Billy Sparks

2019 (2)

2019 November (1)

• "Former Bodyguard for Prince and Other Stars Gets Real in New Memoir -- How one man moved from behind the scenes to center stage and trusted friend of the megatalented Grammy and Oscar winner."
  • in ebony.com
  • on 25 November 2019
  • about Billy Sparks, Earth, Wind & Fire, George Clinton, Grammy Award, Illinois (place), Margena A. Christian, memoir, Muhammad Ali, Purple Gang, Wallace Safford, Wally, Where’d You Get Those Glasses? (book)
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2019 July (1)

• "‘Purple Rain’ turns 35 – how Prince’s cult classic broke barriers"
  • by Tony Kiene
  • in Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder
  • on 26 July 2019
  • about Albert Magnoli, André Cymone, Antoine Fuqua, Armond White, Billy Sparks, Cavallo, Ruffalo, and Fargnoli, contract, Daphne A. Brooks, Detroit (place), Geffen Film Company, Greg Tate, Indigo Productions, Judson L. Jeffries, Little Anthony and The Imperials, Mann’s Chinese Theatre (place), Mo Ostin, Morris Day, Nelson George, Pepé Willie, Purple Rain (album), Purple Rain (movie), Purple Rain (song), Questlove, Richard Pryor, royalties, Shannon M. Cochran, Spaghetti Inc., The Time, Warner Bros. Records, William Blinn
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