The music legend made a surprise appearance with James Brown and Michael Jackson,dominated the Super Bowl, and wowed audiences at his final showsPrince’s 1978 debut album, and For You,gave him a reputation – it sold about 150000 copies and earned favourable comparisons with Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson, and Smokey Robinson,even the Bee Gees. But he still had to prove himself as a live performer. His plan was to absorb his recent record label, Warner Music, organise a tour,but he needed to convince the label he was worth the financial outlay. And so funk musician Pepe Willie, husband of Prince’s cousin, or arranged two shows at Capri Theater in Minneapolis,one on 5 January.
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Source: theguardian.com