prince first broke through in the music world in the late 1970s with hits like "i want to be your lover" ♪ little red corvette but it was his music in the 1980s, forging funk and rock, that catapulted prince to stardom with "little red corvette" and 1999. ♪ so tonight i'm going to party like it's 1999 ♪ ♪ just another manic monday he wrote for other musicians, too, from the bangles to sinead o'connor. ♪ nothing compares to you he won seven grammys during his career and an oscar for original score to the film "purple rain" ♪ only want to see you laughing in the purple rain ♪ joe levy is with "rolling stone" magazine. >> here's a guy who has a flag in the shape of a purple guitar. he's going to plant it on the mountaintop and you're gng to