Really???????/
 

how did the girl from la bouche die? I didn't hear about that one?

Re: Really???????/
 

here is her bio. she did ina plane crash also.

Melanie Thornton was born in May 1967 in South Carolina in the USA. She studied singing as a child and began working with US jazz and blues bands. She found success in Germany, where she arrived in 1992 with just $15.

Spotted by Frank Farian (Boney M., Milli Vanilli) in Frankfurt, she went on to front dance act La Bouche with rapper Lane McCray. La Bouche had a series of No. 1 hits including the singles Be My Lover, Sweet Dreams and Falling In Love.

The Sweet Dreams album was a major success in Europe and the group made two more, Moment of Love in 1998 and SOS in 1999. But Ms. Thornton left the group in February 2000 for an independent career.

Her first solo single, Love How You Love Me, was a hit in Germany in November 2000. Singles like Heartbeat and Making Oohh Oohh followed. Beautiful Dream - Holidays Are Coming has been chosen as the song for a new Coca-Cola TV commercial.

Before this song and her album "Ready to Fly" was released, Melanie tragically died in a plane crash on the 24th of November, 2001.

Re: Re: Re: Re: I hate to say this, but....
 

Thanks for the clarification, 1Babygirl2000. I totally forgot about her. I do remember hearing about her passing though. It seems really eerie that she passed one day before the three month anniversary of Aaliyah's passing. The weirdest thing is that they all died in crashes, although Left Eye's was in an SUV.

I finally saw the pics. My mother's cousin e-mailed them to me. She does look like she's sleeping in pajamas.... :(

Where are these pics everyone is talking about?:confused:

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: I hate to say this, but....
 

No problem. A lot of people didn't know about her death because it wasn't as publicized as everyone elses. :)

They said they put her in pajamas to make it look like she was sleeping because they couldn't believe she was gone. She obviously made an impact on the people of that community.

La Bouche singer?
 

What? Are you all speaking of the original lady "Be my lover" song or another one? Is this the same one that was "Where are they now" from VH-1? ON that episode it said that the lady had gotten married and was producing a trio which included her niece?

I hadn't heard about her. How long ago was this?

Re: La Bouche singer?
 

Yes, that's her. It happened last November. She died in a commercial airline crash.

Speaking of singers we recently lost
 

Let's not forget the female singer in Soul To Soul who was recently killed in England. Reports say she was running from security in a clothing store who were chasing her for thinking she was shoplifting. She ran out of the store and was struck down by two cars. I can't remember her name, but if any of you guys do please let me know.

Where are the pictures?
 

Where are the pictures of Left Eye everyone is talking about? I haven't seen them anywhere...:confused:

they have been removed from the internet.

Re: Speaking of singers we recently lost
 

I hadn't heard about this one. Dang...:(

The pic is still circulating the internet.

That's possible
 

the site where I saw the picture...cybertlc did remove the picture. Now, the Hondouras "paper" that took the pictures still could have them up. Also, those that feel the need to keep the pictures for their own personal collection could still have them.

Re: Speaking of singers we recently lost
 

Not Caron! I can't believe that!

:eek:

Wuuuuuuuuuuuut...........
 

I was wondering what ever happend to her and the group Soul II Soul recently, because lately they have been rockin' KEEP ON MOVING, and BACK TO LIFE, on the radio, and that one song,
Blue is the color of rain, that she made *SOLO*.
But it is an old school radio station so I thought nothing of it.

Do'reen, a one time singer English R&B group Soul II Soul is dead after a robbery she was involved in went horribly wrong.

The 36 year old was shoplifting from a store in Sussex when she was caught by staff. She ran out of the store and into the oncoming traffic and was hit by three cars.

Do'reen, whose real name was Doreen Waddell sang lead vocal on the Soul II Soul hit "Feel Free" from their first album 'Club Classics Vol 1". The song was the second single from the album but failed to chart. It was Caron Wheeler out front of "Keep On Movin'" that made the act a success. Soul II Soul topped the charts with the song Back to Life on the same album, in which Caron Wheeler was the lead singer.

