Morris E Day born December 13 1957 is an American singer composer actor and band leader In his teens he went to the same high school as Prince in Minneapolis they played together in the band Grand Central In 1980 Prince covered Days composition Partyup on his album Dirty Mind In 1981 the funksouldance band The Time was founded by Prince with Day as its lead singer The group released its eponymous debut album that year Its second album What Time Is It followed in 82 Then in 1984 Morris and The Time got their cinematic big break performing in the Prince starrer Purple Rain In it Day portrayed the foe of Princes character The Kid earning critical acclaim for his acting The Times third album Ice Cream Castle was released that year becoming their highest performing one on both the US and US RB charts until the release of Pandemonium their fourth LP In 1985 Day kicked off his solo recording career with Color of Success eventually releasing four solo albums in all He reunited with The Time to record Condensate under the group name The Original 7ven in 2011 Day has appeared in numerous films as well as having acted on television He has also written a memoir with biographer David Ritz titled On Time A Princely Life in Funk
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