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After meeting Denise Matthews, a young Canadian model and aspiring actress, in January 1982, he proposed her to be part of the project, which she accepted. After Denise Matthews refused Prince's idea to rename her Vagina, the name of Vanity came up, and the band name changed accordingly. | After meeting Denise Matthews, a young Canadian model and aspiring actress, in January 1982, he proposed her to be part of the project, which she accepted. After Denise Matthews refused Prince's idea to rename her Vagina, the name of Vanity came up, and the band name changed accordingly. | ||
− | During the [[Controversy Tour]], Prince found a third band member for the project in [[Brenda Bennett]], his set and lighting designer [[Roy | + | During the [[Controversy Tour]], Prince found a third band member for the project in [[Brenda Bennett]], his set and lighting designer [[Roy Bennett]]'s wife. She was on the tour accompanying her husband and doing hair and make-up for [[Prince]] and the band. She had been part of the Tombstone Blues band in the early-mid seventies. Apart from [[Brenda Bennett|Brenda]], none of the girls had any singing experience when they started recording vocals for their album. |
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The band released only one album. Most of the tracks were recorded by Prince with some help of Dez Dickerson, sometime before the band was assembled. The Vanity 6 album had minor impact on charts. Many radio programmers were reluctant to air the explicit overly sexual lyrics in the band's songs. Four singles were issued from the album, among them only Nasty Girl got any significant success, mostly in clubs. The band is credited for performed vocals on The Time song The Walk on What Time Is It?, but that in fact was mostly Brenda Bennett, the only real singer in the group. Although a second album was planned, that project ultimately materialized under the moniker of Apollonia 6 when Denise Matthews left the band. After leaving the Prince camp Vanity pursued a acting carrier and recorded two albums under her stage name. Brenda Bennett stayed in the reformed band, Apollonia 6 along with Susan Moonsie. Denise Matthews abandoned the Vanity moniker and no longer worked in the music and film industry when she became a born-again Christian in the 1990s. | ||
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