Hit Parade: Le Petty Prince Edition
Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia
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Prince's I Feel for You
Petty was in self-imposed exile, attempting to record a high-concept album. Shaka Khan's reinvention of Prince's I Feel For You became a number three pop, number one R&B smash. By the following spring of 1986, he even blockaded the top two slots on the Hot 100 with singles into completely different styles. If Prince at this point was spinning off a small army of protégés, Tom Petty was meeting and inspiring his elders.
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