MickyDolenz said:
I don't think Prince was considered a rock act though. He got little if any airplay on the AOR stations that were around in the 1980s. In the US, he's usually called R&B. I disagree. Ever since Purple Rain, he was a rock star. And maybe even before that: rock critics were raving about him ever since Dirty Mind. But you're right, he's an R & B artist as well. Whenever I'm in a record store, I never know in which section to look for the Prince albums. Some put him in "pop", others in"soul". And that's the beauty of his music: you can't put it in one particular genre! [Edited 4/5/17 13:36pm] | |
- E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
Early 20th century . Lily Langtree Dame Clara Butt Enrico Caruso Dame Nellie Melba Fate Marbelle and his Orchestra Louis Armstrong - Hot 5 Jelly Roll Morton Ambrose and his orchestra Jack Hylton and his orchestra Paul Whiteman Sam Browne Arthur Askey/Max Miller . 1930s and 1940s . Benny Goodman Orchestra Tommy Dorsey Orchestra Chick Webb Orchestra Frank Sinatra Bing Crosby The Haymes Brothers Kay Kyser Billie Holiday Mantovani and Orchestra Noel Coward
Got some kind of love for you, and I don't even know your name | |
- E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
The Osmonds / Donny & Marie You can take a black guy to Nashville from right out of the cotton fields with bib overalls, and they will call him R&B. You can take a white guy in a pin-stripe suit who’s never seen a cotton field, and they will call him country. ~ O. B. McClinton | |
- E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
the title does say MAJOR, i think that means big artists playing big venues. | |
- E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |