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Known for its trashy, soft-porn image and sexually exploitative lyrics, Vanity 6 was a short-lived female vocal trio that came out of Prince’s funk-rock empire in 1982. Vanity 6 was formed in Prince’s hometown of Minneapolis, where singer/actress Vanity (whose real name is Denise Matthews) got together with fellow singers Brenda Bennett (a native of Boston) and Susan Moonsie. Supposedly backed by The Time although Prince actually performed all the music himself, Vanity 6 recorded its self-titled debut album for Warner Bros. in 1982. The single “Nasty Girl” became a major hit, and like Prince’s albums, Vanity 6 successfully bridged the gap between R&B/funk and rock/pop/new wave. Vanity 6’s first album was also its last; in 1984, Vanity left the group and signed with Motown as a solo artist. Susan and Brenda, meanwhile, hooked up with singer Apollonia (another Prince disciple) and formed a new group called Apollonia 6. That trio recorded a self-titled album for Warner Bros. in 1984 and had a hit with “Sex Shooter,” which was featured in Prince’s film Purple Rain. Apollonia 6 also turned out to be a one-album act; in 1985, the group broke up. As a solo artist, Vanity didn’t get very far commercially; none of her Motown albums were big sellers. And when she became a born-again Christian in the 1990s, Vanity gave up secular music for good.

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Starfiregal09 wrote:
last month

She dosen't want to be called Vanity anymore!

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electricsaulee wrote:
October 2009

@mereillejames: "sex shooter" was actually recorded by apollonia 6, which was basically vanity 6 part two

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excusemyfrench wrote:
October 2009

I love Vanity 6 more than life itself right now.

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princess7779311 wrote:
September 2009

I WISH THEY WOULDVE HAD MORE HITS, BUT THE ONES THAE HAD WERE OFF THE CAHIN

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Mereillejames wrote:
September 2009

lol, lewd lyrics but the music/arrangement to "sex shooter" is the shit.

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blain147 wrote:
August 2009

I love this music, and these girls

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Wa5hington wrote:
August 2009

Vanity is now a born-again church lady in Fremont, CA.

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NeonRox wrote:
July 2009

The blueprint for the Pussycat Dolls honestly, but with much better music. God Vanity was hot.

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chanti72 wrote:
March 2009

My tea almost went the wrong way when I noticed this hot new pic... pfew! =P

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YouthViolence wrote:
January 2009

Prince was great back then.

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sQuEeZeWaX wrote:
January 2009

still love when Susan drops her teddy bear outside of the limo in the DRIVE ME WILD video....perfection.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Hizzqd7JTk

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analkitties wrote:
December 2008

i love this band

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GOTNOTIME4BS wrote:
October 2008

*looks down* LOL I love that song!

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morti-viventi wrote:
September 2008

Tramp, I'm datin' yo dad!

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GOTNOTIME4BS wrote:
August 2008

Bite The Beat!

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nanara wrote:
July 2008

my fave group

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almostuncool wrote:
May 2008

Vanity recorded Sex Shooter first

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ghslex07 wrote:
May 2008

sex shooter is by Apollonia Six thats the only one ive heard of not by Vanity Six

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DASBRUCE wrote:
March 2008

Vanity performed a cover of Nat King Cole's Nature Boy on a short lived nightmare on elm street type show. does anyone know where i can get it? she sung it on stage then left the stage and some crazy fan possessed her body because he wanted to be her.. crazy eh..lol

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ericorbit wrote:
March 2008

i love these sluts

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