http://www.apurpledayinde...-jana.html

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Much of Anderson's work for Prince is uncredited or little-known. She can be heard saying "partyman" at the beginning of Prince's 1989 video of the same name. She sang backup on "Miss Thang," a song by T.C. Ellis, a rapper in Prince's camp. She also sang backup on both "Shake!" and "My Summertime Thang" by the The Time.

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Prince nicknamed her Jana Jade, and even wrote a mid-tempo pop song for her called "Jana Jade's Army," which is in his vault. Anderson also recorded an unreleased cover of The Esquires' 1967 song, "Get on Up." (Prince also recorded a version and later sampled the tune for Carmen Electra's song, "Everybody Get on Up.")

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Great article Bart, thanks for posting.

Mmmh, I've read her name before here on the org. Ah, I found the thread:

https://prince.org/msg/5/460341

According to Anderson, Prince also wanted to record a house album with her.

This seems to be a really common line with Prince and the ladies he wanted to lead on.

He worked with her because she was good. Hometown girl.


"He said, 'I'm really sorry about what happened when we were working together,'" she recalled. "'I don't know if you heard, but I was having a lot of trouble with my record company at that time.' ... Maybe he felt bad I didn't get credit for 'MPLS.' I'm not sure what [it was]."

Anderson also gathered the courage to ask why he chose her among other singers to record for him.

"It flustered him [at first]," she said. "He goes, 'Well, you sing in tune and you have great time.' ... [It was] the best compliment of my life. ... There's no one who will ever have better time than Prince."

FINALLY someone who appreciated the artist & person Prince(r.i.p.) was & didn't expect a hand out.

I bet Prince had her.

That's a given. Here I was thinking he only had the one blond(Kim Basinger).

Squee! Snort!

My bad side is coming out!

williamb610 said:

I bet Prince had her.

That's a given. Here I was thinking he only had the one blond(Kim Basinger).

Squee! Snort!

My bad side is coming out!

Why, because you would? ugh. This woman had a career for God's sake, what's wrong with you people?

She has a similar look to Elisa Fiorillo.

Beautiful voice!

I absolutely loved her vocals on 'Miss Thang', an underrated gem (from TC Ellis True confessions album). I always felt that song would have fit very well on Graffiti Bridge.