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Thread started 12/09/03 10:00am

dnaplaya

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Who Is "Cutie Pie"?

Can anyone tell me who sings under the moniker "Cutie Pie" on the MPLS track on 1800 New Funk?

Also, for those at the org back in '98, there was a story of the group MPLS releasing a CD in Japan only. I think from memory it featured Michael B, Sonny T, Sheila E and some others. What happened with this? Do these recording sessions exist?
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Reply #1 posted 12/09/03 10:14am

Romance1600

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Margie Cox?

There was a CD single and a 12" maybe, sold through 1800NF.

I think MPLS developed from the Crayons, who were equally as short-lived, but performed on thThe Ryde Dyvyne TV special to promote prince

Please anyone with a better memory wanna add to this.
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Reply #2 posted 12/09/03 4:19pm

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Romance1600 said:

Margie Cox?

There was a CD single and a 12" maybe, sold through 1800NF.

I think MPLS developed from the Crayons, who were equally as short-lived, but performed on thThe Ryde Dyvyne TV special to promote prince

Please anyone with a better memory wanna add to this.

I guess margie is a possibility, although her interview with Uptown doesn't mention it at all.

'The Crayons' line-upassembled for the televised performance of 1992's The Ryde Divine included Sonny, Morris Hayes and Margie associate, Billy Franze.

Certainly, Minneapolis also included Sonny to perform his composition, 'MPLS', released on 1-800NEWFUNK in 1994, but
I'm not sure performers on the 'MPLS' recording other than Sonny and prince have been positively identified / confirmed.
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Reply #3 posted 12/09/03 5:22pm

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Sounds more like Jevetta Steele to me with her vox a little
bit altered [washed through some wires or something].

But I've also always wondered who it really is, strange to
think there isn't any info on this track and it's singer 4
all these years since now.
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Reply #4 posted 12/09/03 7:37pm

Jestyr

I understood it was Jana Anderson who performed those vocals for the MPLS material and that it was really a Sonny T side project even though I'm certain Prince was involved. I'm sure you've seen her name as background vocalist on a few Paisley side projects.
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Reply #5 posted 12/09/03 8:30pm

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The Steeles are definitely on the track too - notice the way it says "We're the S-T-E-E-L-E-S".

Of course, the next words sound like "James Brown", so what do I know?
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Reply #6 posted 12/09/03 9:09pm

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booyah said:

The Steeles are definitely on the track too - notice the way it says "We're the S-T-E-E-L-E-S".

Of course, the next words sound like "James Brown", so what do I know?



Hey, that's the first time I notice that. Thanks for
pointing that out. Stupid me, I always thought they sang:

We're in M-Peeheehee-L-eehee-S.

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Reply #7 posted 12/10/03 12:06am

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Jestyr said:

I understood it was Jana Anderson who performed those vocals for the MPLS material and that it was really a Sonny T side project even though I'm certain Prince was involved. I'm sure you've seen her name as background vocalist on a few Paisley side projects.

Thanks Jestyr - maybe:

Here's a website about her, and I think I Can see why she sang twice for President Clinton.

http://www.sugardivaz.com/photo2.html
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Reply #8 posted 12/10/03 12:14am

Jestyr

langebleu said:

Jestyr said:

I understood it was Jana Anderson who performed those vocals for the MPLS material and that it was really a Sonny T side project even though I'm certain Prince was involved. I'm sure you've seen her name as background vocalist on a few Paisley side projects.

Thanks Jestyr - maybe:

Here's a website about her, and I think I Can see why she sang twice for President Clinton.

http://www.sugardivaz.com/photo2.html


She IS hot. Here's her website. Under her bio you can see the projects she worked on with Prince. Doesn't mention MPLS specifically but does mention the 1 800 NEW FUNK compilation.

www.janaanderson.com

Oh and listen to the samples from her lastest release - sure sounds like the same vocals...
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Reply #9 posted 12/10/03 12:23am

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Yes, and I've just spotted that Uptown confirm in issue #48 that, having spoken with her, she did record on MPLS (one of the last things she did at Paisley Park) despite no credit on the CD release.

