Foster/McElroy were looking to build a Girl Group based out of the San Fransisco Bay Area/Oakland back in 1988 They held an audition and over 3.000 girls showed up.  Maxine, Dawn, Cindy and Terry were the last 4 standing, and they became En Vogue. The rest is music history... For information...

Roberta Flack was the quiet girl from Black Mountain North Carolina. A Classical Pianist turned Teacher...  She would go on to become the only Artist to ever win "Grammy Song of the Year", two years in a row - 1972 & 1973. and she had a string of Hits with Donny Hathaway. See...