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Feb 15, 2020 · Mattie Shaw was Prince's mother, a jazz singer, a social worker and a community figure. She had a strong personality, a troubled marriage and a deep bond with her son, who wrote about her in his unfinished memoir.
- Martin Kielty
Mattie Shaw was an actress and singer, born in 1933 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She was the mother of Prince and his sister Tyka, and died in 2002.
- November 11, 1933
- February 15, 2002
Prince Rogers Nelson was born in Minneapolis on June 7, 1958, the son of jazz singer Mattie Della (née Shaw) and pianist and songwriter John Lewis Nelson. All four of his grandparents were from Louisiana.
Oct 26, 2019 · His mother, Mattie Della Shaw, was a beautiful, fun-loving party girl with a stubborn, irrational streak – and a sneaky flair, as Prince wrote:
Sep 2, 2019 · His mother, Mattie Della Shaw Baker, was a jazz singer; his father, John Lewis Nelson, who went by Prince Rogers, was a musician and a songwriter. “I thought I would never be able to play like...
- Dan Piepenbring
Apr 2, 2014 · Prince was a legendary singer, songwriter and musical innovator who achieved worldwide fame in the 1980s with albums like Purple Rain and 1999. He was the son of Mattie Shaw, a jazz singer who performed with the Prince Rogers Band.
Apr 21, 2016 · comment. Share. IN THE BEGINNING. Prince Rogers Nelson was born June 7, 1958, at Mount Sinai. Hospital in Minneapolis to Mattie Shaw and John Nelson. They had. been in a jazz ensemble called...
