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  Isaac Singer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Singer was born in Pittstown, New York, the son of Adam Singer, a Saxon immigrant to America, and his first wife Ruth.
Singer noted that the sewing machine would be more reliable if the shuttle moved in a straight line rather than a circle, with a straight rather than a curved needle.
Singer and Co In 1856, manufacturers Grover, Baker, Singer, Wheeler, and Wilson, all accusing the others of patent infringement, met in Albany, New York to pursue their suits.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Isaac_Singer   (1524 words)

  
 Prince (artist) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Prince Roger(s) Nelson was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota at Mount Sinai Hospital on June 7, 1958, to John L. Nelson and Mattie Shaw.
Prince was backed in the 80s by The Revolution, and in the 90s by the New Power Generation.
Prince is often mentioned in the tradition of Marvin Gaye and Sam Cooke in mixing spirituality and sensuality.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Prince_(artist)   (3910 words)

  
 Apollonia 6 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Apollonia 6 was a Prince-created 80s trio of female singers that was a continuation of a previous group, Vanity 6.
Vanity, the lead singer of Prince-created Vanity 6, fled the Prince entourage in 1983 to pursue solo endeavors recording with Motown Records and acting in films.
During this time it was rumored that Apollonia and Prince were romantically involved with one another, but it was later revealed that Apollonia was actually married.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Apollonia_6   (425 words)

  
 Prince (artist)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Prince (born Prince Rogers Nelson on June 7, 1958 in Minneapolis, Minnesota) is a popular and influential singer, songwriter, record producer, and multi-instrumentalist.
Prince Rogers Nelson was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota at Mount Sinai Hospital on June 7, 1958, to John L. Nelson and Mattie Shaw, both jazz musicians.
Prince and Sony negotiated to have each copy given out at concerts count towards his sales totals for the album charts, thus ensuring a long stay in the top 40 while the Musicology Tour continued throughout the year.
www.worldhistory.com /wiki/P/Prince-(artist).htm   (3651 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Prince opens 'Musicology' tour in L.A.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Prince is billing his Musicology tour as a way to educate audiences accustomed to computer-generated hits about the joys of live music.
Prince has spent much of the last decade in a sort of self-imposed exile from the top of the charts, preferring to focus on jazz- and funk-infused compositions with his formidable backing band, the New Power Generation.
Prince added several dates to the tour after a round of initial sellouts; he's currently scheduled for 48 dates nationwide through the end of August.
www.usatoday.com /life/music/news/2004-03-30-prince-on-tour_x.htm?POE=LIFISVA   (783 words)

  
 The religion of Prince, pop singer
Prince was raised as a Seventh-day Adventist, but is now a convert to the Jehovah's Witnesses.
Prince, who is now a Jehovah's Witness, said that "when you use those (curse) words, you call up all the anger, all the negatives times the word has been used before you bring it toward yourself.
Prince first briefly met the slap pioneer at a Warner Bros. company picnic in 1978, by which time Larry had moved on from Sly and the Family Stone and was a star in his own right fronting Graham Central Station.
www.adherents.com /people/pp/Prince.html   (1950 words)

  
 Jamaica Gleaner - Prince Gregg ddrems of the big break - Monday | August 28, 2000
Prince Gregg is a young singer and he's a 'Ras', but he doesn't wear dreadlocks.
Prince Gregg is 27 years old and he has been singing since he was attending St. Jude's Primary School.
That is not to say that singers don't face similar problems, because if you want to dominate the market for a long time you have to be creative and original.
www.jamaica-gleaner.com /gleaner/20000828/ent/ent2.html   (306 words)

  
 prince.org: where fans of Prince music meet and stay up-to-date
Prince nominated for 2006 Songwriters Hall of Fame
Prince collaborator Kip Blackshire will join Julian's Ride, DJ Miss Paris and Weapons of Mass Percussion for a night of funk in the Windy City on December 16, 2005.
Prince and Rhonda Smith were spotted at Wendy & Lisa's 10/26 show at L.A.'s Largo - he didn't join the Girl Bros. onstage, but the gals did acknowledge his presence with a live rendition of "Around the World in a Day".
www.prince.org   (1288 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Music | Singer Prince sued after 'attack'
Pop singer Prince is being sued by a student who alleges he was attacked by one of the artist's bodyguards after he took a photo of him at an airport.
A Prince spokeswoman said she was not familiar with the case, which has been filed at a Minneapolis court.
Prince, 45, born Prince Rogers Nelson in Minneapolis, still lives in the city, which is home to his multi-million dollar Paisley Park studio complex.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/entertainment/music/3611667.stm   (253 words)

  
 Pop Guide
Prince will return to arena stages for the first time in six years with a national tour featuring cl...
Singer Michael Jackson and his ex-wife, Deborah Rowe, have agreed to hire a retired judge to handle...
Prince is one of the world's most uinque songwriters and singers.
archive.wn.com /2004/02/25/1400/pop   (482 words)

