The Family

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American funk band American rhythm and blues band Prince-associated act

The Family is a funk and R&B band formed by Prince in the mid-1980s, best known for originating the song "Nothing Compares 2 U."

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Label Occurrences
The Family canonical 10

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American funk band ⓘ
American rhythm and blues band ⓘ
Prince-associated act ⓘ
activePeriod mid-1980s ⓘ
alsoKnownAs fDeluxe ⓘ
associatedAct Prince ⓘ
The Revolution ⓘ
The Time ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
createdAs spin-off from The Time ⓘ
debutAlbum The Family self-link ⓘ
debutAlbumReleaseYear 1985 ⓘ
drummer Jellybean Johnson ⓘ
formedBy Prince ⓘ
genre R&B ⓘ
funk ⓘ
minneapolis sound ⓘ
pop ⓘ
soul ⓘ
hasBackingBandMembersFrom The Time ⓘ
hasConnectionTo Paisley Park Studios ⓘ
hasMember Eric Leeds ⓘ
Jellybean Johnson ⓘ
Jerome Benton ⓘ
St. Paul Peterson ⓘ
Susannah Melvoin ⓘ
notableSong High Fashion ⓘ
Mutiny ⓘ
Screams of Passion ⓘ
notableWork Nothing Compares 2 U ⓘ
originallyRecorded Nothing Compares 2 U ⓘ
originatedIn Minneapolis ⓘ
surface form: Minneapolis, Minnesota
percussionist Jerome Benton ⓘ
producer Prince ⓘ
recordLabel Paisley Park Records ⓘ
reunionPeriod 2010s ⓘ
reunitedAs fDeluxe ⓘ
saxophonist Eric Leeds ⓘ
songLaterMadeFamousBy Nothing Compares 2 U ⓘ
surface form: Nothing Compares 2 U – Sinéad O'Connor
songWrittenBy Nothing Compares 2 U ⓘ
surface form: Nothing Compares 2 U – Prince
styleCharacteristic horn-driven arrangements ⓘ
romantic ballads ⓘ
synth-based funk grooves ⓘ
vocalist St. Paul Peterson ⓘ
Susannah Melvoin ⓘ
vocalStyle male–female vocal interplay ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Prince → associatedAct → The Family ⓘ
Wendy Melvoin → associatedAct → The Family ⓘ
NPG Records → notableArtist → The Family ⓘ
The Carol Burnett Show → notableSketch → The Family ⓘ
La Familia → titleTranslation → The Family ⓘ
minneapolis sound → associatedAct → The Family ⓘ
subject surface form: Minneapolis sound
Paisley Park Records → notableArtist → The Family ⓘ
The Time → associatedAct → The Family ⓘ
The Family → debutAlbum → The Family self-link ⓘ
Wendy & Lisa → associatedAct → The Family ⓘ