🎶Purple rain, purple rain 🎶 35 years ago Purple Rain was released in theaters. | MOVIECLIPS

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It was 1984 — Prince’s “Purple Rain“ was the No. 1 album in America. Bruce Springsteen crisscrossed the country on his “Born in the U.S.A.“ tour. Madonna scored her first Top 10 single with “Borderline.” And on the south side of Milwaukee, Frankie Yankovic, “America’s Polka King,” performed at the Our Lady Queen of Peace Parish Festival. In attendance that day was 6-year-old Mike Schneider. His parents planned to drop him off at the festival rides while they enjoyed the polka show. That’s not wh

On this day in 1984, the theatrical film companion to Prince’s groundbreaking album Purple Rain was released in theaters. The film won an Academy Award for Best Original Song Score, a Grammy Award for Best Album Written for a Motion Picture, an NAACP Image Award, and was even added to the National Film Resgistry by the Library of Congress, which recognizes “aesthetically, culturally, or historically significant films.” If you’re hosting a Purple Rain watch party today, tag us and Paisley Park an