  
 Prince, Singer, Rogers Nelson, Dancer, Song Writer, biography, images, discography - Rhythm n Raga.org
Prince's recording career began with funk and soul marketed to a fl audience; his early music also reflected the contemporary musical impact of disco.
Prince's lyrics often address sexuality with frankness and imagination, and his music constructs correspondingly intense experiences of desire.
The whole thrust of Prince's art can be understood in terms of a desire to escape the social identities thrust upon him by simple virtue of his being small, fl, and male.
www.rhythmnraga.org /prince.html   (417 words)

  
 RollingStone.com: Prince : Prince Schools Los Angeles : News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Dressed in a red jacket and white pants, Prince opened with "Musicology," the title track to his forthcoming album (due April 20th), a copy of which was given to every fan who bought a ticket to the show.
Prince said the tour will be the last time he'll play many of his older songs, at least for a while, and he wasted little time jumping into his wealth of hits.
Prince is clearly a performer who revels in the spotlight, and, propelled by a full arena, he was back at the absolute top of his game.
www.rollingstone.com /news/story/_/id/5937017   (450 words)

  
 St. James Encyclopedia of Pop Culture: Prince
While Prince attained the peak of his critical and commercial success in the early 1980s, by the end of the 1990s he had emerged as a musical entrepreneur, continuing to tour regularly while maintaining a legion of fans in the United States and abroad.
Prince Rogers Nelson was born in Minneapolis on June 7, 1958 to Mattie Shaw and John Nelson, a local musician.
Prince rose to superstar status with the release of his next two groundbreaking albums: 1999 (1982), a double-album set featuring several hit singles, including "Little Red Corvette" and the infectious, prophetic title track; and Purple Rain (1984), which became the defining moment of Prince's career.
findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_g1epc/is_bio/ai_2419200971   (1019 words)

  
 Deal of Days' DealTalk - What ever happened to that singer Prince?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Prince has led a diverse career topped by his "Purple Rain" soundtrack.
Prince is being inducted upon his first eligibility.
Prince, whose full name is Prince Rogers Nelson, joins Bob Dylan (class of 1988) and Albert Lea-born Eddie Cochran (inducted posthumously in 1987) as the only Minnesotans in the Rock Hall of Fame.
forums.dealofday.com /printthread.php?t=133679   (643 words)

  
 Bertil, Prince --  Encyclopædia Britannica
Prince Bertil was also president of the Swedish Olympic Committee and was chairman of the national sports...
Born on June 7, 1959, in Minneapolis, Minn., Prince Rogers Nelson was named after the Prince Rogers Trio, a jazz group led by his father.
Prince was playing in a band by the age of 12 and at 17 broke into the music business.
www.britannica.com /eb/article-9114625   (764 words)

  
 PRINCE IN PRINT
And when Prince was told I was coming, he apparently moaned that I had "dogged him in Rio," where I hadn't enjoyed his show, and that I obviously wasn't a fan.
Prince's father had been an unrecognized jazz musician whose relations with his son deteriorated disastrously as Prince came of age.
It seems silly, but the point seems to be that Prince views Diamonds and Pearls as a collection of songs that showcases the breadth of his talents as a songwriter, producer, and performer, a record that would express many perspectives, not a single theme.
princetext.tripod.com /i_details91.html   (3506 words)

  
 Remierez   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
This served several purposes, one of which serving as an auxillary Elysium when the Prince is unavailable and a safe house for Cainites (as proven in the case of the new Deputy, Nick Blake).
There has obviously been some enmity between the two, and it is well known that Prince Singer rebuked Senior Remierez's apology and offered boon for the Honorable Keeper's social transgressions.
Prince Campell seemed to show little to no concern for his whereabouts when it was inquired about, despite the fact she holds a lifeboon over his head.
www.users.nac.net /bsf/bsf/jdr.htm   (311 words)

  
 Search Results for prince - Encyclopædia Britannica
singer, guitarist, songwriter, producer, dancer, and performer on keyboards, drums, and bass who was among the most talented American musicians of his generation.
The resurgence in 2004 of the multitalented American recording artist known once again simply as Prince was a surprise not because he was back—he had never really gone away—but because he reemerged...
Includes the biographies and pictures of Prince and Princess Michael, a daily calendar of his engagements, and news about him.
www.britannica.com /search?query=prince&submit=Find&source=MWTAB   (426 words)

  
 PRINCE (ARTIST FORMERLY KNOWN AS)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Industry sources say the singer is in California working on his next album and "is shopping it to major labels." Prince, who once performed with the word "slave" on his forehead during contract disputes with Warner Music, had sworn off labels forever, but after his last self-released album, News, flopped last year, he has reconsidered.
Prince, a non-drinker, had the champagne sent back and insisted that all alcohol be removed from their tables, forcing his entire party to drink nothing but bottled water.
The singer said the reason for switching back was because his publishing contract with Warner/Chappell, signed under the name Prince, expired on Dec. 31, 1999.
www.wcfx.com /artist_info/artist_prince.htm   (2062 words)

  
 Hammer's (Artist Formerly Known As) Prince Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
I still receive 25-30 emails a month about Prince, some of which I still answer but most of which I ignore.
When the site started, I was criticized for being too harsh on Prince and by others for not being harsh enough.
It got me into a book on Prince, helped me meet some new friends and was fun for awhile.
www.nuvo.net /hammer/prince.html   (280 words)

