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Morris Day

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Purple Rain; starring: Prince, Morris Day, Apollonia (Warner Bros.)

Film/DVD/TV Review by Ian Penman, New Musical Express, 1 September 1984

So just whose tongue is in whose cheek! ...

Purple Rain Star Morris Day Goes It Alone

Report and Interview by Michael Goldberg, Rolling Stone, 13 September 1984

Real-life rivalry with Prince leads to split ...

The Time: Day's New Dawning

Interview by Don Waller, L.A. Weekly, 13 September 1984

"THE BAND used to always try to smell the clothes before I put them on," says Time leader Morris Day, talking about how he first ...

Those Who Would Be Prince

Report by Vernon Gibbs, New Look, November 1985

WHEN PRINCE decided that he didn't like Eddie Murphy making fun of his high-heeled boots, the rock star walked out in the middle of Murphy's ...

Now Is The Time For Morris Day

Interview by Carol Cooper, The Face, December 1985

He played the senior dude in Purple Rain, the one who nearly stole the show from his real-life hometown rival Prince. He calls his autobiographical ...

Morris Day: Hammersmith Odeon, London

Live Review by Mark Cooper, The Guardian, 29 April 1988

A bad Daydream ...

Morris Day: Universal Amphitheatre, Los Angeles CA

Live Review by Don Waller, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 1988

Sellout Time for Day but the Routine's Dated ...

Morris Day, Freddie Jackson, Gladys Knight & The Pips, The Whispers, Miki Howard: The Forum, Los Angeles, CA

Live Review by David Nathan, Billboard, 15 October 1988

THE SECOND Budweiser Superfest to play Los Angeles in the last two months didn't generate anywhere near the same excitement as the first, even though ...

Off The Record With Morris Day

Interview by Jeff Lorez, Blues & Soul, 22 November 1988

The Clown Prince of Cool onstage, B&S catches Morris Day in both reflective and prophetic moods... ...

Jam & Lewis: Flyte of Fantasy Part III

Interview by Jeff Lorez, Blues & Soul, 2 February 1993

Jeff Lorez concludes his in-depth report on the tenth anniversary of Jam & Lewis's Flyte Tyme Productions ...

Morris Day: Purple Rain rival who almost stole Prince's thunder

Profile by Simon Price, The Independent, 26 April 2016

On screen, the lead singer of The Time played a scene-stealing version of himself as the Purple One's nemesis. But off screen, their love-hate relationship ...

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