of songs that Prince has either written or produced for others. This guy didn't even believe me when I said that Prince co-wrote "Love Song" with Madonna. I need help with this.

Thanks!

"Here you will find the story of The Time, a portrait of each band member, a full discography
with lyrics, an enhanced list of live shows with some reviews, a complete song databank,
a detailled list of bootlegs and many more. You're welcome to take a look for yourself."

http://www.purplemusic.my..._time.html

Maybe there's a site where you can print out his discography, including the song for other artists? I know I've seen that in some books about Prince...

Universaluv said:

Ok! There it is!!

Thanks so much! With this website, I was at least able to prove that Prince was one of the contributors to The Time and some of their most popular songs...

laylow03 said:

De nada. Try this for "other artists"

http://www-lib.usc.edu/~h...%20Artists

laylow03 said:

why don't you just show him the credits? That works in cases where he used his own name, like Love Song:

http://www.lyricz.net/M/Madonna/77479/

Of course, that doesn't work in cases where he used other names, like Manic Monday

People just need to give Prince his props. Its a shame that we feel compelled to "defend" him to people.
[This message was edited Fri Aug 20 11:35:54 2004 by ndigo]

Universaluv said:

That's pretty incomplete (missing all but one P. track from Romance 1600 for example), but it's definately a good starting point.

I appreciate everyone's help. While not a complete listing, it's still a fairly comprehensive look at Prince's contribution to the music industry.

Thanks!

This site maybe helpful:

http://www.thedawnexperie...tabank.htm