Forty-one years ago today, Prince released an album that would become a massive hit and change the music industry.

Before the Los Angeles rock band Warrant was signed, Prince gave them $5,000 or so to make a demo tape ... With its knuckle-dragging lyrics, “Cherry Pie” made Kiss sound like a feminist folk ...

Prince’s “Kiss” had been a hit in the first half of 1986, and while it was still in the UK charts, in June, the Leeds indie band Age of Chance had recorded it for a John Peel Session on BBC ...