Happy 25th Anniversary, Purple Rain!
”Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today 2 get through this thing called life …”
Those are the first words of Purple Rain’s opening song Let’s Go Crazy.
Twenty-five years ago, eccentric superstar Prince created what many consider to be the greatest pop film soundtrack of all time. Purple Rain is an album that was as commercially successful as it was artistically innovative. It combined funk, R&B, heavy rock, and pop. It produced five hit singles, and there are only nine songs on the album!
Purple Rain influenced not only music, but fashion and censorship. Purple Rain’s “Darling Nikki” topped the Parental Music Resource Center list as the most offensive song that year. It was Prince who “inspired” the Parental Advisory stickers on albums.
Purple Rain was released on June 25, 1984 and by August, it was Number 1 on the album chart, the singles chart, and in movie theaters. The movie – conceived by, staring, and revolving around Prince, was a multi-tiered effort to make himself a star. And as the closing song in the film proclaims “Baby I’m A Star,” it worked!
Here are the songs, in order, on Purple Rain:
More on Prince and Purple Rain:
Entertainment Weekly, The New Classics: Music
June 5, 2009, WNYC Soundcheck: “Songs Fit For A Prince”
1977 – Saturday Night Fever
1977’s Saturday Night Fever helped spread disco music around the world. The movie soundtrack, featuring several disco songs by the Bee Gees, became one of the best selling albums of all time.
Here’s a medley of songs from the film, along with movie clips: Saturday Night Fever Medley
Here are the Bee Gees songs featured on the soundtrack:
Other notable songs on Saturday Night Fever:
If I Can’t Have You by Yvonne Elliman
More Than a Woman by Tavares
Open Sesame by Kool & the Gang
Boogie Shoes by KC and the Sunshine Band
Disco Inferno by The Trammps
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