Rhona Bennett

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Rhona Bennett
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Singer
  • actress
Years active1991–present

Rhona Bennett, also known as Miss R&B, is an American singer and actress best known for her recurring role as Nicole on

The All-New Mickey Mouse Club. She is a member of Zeta Phi Beta sorority. She also appeared as Loquatia on the short-lived UPN television sitcom Homeboys in Outer Space
during the 1996–97 season.

Career

1991–1999: Mickey Mouse Club and television roles

Bennett started in music at 11 years of age with ETA Creative Arts Theater, and sang "Christmas Melody" in

dramedy titled Emerald Cove on the Disney Channel. After the show was cancelled in 1994, Bennett moved to California to continue her career as an actress, landing appearances on several shows, including Living Single and Martin. She also garnered a regular role in the mid-1990s, playing Loquatia on the sitcom Homeboys in Outer Space
.

2000–2008: Rhona and En Vogue

In early 2000, casting director Dee Dee Bradley asked Bennett to join the fourth season of the

WB sitcom The Jamie Foxx Show, in which she played Nicole, Jamie's co-worker and singing partner.[1]

Shortly after, in late 2000, Bennett signed with

Hot Dance Club Play chart the following month, but failed to chart or sell noticeably elsewhere.[3] Following a promotional world trip, further plans to release Rhona were put on hold after a fallout between Sony Music and Darkchild Records.[2] Consequently, the album received a limited Japan-wide release only and Bennett was soon dropped from the label.[2]

In 2002, Bennett landed a leading role opposite Allen Payne in the stage play Men Cry in the Dark (2003), based on the same-titled 1999 novel by Michael Baisden.[4] The following year, Bennett joined En Vogue for a five-year tenure during which she released the album Soul Flower (2004) along with original band members Terry Ellis and Cindy Herron.[5] In 2008, following several years of touring, Bennett left the band amid their 20th Anniversary World Tour due to the return of original member Dawn Robinson.[6] Bennett also performed solo at the American Airlines Center on July 27, 2008, under the Miss R&B moniker, where she helped to raise funds for a new charity for the homeless. Bennett reunited with the members of En Vogue to perform at the American Music Festival on August 29, 2008.

2009–present: Solo projects and return to En Vogue

Following her departure from En Vogue, Bennett began work on her second solo album The Anticipation of R&B under her own label Tone'n'Rhone Productions.

J.Y. Park and J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League, as well as guest vocalists such as Brandy, 40 Glocc and her former En Vogue colleagues Ellis and Herron.[7] Preceded by the singles "Range" and "Letting You Go," however, the album was shelved in 2010 due to internal conflicts and insufficient promotion. Bennett later released several songs from The Anticipation of R&B to her SoundCloud account.[8]

In 2012, Bennett rejoined En Vogue after new material by all four original members had failed to materialize again and both Robinson and Jones once more had left the band.[9] In July 2014, Bennett, Ellis, and Herron signed a new contract with Pyramid Records and began work on the album Electric Café with mentors Denzil Foster and Thomas McElroy.[10] In November, the trio appeared on the Lifetime holiday film An En Vogue Christmas in which they played fictional versions of themselves, reuniting to perform a benefit concert to save the nightclub where they got their start.[11] The original movie featured En Vogue's hit singles as well as two new tracks and a rendition of "O Holy Night", later released digitally through Ellis and Herron's own label En Vogue Records.[11]

In 2016, Bennett released the single "Take Me There" which was expected to precede a solo EP entitled R&B Gumbo.[12] As with The Anticipation of R&B, the EP failed to materialize.[12]

Discography

See also: En Vogue discography

Studio albums

Title Album details
Rhona
  • Released: June 20, 2001
  • Label: Darkchild, Epic
  • Formats: CD, cassette
The Anticipation of R&B
  • Unreleased
  • Intended for release: 2010

Singles

Title Year Peak positions Album
US
Dance
[13] 		AUS
[14]
GER
[15]
NL
[15]
SWI
[15]
"Satisfied" 2001 4 71 77 71 70 Rhona
"The Meaning of Love" — — — — —
"Letting You Go"[16] 2009 — — — — — The Anticipation of R&B
"Range"[17] — — — — —
"Take Me There"[18] 2016 — — — — — non-album release
"In Your Eyes (MMC '89 Version)"[19]
(with Arnel Pineda) 		2021 — — — — —

References

  1. ^ "Rhona Bennet Speaks About Working On The Jamie Foxx Show! "It Was CRAZY I Never Even Auditioned!"". March 29, 2021. Retrieved August 26, 2022 – via YouTube.
  2. ^
    ISBN 978-1-4689-4888-2
    .
  3. ^ "Rhona Rare CD Record COLLECTor's ITEMS". Archived from the original on August 5, 2012. Retrieved November 21, 2005. Mediawars.ne.jp Retrieved on 05-11-07
  4. ISBN 978-1-4422-4702-4
    .
  5. ^ Harrison, Quentin (March 23, 2017). "INTERVIEW: En Vogue's Cindy Herron-Braggs, Forever a Funky Diva". Albumism. Retrieved August 26, 2022.
  6. ^ "En Vogue My Lovin' You're Never Gonna Get It on KTLA". YouTube. Archived from the original on November 17, 2021. Retrieved August 26, 2022.
  7. ^ a b "The Anticipation of R&B". September 23, 2009. Retrieved August 26, 2022 – via YouTube.
  8. ^ "Stream Rhona Bennett (MissR&B)". Retrieved August 26, 2022 – via SoundCloud.
  9. ^ Schneider, Marc (February 13, 2015). "En Vogue Sued for Millions After Label Flip". Billboard. Retrieved August 26, 2022.
  10. ^ En Vogue Vocal Outtakes for New Album "Electric Café". Youtube.com. Retrieved on August 26, 2022.
  11. ^ a b Schneider, Michael (September 30, 2014). "Exclusive: En Vogue Reunites for Lifetime Christmas Movie". TV Guide. Retrieved August 26, 2022.
  12. ^ a b Armour, TJ (February 29, 2016). "En Vogue's Rhona Bennett talks new music, blog and books". Rolling Out. Retrieved August 26, 2022.
  13. Billboard.com
    . Retrieved April 12, 2018.
  14. ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 233.
  15. ^ a b c "Single-Hitparade". Hung Medien. Retrieved August 25, 2022.
  16. ^ "Rhona Bennett – Letting You Go". Shazam. Retrieved August 25, 2022.
  17. ^ "Thank you for your support of the two single releases [...]". July 9, 2010. Retrieved August 25, 2022 – via Facebook.
  18. ^ "Rhona Bennett – Take Me There". Spotify. Retrieved August 25, 2022.
  19. ^ "In Your Eyes (MMC '89 Version)". Spotify. Retrieved August 25, 2022.

External links

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