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- 1957-12-13
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Morris Day (born December 13, 1957, in Springfield, Illinois) is an American musician and composer. Although a gifted drummer, he is best known as the charismatic lead singer of The Time, a band that also launched the careers of famous producers Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis. Day was a high-school classmate of both Prince and André Cymone and the trio formed an early band called "Grand Central", later renamed "Champagne". Later, Prince embarked on a solo career but retained Cymone for his backing b
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- Born
- 13 December 1957
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- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Day
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Minneapolis
- Occupation
- musician
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Genre
- pop music
- Instrument
- drum
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1956 births20th-century African-American musicians20th-century American drummers20th-century American male musicians21st-century African-American musiciansAfrican-American drummersAfrican-American rock musiciansAfrican-American songwritersAmerican dance musiciansAmerican funk drummersAmerican funk singersAmerican male drummers