"Purple Rain Tour The Purple Rain Tour was a concert tour by American recording artist Prince and The Revolution following up on the success of his sixth studio album ""Purple Rain"" and his 1984 film ""Purple Rain"". According to ""Spin"", the tour sold over 1.7 million tickets. The tour marked the live debut of the band now named The Revolution as Wendy Melvoin made her appearance as the new guitarist in Prince's band, taking over for the departed Dez Dickerson, completing the iconic line-up of the band. In addition to Prince and The Revolution, they were joined on tour by"
"The Color Purple. Produced by Oprah Winfrey, the show's score was written by Brenda Russell and lyricists-composers Allee Willis and Stephen Bray. Russell and her co-writers were nominated for a Tony Award (for Best Score) and a Grammy Award (in the Best Musical Show Album category). http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=U1ARTU0002984 http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Pop_Encyclopedia/D/Doctor_Music.html https://web.archive.org/web/20081011114018/http://www.tripletrecords.com/dougriley.htm http://www.cbc.ca/arts/music/story/2007/08/28/doug-riley-obit.html https://web.archive.org/web/20091112103313/http://www.canadianjazzarchive.org/Catalogue/Musicians/KO/10591/Default http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/musician.php?id=14362 Dr. Music Dr. Music was a Toronto jazz group founded in 1969 by producer, arranger and performer Doug Riley. The band recorded three albums and toured across Canada. The personnel of the band changed throughout its history, with Riley remaining at the core of the group. In 1969,"
"a tone very similar to that of the guitar. Blackmore usually plays the main riff using a finger pluck or occasionally a plectrum upstroke (to accentuate the tonic). During an August 1972 show in Tokyo, Japan, Blackmore played the intro as follows: ------8-10_----8-11-10__------8-10_-8----- ---10-8-10_-10-8-11-10__---10-8-10_-8-10__ ---10-------10-------------10---------10__ There are two solos in the song; the first was performed on guitar by Ritchie Blackmore, and the second was performed on an organ by Jon Lord until the song fades out. The lyrics tell a true story: on 4 December 1971, Purple were in Montreux, Switzerland, to record an album using a mobile recording"
"The Color Purple (musical) The Color Purple is a musical with a book by Marsha Norman and music and lyrics by Brenda Russell, Allee Willis, and Stephen Bray. Based on the 1982 novel of the same name by Alice Walker and its 1985 film adaptation, the show follows the journey of Celie, an African-American woman in the American South from the early to mid-20th century. The original Broadway production ran from 2005 to 2008, earning eleven Tony Award nominations in 2006. An enthusiastically acclaimed Broadway revival opened in late 2015 and ran through early 2017, winning two 2016 Tony Awards—including"
"Purple Rhapsody Purple Rhapsody is a viola concerto by the American composer Joan Tower. The work was jointly commissioned by the Omaha Symphony Orchestra with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, the Virginia Symphony Orchestra, the Kansas City Symphony, the ProMusica Chamber Orchestra, Peninsula Music Festival Orchestra, and the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra with a grant from the Serge Koussevitzky Music Foundation in the Library of Congress. It was first performed on November 4, 2005, by the Omaha Symphony Orchestra and the violist Paul Neubauer, to whom the piece is dedicated. ""Purple Rhapsody"" has a duration of roughly 18 minutes and is composed"
"Jon Lord John Douglas Lord (9 June 194116 July 2012) was an English composer, pianist, and Hammond organ player known for his pioneering work in fusing rock with classical or baroque forms, especially with Deep Purple, as well as Whitesnake, Paice Ashton Lord, The Artwoods, and The Flower Pot Men. In 1968, Lord co-founded Deep Purple, a hard rock band of which he was regarded as the leader until 1970. Together with the other members, he collaborated on most of his band's most popular songs. He and drummer Ian Paice were the only continuous presence in the band during the"
"2009. John Dawson (musician) John Collins Dawson IV (June 16, 1945 – July 21, 2009), nicknamed ""Marmaduke"", was an American musician, singer, and songwriter. He was best known as the leader and co-founder of the country rock band the New Riders of the Purple Sage. John Dawson was born in Chicago. His family moved to California in 1952. The son of a Los Altos Hills, California filmmaker, he took guitar lessons from a teacher and friend from the Peninsula School in Menlo Park, California. For high school he attended the Millbrook School near Millbrook, New York. While at Millbrook, he"
"— and sometimes woven into — a sumptuous, assertive orchestral fabric."" The violist Paul Neubauer, for whom the concerto was written, also lauded the work, saying, ""It's a fabulous, exciting piece. It has a rhapsodic feel with big sweeping orchestral sections and fast passage work for me. It's very dramatic — there's arresting tension."" Purple Rhapsody Purple Rhapsody is a viola concerto by the American composer Joan Tower. The work was jointly commissioned by the Omaha Symphony Orchestra with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, the Virginia Symphony Orchestra, the Kansas City Symphony, the ProMusica Chamber Orchestra, Peninsula Music Festival Orchestra, and"
