![]() ![]() Several quality songs were included among the set's 12 tracks. Many focused on love, with a fair share of slow jams ("It Ain't Over," "Slow Dance," "I Don't Want To Wait Until Tomorrow," "It's You That I Need") making the cut. ![]() 41.īut Southern Gal wasn't just about the singles. A more polite, less brassy take on the situation presented in Cherrelle's "Didn't Mean To Turn You On," it registered with R&B listeners, charting on the R&B singles chart for 10 weeks and peaking at No. ![]() Borrowing its silken bass line from Norman Connors "You Are My Starship," the song was Terry's kiss off to a suitor that wanted to get too close. 10. She followed up that success with "What Did I Do To You?," the set's second and final single. 52 and on the Hot R&B Singles chart at No. It peaked on the Billboard Hot 100 at No. The song was also the album's biggest hit. She introduced the set to the masses with the emotional ballad "Where Ever You Are." The song took advantage of Terry's measured alto with a piano- and guitar-driven arrangement that picked up the notes of longing in the song's lyric. That was probably because the album paid tribute to her musical roots and her Houston, Texas upbringing. ![]() Rather than numbers melding club-ready grooves with flawless harmonies, Southern Gal was a more laid-back affair. The album found the native Texan songbird teaming up with En Vogue's usual producers, Denzil Foster and Thomas McElroy, to craft an album that, surprisingly, sounded nothing like the previous work of the funky divas' two previous albums. Come 1995, soul sister Terry Ellis struck out on her own with her debut solo album, Southern Gal. So it was only right that they took a much-deserved sabbatical. The divas flew high from the set's success, appearing in television shows, touring the world and racking up hit after hit. In 1992, powerhouse quartet En Vogue took the world by storm with their smash hit sophomore album, Funky Divas. ![]()
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