Thank you Jeff Harris On this day in music history: March 25, 1985 - Prince wins the Academy Award for Best Original Song Score for Purple Rain at the 57th Annual Academy Awards. The awards ceremony is held at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles, CA with the award being presented by actors Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner. When he is announced as the winner, Prince is accompanied on stage by Revolution bandmates Lisa Coleman and Wendy Melvoin. The shy and soft spoken musician will graciously accept the honor, thanking the Academy, Purple Rain director Albert Magnoli, his managers, the members of his band, and God. Prince will become only the third African American musician in history to win an Academy Award for film music, thirteen years after Isaac Hayes win for The Theme From Shaft in 1972, and just one year after Irene Caras win for Flashdance... What A Feeling in 1984
Posted on: Wed, 26 Mar 2014 02:03:44 +0000
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