"Best Revival of a Musical. ""The Color Purple"" was originally workshopped by the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia, in the summer of 2004 following Scott Sanders' optioning the work from Alice Walker in 1999 and auditioning various creative team members. The September 9, 2004, world premiere of the musical was produced by the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta by special arrangement with Creative Battery and Scott Sanders Productions. For the Atlanta run, LaChanze starred as Celie, Felicia P. Fields as Sofia, Saycon Sengbloh as Nettie, Adriane Lenox as Shug and Kingsley Leggs as Mister. Gary Griffin staged the work, with scenic"
"John Dawson (musician) John Collins Dawson IV (June 16, 1945 – July 21, 2009), nicknamed ""Marmaduke"", was an American musician, singer, and songwriter. He was best known as the leader and co-founder of the country rock band the New Riders of the Purple Sage. John Dawson was born in Chicago. His family moved to California in 1952. The son of a Los Altos Hills, California filmmaker, he took guitar lessons from a teacher and friend from the Peninsula School in Menlo Park, California. For high school he attended the Millbrook School near Millbrook, New York. While at Millbrook, he took"
"appropriate that this production was dominated by Dixon's portrayal of Judas."" Dixon has also appeared on television in ""The Good Wife"" and in the 40th Annual Kennedy Center Honors. Dixon lives in New York City. †: Dixon served as a producer on these productions. Brandon Victor Dixon Brandon Victor Dixon (born September 23, 1981) is an American actor, singer and theatrical producer. As an actor, he is known for Tony-nominated Broadway performances as Harpo in the 2005 musical ""The Color Purple"" and Eubie Blake in ""Shuffle Along, or, the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed"""
"Brandon Victor Dixon Brandon Victor Dixon (born September 23, 1981) is an American actor, singer and theatrical producer. As an actor, he is known for Tony-nominated Broadway performances as Harpo in the 2005 musical ""The Color Purple"" and Eubie Blake in ""Shuffle Along, or, the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed"" (2016). He originated both roles, as well as the leading role of Berry Gordy Jr. in """" (2013) on Broadway, which earned a Grammy nomination for Best Musical Theater Album. In 2016, Dixon assumed the role of Aaron Burr in the Broadway company of"
"George Gershwin George Jacob Gershwin (; born Jacob Bruskin Gershowitz, September 26, 1898 – July 11, 1937) was an American composer and pianist whose compositions spanned both popular and classical genres. Among his best-known works are the orchestral compositions ""Rhapsody in Blue"" (1924) and ""An American in Paris"", the songs ""Swanee"" (1919) and ""Fascinating Rhythm"" (1924), the jazz standard ""I Got Rhythm"" (1930), and the opera ""Porgy and Bess"" (1935) which spawned the hit ""Summertime"". Gershwin studied piano under Charles Hambitzer and composition with Rubin Goldmark, Henry Cowell, and Joseph Brody. He began his career as a song plugger but"
"Henry Mancini Enrico Nicola ""Henry"" Mancini (; April 16, 1924 – June 14, 1994) was an American composer, conductor and arranger, who is best remembered for his film and television scores. Often cited as one of the greatest composers in the history of film, he won four Academy Awards, a Golden Globe, and twenty Grammy Awards, plus a posthumous Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1995. His best known works include the theme and soundtrack for the ""Peter Gunn"" television series as well as the music for ""The Pink Panther"" film series (""The Pink Panther Theme"") and ""Moon River"" from ""Breakfast"
"William Purvis (Blind Willie) William Purvis, probably better known as ""Blind Willie"" (1752–1832), was a Tyneside concert hall song writer and performer in England at the end of the 18th and start of the 19th century. His most famous song is ""Broom Buzzems"". He became known later as the ""ancient laureate of the Tyne"" and was remembered in the songs of Robert Gilchrist (1797–1844) and Thomas Thompson (1773–1816). William Purvis was the son of John Purvis, a waterman, and Margaret Purvis (who died in All Saints Poorhouse aged over 100). William was born early in the year of 1752 in"
"LaChanze Rhonda LaChanze Sapp, known professionally as LaChanze (/ləʃɑnz/; born December 16, 1961) is an American actress, singer, and dancer. She won the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical in 2006 for her role in ""The Color Purple"". Born in St. Augustine, Florida, to parents Walter and Rosalie Sapp, her stage name ""LaChanze"" (Creole: the charmed one), is taken from her grandmother. After moving to Connecticut, her childhood love of singing and dancing caused her mother to enroll her in the Bowen Peters Cultural Arts Center in New Haven. It is there that she"
