Prince performs with his band at the 1985 Grammy Awards. Photo: Bettmann via Getty Images
Forty years ago tonight Prince won three Grammy awards.
"Purple Rain" won for best motion picture soundtrack and for best rock performance by a duo or group with vocal.
He also won best rhythm and blues song for "I Feel for You, which he wrote. It was performed by Chaka Khan.
The latest: A group of Minnesota senators introduced a bill this week to make "Purple Rain" and Bob Dylan's "Girl from the North Country" into official state songs.
