Terry Ellis

Posted By: Frederick Roberts on December 22, 2007
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Terry Ellis began her musical career in 1990 as a member of For You, along with Dawn Robinson, Cindy Herron, and Maxine Jones. The group later changed its name from For You to En Vogue and recorded a parade of R&B hits.

Terry received a Marketing Degree from Prairie View A&M University in 1990. She was the featured performer with the world famous Marching Storm Band.

By the mid-'90s, the members of En Vogue took a three-year break from recording, which gave Ellis a chance to record an album of her own, 1995's Southern Gal, released on Elektra. Two of the singles became hits: "Wherever You Are" and "What Did I Do to You."

Dawn Robinson, who also went solo, didn't come back, but Ellis and the other two En Vogue members rejoined forces in 1997 to complete another album, EV3.
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Frederick Roberts
President and CEO, Collegiate Community Development Corp and the Mr. Collegiate America Program
Prairie View A&M University class of 1977
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Love your song from Disappearing Act: Call on me! You got the soul!
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