En Vogue

At the end of the year, En Vogue's holiday album The Gift Of Christmas appeared. The Flamingos were inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 2000 and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2001. Meanwhile, Robinson's first solo CD Dawn was released in early 2002. By 1964, however, the group's career was essentially over. The next year, "Masterpiece Theater" came out. "I Only Have Eyes for You" (1959, originally recorded by Dick Powell in 1934) became their biggest hit and was followed by a long series of hits, including "Love Walked In", "Your Other Love", "Mio Amore", "Nobody Loves Me Like You", "Lovers Never Say Goodbye", "I Was Such A Fool" and "Love Walked In". The group's first compilation, The Best Of En Vogue, came to be in the summer of 1999. Other noteworthy songs from the 1950's include "A Kiss From Your Lips", "I'll Be Home", and "Would I Be Crying".

Before it was issued in 1997, they contributed one of the CD's tracks "Don't Let Go (Love)" to the "Set It Off" soundtrack, which became a #2 single. Their first single, "If I Can't Have You", was a moderate success, and the follow-ups "That's My Desire" and "Golden Teardrops" cemented their reputation. The rest over En Vogue went on to record EV3. Sollie McElroy soon replaced Lewis (who joined The Five Echoes). Dissatisfied with the treatment of the group's props and royalties, Robinson left the group for a solo career in 1996, but she joined Tony! Toni! Toné!'s Raphael Saadiq and A Tribe Called Quest's Ali Shaheed Muhammad to form the group Lucy Pearl before that. Earl Lewis soon joined, and after a series of name changes (The Swallows, El Flamingos, The Five Flamingos) wound up being known as The Flamingos. Ellis made her solo debut with the release of "Southern Gal" in 1995. Jake and Zeke Carey formed the group in Chicago, after meeting Paul Wilson and Johnny Carter at a black Jewish church.

The group took a three-year recess from recording as a group before their next LP would come out. The Flamingos were a doo wop group, popular in the mid to late 1950s. The group made a television guest appearance on an episode of the series "A Different World" and played hookers in the 1995 film Batman Forever. Vocal Group Hall of Fame page on The Flamingos (http://www.vghf.com/Inductees/flamingos.htm). They struck an endorsement deal to be in a Sprite commercial, won awards at the Soul Train and Lady of Soul Awards shows. Download sample "Nobody Loves Me Like You" from Respectfully Yours. En Vogue opened doors for future girl groups as the first black female New Jack R&B group to appear on the front cover of Vogue magazine.

Another LP, Runaway Love, came out that year. They returned to the top ten again in 1993, backing the female pop-rap trio Salt-N-Pepa on their hit "Whatta Man". The first three singles, "My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It)", "Giving Him Something He Can Feel" (a remake of one of Aretha Franklin's songs and borrowed from Curtis Mayfield), and "Free Your Mind" (using George Clinton's chorus line with permission), all reached the top ten. Though the group is influenced mainly by the genre R&B, other influences include pop, rap, reggae, and rock.

The 1992 sophomore attempt "Funky Divas" was more successful than the first, going multi-platinum and garnering positive reviews. A notable feature of the group is that they all shared in singing lead, purposely designating no particular singer as the "star." Herron appeared in the film Juice (1992) between albums. Some have compared En Vogue to The Supremes. A remix album, "Remix To Sing" followed later within the next year.

The single aided the debut album "Born To Sing", released in 1990, in going platinum. That first single became a crossover, pop smash hit, reaching #2 on the pop charts and making #1 on the R&B charts. But Foster had a better idea,to write and produce an original, answer song called "Hold On". The girls liked the catchy,funky beats that it made and thought it would be a great idea to sing the lyrics over them.

They were in Foster's car, getting warmed up as they prepared to sing "Who's Lovin' You?" by Smokey Robinson and the Miracles. Suddenly, Foster turned on the drum machine accidentally. Before the work and recording of their debut album began, one day, they had a singing session. The group lived together for a while. Robinson suggested that they enter singing contests to remain active. After they found their women, the new group performed a song or two on Foster and McElroy's FM2 album.

They shifted to Vogue and ultimately En Vogue after learning of another group having a very similar name. Prior to the group's official name, they were primarily called For You. The two held auditions and resolved on the official membership of Herron, Jones, Robinson, and Ellis. They were looking for singers who could display lasciviousness and intelligence, as well as vocal anabasis.

After Foster and McElroy studied various girl groups, they chose to experiment with welding the female R&B/soul group heritage with hip-hop/new jack swing rhythms. Their story began when the production duo brainstormed on the concept of putting together a modern-day, original R&B girl group for the 1990s. The group was formed in Herron's home state, California, in 1988. November 28, 1968, Connecticut), and Terry Ellis (b. September 5, 1966, Texas).

January 16, 1966, New Jersey), Dawn Robinson (b. September 26, 1965, California, United States), Maxine Jones (b. The original members were former Miss Black California Cindy Herron (b. Members of En Vogue:.

En Vogue is an all-female new jack R&B, club/dance, and urban soul vocal quartet assembled by the hit music producers Denzil Foster and Thomas McElroy (formerly of the disco group Club Nouveau). Rhona Bennett. Amanda Cole. Dawn Robinson.

Cindy Herron. Maxine Jones. Terry Ellis.