Former Prince choreographer, singer, dancer and rapper Catherine “Cat” Glover has died of unspecified causes on the age of 60.
The information was shared as we speak on Glover’s official Fb web page. “It’s with nice unhappiness that we formally announce the passing of Catherine Vernice Glover- AKA ‘Cat,'” learn the assertion. “Please enable her youngsters, household and associates privateness at this tough time. An extra assertion will likely be launched in the end.”
Glover served as a choreographer, dancer, singer and rapper on Prince’s 1987 Signal O’ the Occasions and 1988-1989 Lovesexy excursions. She may be seen within the 1987 Signal O’ the Occasions live performance movie and on the 1989 Lovesexy Stay broadcast and residential video. She additionally performs on his 1988 album Lovesexy, delivering a memorable rap on the album’s debut single “Alphabet St.” Glover will also be heard on his Black Album, initially scheduled for launch in 1987, however shelved and launched for a restricted time in 1994.
“I’ve all the time idolized him, and it is not an intimate factor, it is simply… he is nice. I do not assume there’s anybody that may be as artistic as he can – dance, play all his devices,” Glover stated of her admiration for Prince in a 1987 Video Soul interview. “I’ve really sat within the studio and watched him put down every little thing by himself, and I’ve simply gone, ‘My God, he is unbelievable, he actually is.'”
Hear Cat Glover Rap on Prince’s ‘Alphabet St.’ (Begin at 2:20)
Hear Prince (with Cat Glover) Carry out ‘Cindy C’ (begin at 5:30)
Watch ‘It is Gonna Be a Lovely Evening’ from ‘Signal O’ the Occasions’
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