THE MUSICIAN, PRINCE (RIP), THANKS GOD "MOST OF ALL" AT 1984 OSCARS

"Year: 1984 (57th) Academy Awards

Category: Music (Original Song Score)

Film Title: Purple Rain

Winner: Prince (accompanied on stage by The Revolution band members Lisa Coleman and Wendy Melvoin)

Presenter: Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner

Date & Venue: March 25, 1985; Dorothy Chandler Pavilion

PRINCE:
Thank you very much. This is Lisa and this is Wendy. Want to hold it? [Gives the Oscar to Wendy.] This is very unbelievable. I could've never imagined this in my wildest dreams. And I would like to thank the Academy, Mr. Albert Magnoli, my manager Steven. Bob, Joe, Bobby, Mark and Matt, who couldn't be with us today. And most of all, God. Thank you very much...."

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