All were out of print for a long period of time, but all three of his solo records have been remastered and expanded with extra tracks. The two later resolved their issues and Cymone, managed by Owen Husney, went on to release 3 solo albums – Livin' In The New Wave (1982), Survivin' in the 80s (1983), and AC (1985). Cymone stayed with Prince until 1981, when he quit the band over tensions with Prince. In the late 1970s, after Prince released his debut album, For You, Prince recruited Cymone as bassist for his touring band. Around this same, in 1975, Pepe Willie (the former husband of another of Prince's cousins), started the funk band 94 East, with members Cymone and Prince. The band included Cymone's sister Linda and Morris Day - they later changed their name to Champagne due to being confused with the funk band Graham Central Station. Prince's cousin Charles Smith started the band Grand Central and later invited Cymone. The Anderson home soon had an additional member – a young Prince who left his own home due to conflicts with his father. The son of Fred Anderson, a musician, and Bernadette, a social worker, Cymone was the youngest of six children. Ĭymone's stage name comes from a variation of his middle name, Simon.Ĭymone was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. With his futurist Minneapolis vision, Cymone came to create some of the most innovative music from the late 1970s and 1980s, and has been regarded as an unsung architect of Minneapolis' identity as a music capital. Cymone later co-wrote and produced hit songs for other acts, including his then wife Jody Watley's " Looking for a New Love" and " Real Love". His song, "The Dance Electric", was written by Prince and reached #10 on the R&B charts in 1985. The visionary fusion of new wave and funk explored on these albums spawned half a dozen hit R&B singles. As a solo artist, he released Livin' in the New Wave, Survivin' in the '80s and A.C., all of which were well-received studio albums. In 1981, Cymone broke from Prince's band and began a solo career. Cymone was a bass guitarist for Prince's touring band, pre- Revolution. André Cymone (born Andre Simon Anderson June 27, 1958) is an American bassist, singer, songwriter and record producer.
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