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It’s time for the artist who first posed that infamous question to do what he does best… generate infectious music and riveting performances that inspire the audience to get up and move! The legendary, pimpadelic funkmaster, morris day, best known as the break out star of rock movie sensation purple rain, is releasing his new album through hollywood records, it’s about time. Morris day returns as the freakalicious frontman for one of the all-time greatest party bands and reunites with the time’s original bandmates, valet/vocalist jerome benton, drummer jellybean johnson and keyboard artist monte moir to present past favorites such as “jungle love,” “get it up,” and “the bird,” as well as four new tracks including “my ride,” “ain’t a damn thing changed,” and “two drink minimum.” born in minneapolis, day had a flair for fashion. Inspired by photographs of his grandpa in zoot suits, a true fashionista was formed! Day went to school with prince rogers nelson and sang in prince’s first band grand central. Prince grew as an artist and so did the opportunity around
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Morris Day (born December 13, 1957, in Springfield, Illinois) is an American musician and composer. Although a gifted drummer, he is best known as the charismatic lead singer of The Time, a band that also launched the careers of famous producers Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis.
Day was a high-school classmate of both Prince and André Cymone and the trio formed an early band called "Grand Central", later renamed "Champagne". Later, Prince embarked on a solo career but retained Cymone for his backing band. The two began to plan a side-group that would focus more on R&B, while Prince would continue to explore various musical styles. The Time was composed of 4 members from an earlier funk group called "Flyte Tyme", but the lead singer had not been chosen. Sue Ann Carwell was auditioned and Alexander O'Neal nearly became The Time's lead singer, but dropped out due to payment negotiations. Day, who was now in a band called "Enterprise" allowed Prince to have a song called "Partyup" for his Dirty Mind album and Prince would soon
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Morris Day
American singer (born 1957)
This article is about the musician. For the comic character, see Morris Day (Viz). For people with a similar name, see Maurice Day (disambiguation).
Musical artist
Morris E. Day (born December 13, 1957) is an American musician and songwriter. He is best known as the lead singer of The Time.
Music career
Morris Day is best known as the lead singer of The Time, a group associated with Prince. Day and Prince attended the same high school in Minneapolis and in 1974, as teenagers, became bandmates in the band Grand Central. The band was managed by Morris' mother.[2][3]
Morris announced in 2022 that he would be releasing his final solo album Last Call and retiring after his 2023–2024 tour.[4]
Acting career
In addition to his roles in Purple Rain (1984) and Graffiti Bridge (1990), Day also appeared in small parts in films such as Richard Pryor's Moving (1988) and the Andrew Dice Clay film The Adventures of Ford Fairlane (1990). Day's presence on the screen decreased until, in 2001, he retur
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