Difference between revisions of "The Cocoa Boys"
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|single image = [[File:Unreleasedsong.jpg|link=Unreleased Songs]] | |single image = [[File:Unreleasedsong.jpg|link=Unreleased Songs]] | ||
|performer = [[Prince]] | |performer = [[Prince]] | ||
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|previous song = [[Coca-Cola]] | |previous song = [[Coca-Cola]] | ||
|next song = [[Coincidence Or Fate?]] | |next song = [[Coincidence Or Fate?]] | ||
− | |introduction = ''' | + | |introduction = '''Cocoa Boys''' is an unreleased track initially recorded during a soundcheck session on [[25 August 1986]] at Le Zénith, Paris, France, hours before the [[Parade Tour]] show there (along with recordings of [[Susannah's Blues]], [[Strange Relationship]], [[Last Heart]], a cover version of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Temptations The Temptations]' [[I Can't Get Next To You]] and a first run-through of [[It's Gonna Be A Beautiful Night]], which was then recorded live at the show). |
It is likely that this version was instrumental, but this is unconfirmed. | It is likely that this version was instrumental, but this is unconfirmed. | ||
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The song was written specifically for the planned musical [[Musical: The Dawn|The Dawn]] (along with [[Crucial]] and [[When The Dawn Of The Morning Comes]]), but the musical was ultimately abandoned, and the song was never intended for any of [[Prince]]'s many late-1986 album projects. | The song was written specifically for the planned musical [[Musical: The Dawn|The Dawn]] (along with [[Crucial]] and [[When The Dawn Of The Morning Comes]]), but the musical was ultimately abandoned, and the song was never intended for any of [[Prince]]'s many late-1986 album projects. | ||
− | + | '''The Cocoa Boys''' was the name of a band included as characters in the musical; while the band names changed, the idea of rival bands was reused in the [[Film: Graffiti Bridge|Graffiti Bridge]] movie. | |
− | + | The pseudonym [[Joey Coco]] was used by [[Prince]] as the writer of of at least eight songs for other artists: [[101]], [[Baby Go-Go]], [[Cool Love]], [[Neon Telephone]]), [[Telepathy]] and [[You're My Love]], with [[Jill Jones]]' [[My Man]] and [[Violet Blue]] listed as [[Prince]] compositions on her [[Album: Jill Jones| album]], but registered to [[Joey Coco]] at the Library of Congress. | |
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|categories = [[Category:1986]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Unreleased Songs]][[Category:Recorded 1986]] | |categories = [[Category:1986]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Unreleased Songs]][[Category:Recorded 1986]] | ||
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