  
 CBC Arts: Prince is top concert earner for 2004
NEW YORK - Prince, the singer known for his sexually charged songs and fights with the record industry, is this year's top concert draw.
Prince played 96 shows in 69 cities, which means 2004 was his busiest year of performing.
With $80.4 million US in ticket sales, Quebec singer Céline Dion was in second place behind Prince.
www.cbc.ca /story/arts/national/2004/12/24/Arts/prince041224.html   (281 words)

  
 R&B JAN04-FEB04   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Known to most simply as Prince, the man who has been singing, writing, producing and playing his trademark guitars for close to thirty years now will be inducted by Outkast and Alicia Keys.
The two singers were performing a flirtatious duet to end the halftime show, and at the song's finish, Timberlake reached across Jackson's leather gladiator outfit and pulled off the covering to her right breast.
RandB singer Glenn Lewis has been ordered to pay $43,500 Canadian dollars (about $33,000 USD) to a bouncer in his hometown Toronto for striking him with a microphone during a fight in 1998.
www.thepubreport.com /PUB2005/r&b_jan04-feb04.htm   (3524 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Entertainment | McCartney visits Wilson show
Prince aims to release new album Musicology to coincide with the tour.
She said it is intended as a gesture of support for "sport and world peace".
Pop singer Justin Timberlake has pulled out of hosting a music special on US television because it clashes with filming for his first big screen role.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/entertainment/3485456.stm   (418 words)

  
 His Purple Highness - Today - MSNBC.com
Singer Prince performs during the 46th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles February 8, 2004.
Prince: “There weren't a lot of artists who were free to say what they wanted to on records.
Prince believes part of the problem is that young artists are forced to use sex and show a lot of skin because they haven't taken the time to get a musical foundation.
msnbc.msn.com /id/4531634   (1237 words)

  
 Tuesday, March 31, 1998 - Local singer seeks habitat house help - Las Vegas View Neighborhood Newspapers
      Prince, who has appeared on the Oprah show twice in the past two years promoting AIDS awareness, took her up on the challenge.
But he expects the house will be built in the Northwest part of the valley by the end of the year.
      Prince and his friends hope to be dream builders, too.
www.viewnews.com /1998/VIEW-Mar-31-Tue-1998/SWest/7192521.html   (870 words)

  
 Smooth Criminal Forum: Prince (the singer)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
You know, I have only ever heard one Prince song, and that is 'when doves cry' or something like that, I thought he was good, but what are his other songs like, is he a good performer?
Prince is a totally amazing performer and in some senses he is an even better performer than MJ because as soon as he hits the stage the stage is his and he is a totally amazing musician.
prince is an amazing performer in my oppinion he is just as good a performer as mj!!
www.smooth-criminal.com /forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2639   (1015 words)

  
 interview with mayte she is hosting show on spanish tv
And then also working with the people who I worked with (legendary singer Prince was her mentor).
Mayte Garcia: When I was married to Prince, he would use the last of the toilet paper and not change the roll.
I wonder if she has any sort of relationship with Prince at all, or if he is aware of what she has been doing professionally.
www.prince.org /msg/5/157189   (4552 words)

  
 Prince News
Prince is doing his part to help out the victims of Hurricane Katrina by releasing a new single inspired by the disaster.
HSH Princess Bhanuma Yugala, daughter of the late Prince Bhanubhandu Yugala and Mom Chailai Yugala, was arrested for crossing the border to Cambodia without travelling documents, Aranyaprathet immigration...
John Mayer and Prince took home two Grammys apiece while Bruce Springsteen and the Dixie Chicks each added a Grammy to their individual collections.
www.topix.net /who/prince   (1040 words)

  
 SINGER'S POSSE TURNS LOW-KEY MEAL INTO HIGH DRAMA
Dubya himself would've been stunned by singer Prince's uptight security when he chowed at Cuvee, the trendy cafe on LA's Robertson Blvd., where A-list stars like Paris Hilton,Robert De Niro, Naomi Campbell, Debra Messing, etc. - even demi-celebs like me - drop in daily.
As Prince sat quietly noshing, the owner - a kindly, but famously feisty lady - was shocked to see Beef-o #1 ordering annoyed patio customers to move their tables back from the entrance, so they couldn't peek in at Pretty Princeling.
She got an apology - and Prince even smiled and winked at her when he left two hours later.
drunkreport.com /reports/singerposse.htm   (267 words)

  
 Diamonds and PURLs
I have tolerated Prince's idiosyncrasies over the years but this really is the final straw.
Prince you were great and you kept me entertained and happy through years, but now I am afraid I have to say goodbye.
The reason for the closure have been fueled by the recent actions of Prince (which is the only legal name we can call him by, since it IS still his legal name, and always has been).
members.aol.com /valsadie2/prince.htm   (4638 words)

  
 Prince (I)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Prince: The Reign of the Prince of Ages (2005) (V)....
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Prince: The Hits Collection (1993) (V) The 6th Annual Soul Train Music Awards (1992) (TV)....
www.imdb.com /name/nm0002239   (612 words)

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