"Souldynamic, Roberto De Carlo, Kemal, Anthony Romeno and more. Over the past 10 years the label has also featured Kings of Tomorrow, Sandy Rivera, Bob Sinclar and Dimitri From Paris. Most of the releases on Purple Music have a strong vocal presence, with vocalists such as Jocelyn Brown, Michelle Weeks, Lisa Millett, Inaya Day and Michael Watford all having appeared on a number of tracks. In 2000s Purple Music released a series of highly successful remixes of Cerrone, with the most notable being ""Hooked On You"" and ""You Are The One"". Affiliated labels include Purple Tracks and Indeependent. Purple Music"
"LP. Despite the attribution, the conductor was Aleksandr Gauk. A short sound film of Prokofiev playing some of the music from his opera ""War and Peace"" and then explaining the music has been discovered. Sergei Prokofiev Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev (; ; 27 April 1891 – 5 March 1953) was a Russian Soviet composer, pianist and conductor. As the creator of acknowledged masterpieces across numerous musical genres, he is regarded as one of the major composers of the 20th century. His works include such widely heard works as the March from ""The Love for Three Oranges,"" the suite ""Lieutenant Kijé"", the"
"Spencer Dryden Spencer Dryden (April 7, 1938 – January 11, 2005) was an American musician best known as drummer for Jefferson Airplane and New Riders of the Purple Sage. He also played with The Dinosaurs, and The Ashes (later known as The Peanut Butter Conspiracy). Spencer Dryden was born in New York City to Alice Chapple (1911–2005) and George Dryden Wheeler Jr. (1892–1957). Alice Chapple was a ballet dancer with Anna Pavlova's dance company, and a member of the Radio City Ballet Company; Dryden was an English-born American actor and director, who was a half-brother of Charlie Chaplin. Dryden carefully"
"Speckled Red Rufus George Perryman (October 23, 1892 – January 2, 1973), known as Speckled Red, was an American blues and boogie-woogie piano player and singer noted for his recordings of ""The Dirty Dozens"", exchanges of insults and vulgar remarks that have long been a part of African-American folklore. Speckled Red was born in Hampton, Georgia. He was the older brother of Piano Red. Their nicknames were derived from both men being albinos. The brothers were separated by almost a generation and never recorded together. Speckled Red and Piano Red both played in a raucous goodtime barrelhouse boogie-woogie style, although"
"Foy Willing Foy Willing (May 14, 1914 – July 14, 1978) was a singer, songwriter, musician, and bandleader who performed Western music and appeared in Western movies. He formed the Western band Riders of the Purple Sage. Foy Willingham was born May 14, 1914 in Iredell, Texas. He began his career while attending high school in Texas by working at a local radio station. In 1933, he traveled to New York City to further his radio career. In 1940 he moved to Oklahoma, and in 1942 to California where he became popular during the Golden Age of Radio. In 1942,"
"Jonne Valtonen Jonne Valtonen (born March 23, 1976) is a Finnish composer, arranger and orchestrator. He is renowned for his contributions in the field of demoscene and tracker music, under the name Purple Motion, and with Future Crew. Jonne Valtonen was born on March 23, 1976 in Turku, Finland and was raised in Kaarina along with his brother. He began learning to play classical piano at the age of nine. Valtonen's first music compositions were done on his home computer, a Commodore 64. During his teen years, he became involved in the PC demoscene where he was able to pursue"
"and ""Porgy and Bess"". Citations George Gershwin George Jacob Gershwin (; born Jacob Bruskin Gershowitz, September 26, 1898 – July 11, 1937) was an American composer and pianist whose compositions spanned both popular and classical genres. Among his best-known works are the orchestral compositions ""Rhapsody in Blue"" (1924) and ""An American in Paris"", the songs ""Swanee"" (1919) and ""Fascinating Rhythm"" (1924), the jazz standard ""I Got Rhythm"" (1930), and the opera ""Porgy and Bess"" (1935) which spawned the hit ""Summertime"". Gershwin studied piano under Charles Hambitzer and composition with Rubin Goldmark, Henry Cowell, and Joseph Brody. He began his career"
"Janis Joplin Janis Lyn Joplin (January 19, 1943 – October 4, 1970), nicknamed ""Pearl"", was an American rock, soul and blues singer and songwriter, and one of the most successful and widely known female rock stars of her era. After releasing three albums, she died of a heroin overdose at the age of 27. A fourth album, ""Pearl"", was released in January 1971, just over three months after her death. It reached number one on the ""Billboard"" charts. In 1967, Joplin rose to fame during an appearance at Monterey Pop Festival, where she was the lead singer of the then"
