7/31/2023 0 Comments Purple rain lyrics etta james![]() Stephanie Mills, on the other hand, transforms Prince’s ballad, "How Come You Don't Call Me Anymore?," which he did solo, playing the piano, into a gospel-influenced R&B shout-fest of insistent inquiry. ![]() This version is not a stretch for Chaka considering that she always did incorporate rock into her style. The most well known is probably Chaka Khan’s “I Feel For You,” which, ironically uses a Stevie Wonder sample to enhance the overall impact of the interpretation. On the other hand, there have been a handful of very, very interesting Prince covers. Liegh set an impossibly high standard by comparing Prince as a composer to Stevie Wonder. Bob is the closest to Stevie in terms of major influence, however, Stevie has a significantly larger number of songs that are covered than does Bob Marley. Certainly there have been dominant voices, such as reggae artist Bob Marley whose influence is worldwide. Indeed, even within other genres of music, such as jazz and gospel, no artist has been as influential a composer within their genre as Stevie has been within popular music as a whole. In the last thirty years, no one else comes close as a composer of popular music. The truth is Stevie is in a category unto himself. ![]() Artists have done whole albums of Stevie Wonder covers. All of his accomplishments notwithstanding, Prince’s body of work is not as influential as Stevie Wonder. Liegh McInnis made an interesting observation re: Prince competing with Stevie Wonder’s Songs In The Key Of Life.
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