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Prince, accompanied by Wendy and Lisa, accepts the Oscar for Original Song Score for Purple Rain at the 57th Academy Awards in 1985. Michael Douglas and...
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Music (Original Song) - Ghostbusters in "Ghostbusters" Music and Lyric by Ray Parker, Jr. Visual Effects - Richard Edlund, John Bruno, Mark Vargo, Chuck Gaspar
The 57th Academy Awards were presented on March 25, 1985, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, and were hosted by Jack Lemmon. This ceremony marked the first time that multiple black nominees would win an Oscar, when Prince and Stevie Wonder won for their respective work on Purple Rain and The Woman in Red.
Year: 1984 (57th) Academy Awards. Category: Music (Original Song) Song Title: "I Just Called To Say I Love You" Film Title: The Woman in Red. Winner: Music and Lyric by Stevie Wonder. Presenter: Gregory Hines Date & Venue: March 25, 1985; Dorothy Chandler Pavilion
Jul 28, 2016 · July 28, 2016 in Oscar Flashback. 1985 - Best Original Song. The nominees were... "The Power of Love," Back to the Future. "Surprise, Surprise," A Chorus Line. "Miss Celie's Blues (Sister)," The Color Purple. "Say You, Say Me," White Nights.
Sep 6, 2018 · At the 1985 GRAMMY Awards, Prince became the first Black artist ever to win Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal, beating the likes of the Cars, Genesis, Van Halen, and Yes in the process.
Jimi Hendrix had Monterey Pop. And Prince had Syracuse, New York’s Carrier Dome—the March 30, 1985 Purple Rain Tour stop that was beamed to millions live via satellite and captured for posterity in the Grammy Award-nominated concert film Prince and The Revolution: Live, and which has since gone down in history as one of the most iconic live ...