"The Purple Gang (American band) The Purple Gang was an American rock band from Los Angeles, California who were active from 1965-1967. They recorded a handful of singles for the MGM label, of which ""Bring Your Own Self Down,"" composed by Tandyn Almer, is the best-known. Their work has appeared on compilations such as ""Just for Kicks Volume 1,"" which was issued by Misty Lane Records in 2004. The Purple Gang formed in North Hollywood in late 1965 with a membership composed primarily of students form North Hollywood High School. The band chose their name based on the infamous Chicago"
"credits Stephen Bray Stephen Pate Bray (born December 23, 1956 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American songwriter, drummer, and record producer. He is best known for his collaborations with Madonna and for winning the 2017 Grammy Award for the Best Musical Theater Album of the Tony Award-winning revival of ""The Color Purple"". Bray owns and operates Saturn Sound recording studios and the Soultone Records record label. Bray began studying music through private instruction in Detroit, attended Washtenaw Community College in Ann Arbor, and continued his education at Berklee College of Music in Boston. Bray met Madonna before her fame when"
"Paul A. Rothchild Paul Allen Rothchild (April 18, 1935 – March 30, 1995) was a prominent American record producer of the late 1960s and 1970s, widely known for his historic work with The Doors, producing Janis Joplin's final album ""Pearl"" and early production of The Paul Butterfield Blues Band. Born in Brooklyn, Rothchild grew up in Teaneck, New Jersey and graduated from Teaneck High School in 1953. His was a musical family; his mother was an opera singer, and Rothchild studied classical music conducting. Rothchild began his career on the Boston folk scene, recording and releasing recordings (sometimes on his"
"the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Deep Purple in April 2016. Jon Lord John Douglas Lord (9 June 194116 July 2012) was an English composer, pianist, and Hammond organ player known for his pioneering work in fusing rock with classical or baroque forms, especially with Deep Purple, as well as Whitesnake, Paice Ashton Lord, The Artwoods, and The Flower Pot Men. In 1968, Lord co-founded Deep Purple, a hard rock band of which he was regarded as the leader until 1970. Together with the other members, he collaborated on most of his band's most popular"
"The Big Bopper Jiles Perry ""J. P."" Richardson Jr. (October 24, 1930 – February 3, 1959), known as The Big Bopper, was an American musician, singer and songwriter whose rockabilly look, style, voice, and exuberant personality made him an early rock and roll star. He is best known for his 1958 recording of ""Chantilly Lace"". On February 3, 1959, Richardson died in a plane crash in Clear Lake, Iowa, along with music stars Buddy Holly and Ritchie Valens and pilot Roger Peterson. The accident was famously referred to as ""The Day the Music Died"" in Don McLean's 1971 song ""American"
"one by José Feliciano. The song has also been covered by artists such as Ray Charles, The Dells, Freedy Johnston, O.C. Smith, Willie Hutch, The Meters, These Animal Men, Reg Presley of The Troggs, Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66, Kool & The Gang, Shawn Lee, Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, James Taylor, R.E.M., The Clouds, Earl Van Dyke, King Harvest, Johnny Cash, Tony Joe White, Stoney LaRue, and The Nottingham Youth Jazz Orchestra (Combo). Jazz pianist Alan Pasqua developed an arrangement of the song for jazz trio that appears on his album ""My New Old Friend"" and Peter Erskine's album"
"Red Ingle Ernest Jansen ""Red"" Ingle (7 November 1906 – 6 September 1965) was an American musician, singer and songwriter, arranger, cartoonist and caricaturist. He is best known for his comedy records with Spike Jones and his own Natural Seven sides for Capitol. Ingle was born in Toledo, Ohio on 7 November 1906. He was taught basic violin from age five by Fritz Kreisler, a family friend. However at 13, he took up the saxophone, and that instrument later became his main instrument. Ingle received a music scholarship and studied at the Toledo American College of Music, playing classical music"
"Lost Generation, Vol. 3."" The Purple Gang (American band) The Purple Gang was an American rock band from Los Angeles, California who were active from 1965-1967. They recorded a handful of singles for the MGM label, of which ""Bring Your Own Self Down,"" composed by Tandyn Almer, is the best-known. Their work has appeared on compilations such as ""Just for Kicks Volume 1,"" which was issued by Misty Lane Records in 2004. The Purple Gang formed in North Hollywood in late 1965 with a membership composed primarily of students form North Hollywood High School. The band chose their name based"
"1946, Stockport, Cheshire) and mandolin / harmonica player Gerry Robinson (born David John Robinson, 1947, Hyde). Their musical influences and styles are varied, from jug band, country and western, through psychedelic, to rock music. The band's unofficial headquarters was The Castle Inn, Macclesfield, where they regularly practised and jammed for their enthusiastic local fans. Stuart Pevitt died of cancer in 2009, aged 56. Joe Beard has written a biography of the band – ""Taking the Purple - The Extraordinary Story of The Purple Gang - Granny Takes a Trip… and All That"". Joe and Gerry released a new CD in"