She does all lead and background female vocals on the track. Uptown report that she was always under the impression that she was just cutting a demo, and was unaware that her vocals had been retained for the track ultimately released.

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Reply #10 posted 12/10/03 12:25am

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langebleu said:

Yes, and I've just spotted that Uptown confirm in issue #48 that, having spoken with her, she did record on MPLS (one of the last things she did at Paisley Park) despite no credit on the CD release.

She does all lead and background female vocals on the track. Uptown report that she was always under the impression that she was just cutting a demo, and was unaware that her vocals had been retained for the track ultimately released.

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[This message was edited Tue Dec 9 16:24:27 PST 2003 by langebleu]


How funny. Good researching with you! Thanks.
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Reply #11 posted 12/10/03 12:28am

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Jestyr said:

langebleu said:

Yes, and I've just spotted that Uptown confirm in issue #48 that, having spoken with her, she did record on MPLS (one of the last things she did at Paisley Park) despite no credit on the CD release.

She does all lead and background female vocals on the track. Uptown report that she was always under the impression that she was just cutting a demo, and was unaware that her vocals had been retained for the track ultimately released.

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[This message was edited Tue Dec 9 16:24:27 PST 2003 by langebleu]


How funny. Good researching with you! Thanks.

Well, it was your lead - I just entered Jana+Anderson in Google and followed the Uptown lead to #48!!!

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Reply #12 posted 12/10/03 12:44am

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pretty bad to get down to actually doing research to dig up talentless nobody groupies that passed through some project that Prince had little - if anything - to do with.
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Reply #13 posted 12/10/03 12:47am

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pretty bad to get down to actually doing research to dig up talentless nobody groupies that passed through some project that Prince had little - if anything - to do with.


I think you better take your chill pill.
You ain`t telling nobody what kind of research they are supposed to do.
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Reply #14 posted 12/10/03 12:53am

Jestyr

TonyWilliams said:

undulatingacrobat said:

pretty bad to get down to actually doing research to dig up talentless nobody groupies that passed through some project that Prince had little - if anything - to do with.


I think you better take your chill pill.
You ain`t telling nobody what kind of research they are supposed to do.


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Reply #15 posted 12/10/03 1:02am

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undulatingacrobat said:

pretty bad to get down to actually doing research to dig up talentless nobody groupies that passed through some project that Prince had little - if anything - to do with.


Right! He wasn`t involved at all...
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Reply #16 posted 12/10/03 1:04am

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She IS hot.


She evidently shares your opinion. On the two websites, her own and the SugarDivaz one, their content involves more pictures of her looking 'hot' than music or worthwhile information.
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Reply #17 posted 12/10/03 1:05am

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Cutie Pie might be some chic Sonny was fuckin at the time.
All you others say Hell Yea!! woot!
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Reply #18 posted 12/10/03 1:07am

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Im the guy sittin in from St. Paul. smoker
All you others say Hell Yea!! woot!
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Reply #19 posted 12/10/03 6:34am

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I thought Cutie Pie was the chick Al Hudson and One Way were singing about? wink
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Reply #20 posted 12/10/03 9:13am

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undulatingacrobat said:

pretty bad to get down to actually doing research to dig up talentless nobody groupies that passed through some project that Prince had little - if anything - to do with.
ROFLMAO

Someone had a question that wanted answering, and the answer was provided after a bit if digging.

The answer happened to be Jana Anderson.

Jana Anderson's connection with Prince is detailed on the website links provided as well as in at least two issues of Uptown (#44 and #48). Reference to the one song title Prince is known to have written for an Anderson project (there are believed to be several songs involved in this fleeting 'project') is given in Turn It Up 2.0.
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