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En Vogue
En Vogue was conceived and put together by the production
team of Denzil Foster and Thomas McElroy, both former members of Club
Nouveau. The two held auditions and settled on a membership of former
Miss Black California Cindy Herron, Maxine Jones, Dawn Robinson, and Terry
Ellis. The new group performed two songs on Foster and McElroy's FM2 album,
and the producers crafted an image of them as stylish, sophisticated,
and sexy.
En Vogue's debut album, Born to Sing, appeared in 1990 and launched the
pop crossover smash "Hold On," which peaked at number two and
helped the album go platinum. The group attracted comparisons to the Supremes,
even though groupmembers shared lead vocals and intentionally designated
no particular singer the "star." When En Vogue returned in 1992
with Funky Divas, critical and commercial response was overwhelming. The
album's wide array of styles, from pop and R&B to rap, rock, and reggae,
were lauded in print; the first three singles -- "My Lovin' (You're
Never Gonna Get It)," "Giving Him Something He Can Feel"
(both covers of songs written by Curtis Mayfield), and "Free Your
Mind" (which borrowed a chorus line from George Clinton) -- reached
the Top Ten, and the album went multi-platinum. En Vogue were in the Top
Ten again in 1993, backing Salt-N-Pepa on their hit "Whatta Man."
"Don't Let Go (Love)," a song the group contributed to the Set
It Off soundtrack, became a number two single in early 1997. Six months
later, the band released their third album, EV3. 2000 saw the release
of Masterpiece Theater. In 200 the group started touring again and in
late summer Rhino released their second compilation, The Very Best of
En Vogue. In September of 2003 the group appeared out of nowhere for a
small European tour with Maxine Jones filling in temporarily for Cindy
Herron and a new member, Rhona Bennett, made her debut. Bennett had recorded
an album as simply Rhona for Sony in 2001 (which included the hit "Satisfied"),
and also had a recurring role on The Jamie Foxx Show. Jones and Herron
traded places again and the new trio released Soul Flower in early 2004
on 33rd Street Records.
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