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| | Prince, Pictures, Clips, News, Lyrics, Fan Sites |
 | | As a boy, Prince was given his first guitar by his father, a jazz musician with the Prince Rogers Trio - and for which his father named his firstborn son. |
 | | Meanwhile, Prince's reputation as a musical genius continued to rise throughout the decade keeping him in constant demand as a songwriter, collaborator and mentor for such pop sensations as Carmen Electra, Vanity, Apollonia, Sheila E., Sheena Easton, and The Bangles ("Manic Monday" was written under the pseudonym Christopher). |
 | | Prince released his most recent critically acclaimed album "Musicology" in 2004, the same year he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. |
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