television appearances at 21 on american bandstand. always a bold performer he said his style was a product of overcoming hardship. in a rare admission saying he child. >> from that point on i've been having to deal with a lot of things. getting teased a lot in school. early in my career i tried to compensate for that by being as flashy as i could. >> as he told arsenio hall, music was the only thing he thought he was good at. >> when i was 16, i was completely broke and needed to get a job. i got the yellow pages out and i couldn't find one thing that i wanted to do, so i decided i was going to push as hard as i could to be a musician and win at it. >> and win he did. his hits, endless. >> prince was not content with one kind of music. you can make funk, dance music, rock and roll, pop, and do it all on the same songs at the same time. >> creating more albums than his years as an artist and winning seven grammys. >> prince. prince. >> a golden globe. more than 100 million records sold worldwide. but it was his 1984 appearance on the si

reporter: but the brothers the jackson five rising to fame with hits like "abs" performed her on "american bandstand channeling her family's fame and her talent into a successful career of her own with hits like "escapade" and "miss you stadiums for diapers sometime in the near future and she has another message for her fans. >> i have not forgotten about you. i will continue to tour as soon as i possibly can. >> reporter: promising an return to the is taken sometime soon. byron pitts, abc news, new york. >> that's a great reason for a delay of a tour. >> it is a great reason. fans are giving her a lot of feedback saying it doesn't really matter. i'm sorry. >> you put so much effort into that intro. >> we realize you don't know what you got till it's gone. >> my gosh. >> you're still a part of the rhythm nation here. >> yes. we'll be back again. >> you like that, huh? >> because of love, she's stepping away. she found someone to call her lover. >>> call on me. >> that's the news for this half hour. >>> this morning on "world news now," political pressure mounting. >> republicans and democrats face o

her brothers, the jackson 5, rising to fame with hits like "abc," performed here on "american bandstandto a successful career of her own with hits like "else capade" and "miss you much." for you jackson may be trading stadiums for diapers in the near future. she has another message for her fans -- >> i have not forgot ben you. i will continue the tour >> reporter: promising a return to the stage sometime soon. we wish the couple well. >>> it was president abraham lincoln who reminds us of the power of a great mom. of his own mother, president lincoln said, all that i am or ever hope to be i owe to my angel mother. many of us can say the same. thank you for watching abc news, "good morning america" tomorrow, and online at abcnews.com on our "nightline" facebook page. good night, america. listen, why don't you round up the kids, huh? i don't feel like getting any more food out, so we'll take them to marco's for dinner. come on, don't make this into a whole thing! the kitchen is covered in ants. but you know the kids and restaurants. come on. look, it's late, they're tired. they're gonna b

her brothers, the jackson 5, rising to fame with hits like "abc," performed here on "american bandstandelse capade" and "miss you much." for you jackson may be trading stadiums for diapers in the near future. she has another message for her fans -- >> i have not forgot ben you. i will continue the tour as soon as i possibly can. >> reporter: promising a return to the stage sometime soon. we wish the couple well. >>> it was president abraham lincoln who reminds us of the power of a great mom. of his own mother, president lincoln said, all that i am or ever hope to be i owe to my angel mother. many of us can say the same. thank you for watching abc news, "good morning america" tomorrow, and online at abcnews.com on our "nightline" facebook page. good night, america. hmm. [cell phone beeps] hey! [police whistle blows] [horns honking] woman: hey! [bicycle bell rings] turn here. there.

her brothers, the jackson 5, rising to fame with hits like "abc," performed here on "american bandstandto a successful career of her own with hits like "else capade" and "miss you much." for you jackson may be trading stadiums for diapers in the near future. she has another message for her fans -- >> i have not forgot ben you. i will continue the tour as soon as i possibly

rising to fame with hits like "abc," performed here on "american bandstand." channeling into a successful career of her own with hits like "else capade" and "miss you much." for you jackson may be trading stadiums for diapers in the near future. she has another message for her fans -- >> i have not forgot ben you. i will continue the tour as soon as i possibly can. >> reporter: promising a return to the stage sometime soon. we wish the couple well. >>> it was president abraham lincoln who reminds us of the power of a great mom. of his own mother, president lincoln said, all that i am or ever hope to be i owe to my angel mother. many of us oncan say the same. thank you for watching abc news, "good morning america" tomorrow, and online at abcnews.com on our >>> it's great to be home. this is home. it's great to be home. >> donald trump tonight hoping bringing his campaign to his home state will respark his suddenly vulnerable republican presidential bill. today a rally with thousands of supporters on long island along with hundreds of protesters. good evening at

or gay controversy ♪ >> reporter: even dick clark struggling to get the prince to open up on "american bandstandrument on the album, is that correct? >> maybe. >> you're very shy. >> reporter: prince rogers nelson grew up in minneapolis with musical influences that spanned genres from joni mitchell to james brown. ♪ two thousand zero zero party over oops out of time ♪ ♪ so tonight i'm gonna party like it's 1999 ♪ >> reporter: the mid '80s saw him explode into pop consciousness such as "1999" and "little red corvette". ♪ little red corvette baby you're much too fast ♪ >> reporter: all of it setting the stage for his career defining "purple rain." ♪ purple rain purple rain >> reporter: the song, the album and the film that would make prince an oscar winner and an undeniable superstar. >> you have to purify yourself in lake minnetonka. >> reporter: for some it pushed the level of decency. making him a target of the campaign to label lp's. ♪ i knew a girl named nikki i guess you could say she was a sex fiend ♪ >> when you're 20 years old you're looking for the ledge. you want to see how far you can

not on age state because it's only teenagers. it's like american bandstandn say yeah, that's right, bernie is going to break up the big banks, katy, he is not going to break them up there are laws against tyrannical president going you know what, arby's? i hate your roast beef. you are out of here. you can't do it, bernie. even if you want to do it, even if ben and jerry tell you can do it, you can't do it. >> maybe they should break up the big ice cream manufacturers and we will all be happier and we would have more access to ice cream. >> something startling taking place on the factor at this very moment. >> the radical leftist juan williams is agreeing with the rather conservative katie pavlick what bernie sanders is saying and millions of people are apparently buying is hoohy. >> too big to fail. i think that katy is on -- i agree with you on the wall street point, katie, the difference is as bill says, people when you say to them too big to fail they say wait a minute, nobody is bailing me out when i can't pay my mortgage when my kids want to go to a sc