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‘I’ve used hairbrushes, spatulas, car keys, apples ...’ Sheila E on drumming with Prince, Marvin Gaye, Michael Jackson and more

The Latin music legend – back, at 66, with her first salsa album – answers your questions on her star collaborations, screen chemistry, and what she and Stevie Wonder still can’t agree on

Photograph: FG/Bauer-Griffin/Getty Images Is it true that you and Prince went straight into the studio in the middle of the night and recorded the amazing Erotic City directly after seeing Parliament-Funkadelic live? It was one of the biggest shows at the time, I was on the Purple Rain tour and [Grammy nominated solo album] The Glamorous Life was out, so to be able to convince the network to turn the lights down so that my sticks would glow was a big deal. What happened that night [a promised solo vocal on the record never materialised] was a little disheartening, but the reality of why we were there was the most important part, raising money for people that needed help.

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