(Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images) In the 1980s, Prince and his iconic album "Purple Rain" brought R&B and funk to the masses. For Black History Month, we're going through the decades and discussing ...

After the third chorus, he’s singing ‘in the purple…’ and then he pointed at me, which was the cue to take the solo," says ...

The multi-talent made his presence felt in the music industry as a teenager, sharing his debut LP ... from 1984’s Purple Rain ...

According to the BBC, Prince is credited with playing every single instrument on the album—27 in total.

“Purple Rain,” Prince’s breakout rise-of-a-rock-star film, is being adapted into a stage musical featuring some of the pop musician’s best-loved songs. Bertrand Guay/Agence France-Presse ...

In 1978, a 19-year-old Minneapolis musician named Prince Rogers Nelson arrived on the scene with an album titled "For You." It was an auspicious debut, primarily because the remarkably versatile ...

The OB-8 was the final model in the OB range, succeeding the OB-X and OB-Xa, which Prince also used. You can hear these synths’ sounds all over the Purple Rain album in particular, including on ...