Difference between revisions of "Album: Happy Tears"
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− | |introduction = '''Happy Tears''' is a multimedia project announced on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/April 1|1 April 1996]] during a press release focusing on [[Mayte]]’s pregnancy. | + | |introduction = '''Happy Tears''' is a multimedia project announced on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/April 1|1 April 1996]] during a press release focusing on [[Mayte]]’s pregnancy, "''as a gift to their new born child"''. |
The project was to be credited to "[[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]] and [[Mayte]]", which would have marked the first release credited to both artists. It was planned to include an album of songs on CD, an accompanying children’s storybook and a read-along cassette of the book’s stories. At the time of the press release, eight songs were included on the album, along with three children’s stories in the accompanying book, all featuring multi-racial characters. | The project was to be credited to "[[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]] and [[Mayte]]", which would have marked the first release credited to both artists. It was planned to include an album of songs on CD, an accompanying children’s storybook and a read-along cassette of the book’s stories. At the time of the press release, eight songs were included on the album, along with three children’s stories in the accompanying book, all featuring multi-racial characters. | ||
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|trivia = The project is unrelated to [[Prince]]’s contribution to the children’s movie soundtrack [[Album: Happy Feet|Happy Feet]], released in 2006, despite the similarity in name. | |trivia = The project is unrelated to [[Prince]]’s contribution to the children’s movie soundtrack [[Album: Happy Feet|Happy Feet]], released in 2006, despite the similarity in name. | ||
+ | *There were rumors that [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosie_O%27Donnell Rosie O’ Donnell] took part in the recording of one of the songs, but this has not been verified. | ||
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|references = [[Book:_The_Vault|'''The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince''']] ''by Per Nilsen & jooZt Mattheij, with the UPTOWN Staff'' (Uptown, 2004) | |references = [[Book:_The_Vault|'''The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince''']] ''by Per Nilsen & jooZt Mattheij, with the UPTOWN Staff'' (Uptown, 2004) |
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1995: The Vault - Volumes I, II and III ◄ | Unreleased Albums (Prince) |
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1995 The Vault - Volumes I, II and III |
Unreleased Albums (Prince) |
Unreleased Albums (Related Artists) |
1997 The Dawn |