Born in Minneapolis on December 13, 1957, Morris Daughty had a flair for fashion. Inspired by photographs of his grandpa in zoot suits, a true fashionista was formed. Day went to school with Prince Rogers Nelson and sang in Prince's first band Grand Central, managed by Day's mother. Prince grew as an artist aand so did the opportunity around him. The Time was orignally created as Prince's alter-ego to be seen as the cool, steet-wise funk band contrasting Prince's more soulful R&B sound. After looking at several lead vocalists, Prince wanted someone with mad talent so he cast his high school friend - the funky, the fabulous Morris Day. Soon after, Morris Day and the Time were cast in Purple Rain which captured the exploding Minneapolis music scene at its peak. Morris Day burst onto the public scene with the gorup's self-titled album, The Time, which included "Get It Up," "Cool," and "Girl." Soon after the world was introduced to the prolific Minneapolic music marvel, the group went on to record three more albums, including What Time Is It? (featuring the hits 777-9311" "Wild and Loose," "Walk,' and "Gigolos Get Lonely, Too;" and Ice Cream Castle, which included the hit "Jungle Love." After three albums, Morris Day launched his solo careerm rekeasubg tgree albums: The color of Success, Daydreaming, and Guaranteed. Combined sales of Morris Day's solo work and The Time is in excess of 10 million units. More recently, Day contributed a cover of Rockwell's "Somebody's Watching Me" for the Haunted Mansion soundtrack and gave an unforgettable performance in Kevin Smith's hit 2001 film, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, in which Day and the band served as a running plot device and performed a soaring "Jungle Love" finale. Day has also appeared regularly in television commercials for a Toyota dealership in the Atlanta, Georgia area. Currently, he is band leader on the TV-One program "Baisden After Dark."
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