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1985
Prince wins the Best Original Score Oscar for his movie Purple Rain at the Academy Awards.
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1985
The 57th Annual Oscars are held at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, L.A. County Music Center, Los Angeles, California, USA. Prince wins an Oscar for Best Original Song Score, in his movie Purple Rain. At the same ceremony, Stevie Wonder gets the Best Song award for I Just Called To Say I Love You. He dedicates his award to Nelson Mandela.
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1985
The Power Station release their debut LP, The Power Station (aka The Power Station 33 1/3), on EMI Records in the UK.
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1985
Paul Young plays at The NEC, Birmingham, England, UK, Europe.
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