Waddell had not been active in the music industry for several years, and neighbours quoted by the Daily Telegraph newspaper said she did not talk about her time with Soul II Soul.

"She wasn't really earning the sort of money that she had done but she didn't let that get her down," the newspaper quoted Annie Ingham, a neighbour in Shoreham, as saying.

"You have to remember she had been a very successful singer who had appeared on television . . . and then suddenly it was all gone. She never resented that, but it didn't mean life was easy," she said.

Soul II Soul said it would not comment on Waddell's death.

She was attempting to shoplift from a Tesco store in West Sussex. Do'reen is survived by a 4 year old son.


By Paul Cashmere

Afrochic, thank for clearing this up. i thought it was Caron Wheeler.

TLC Looks to Replace Left Eye on TV
 

By James Hill, BET.com Staff Writer
Posted June 29, 2004 -- Since the 2002 death of Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes, the pop group TLC has been struggling to regain the spotlight. That may change if a new FOX reality show surrounding the now two-member group gets off the ground.
The proposed idea, which Tionne “T-Boz” Watkins and Rozonda “Chilli” Thomas have already agreed to, will see singers compete to become the third member of the group.

http://www.bet.com/articles/0,,c3gb9963-10988,00.html

I'm kinda mad at them about this. They made such a big deal about how they were not going to replace Lisa and how people where coming up to them after she died and told them that they could rap and wanted to be part of the group. They sounded very upset, but now I quess they need $$$$$$. Oh Well....

Co-sign, cosign!

The part that disgusts me most is not that they are replacing her, but that they're capitalizing off of her death by participating in a reality show. I bet if they didn't stand to gain monetary rewards, they wouldn't consider it. I think it's just a bit tacky.

Right! Lying wenches! Betraying so and sos!

They need to let that go. They will end up like En Vogue. Their shyt won't sell!

You know what, maybe Left Eye was right all that time. They should have ventured out and tried stuff on their own, opened a company, something. I heard Supernova was a really good CD. Plus, I think because of Left Eye's public drama that a lot of people could relate to her so they brought the TLC CD. I know a whole bunch of girls who totally understood what LE was going through when she burned down Dre's house. She was trying to tell them, but they did not listen. She did make the group. I like Chilli and T-Boz, but something drew you to LE. Please remember they did not make that much money over the ten years they recorded or they did not save very well.

Well, I know I won't be purchasing there effort.

TLC Survivors Get Real for UPN

1 hour, 56 minutes ago Entertainment - Reuters


By Nellie Andreeva

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - UPN has teamed with the remaining members of TLC, Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins and Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas, for a reality series aimed at resurrecting the famous 1990s trio that was struck by tragedy in 2002 when member Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes died in a car crash.


http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...evision_tlc_dc

WTH!!! Have they no shame? :eek:

They don't really need to replace Left Eye.. they need to get in the studio as TLC and keep it moving... when you really look at it (song wise) they can still make it. Creep, Unpretty, No Scrubs, Red Light Special, Baby Baby Baby were all hits without Left Eye on the track. Replacing Left Eye will alienate fans and contradict the groups "keep it real" attitude after they swore to never replace her. I know this is probably about money but they can make it without replacing a core member like Left Eye

I'ma hafta go ahead and echo that. I mean, really. BAD BAD IDEA. She's irreplaceable. Why even go there?

It's supposed to be TEMPORARY(the replacement), So, my questiion is....WHY EVEN GO THERE? (publicity? money? money? money?)

Why can't they perform as solo artists? :confused:

Exactly...yes Left Eye was vital to the group's image and publicity, but she did little for the actual recordings. She was the rapper of the group and there were plenty of songs that didn't have a rap on them. Better yet, some radio stations didn't play the rap and they still sold albums. They should just stick to the 2 of them...this is a horrible move. They'll become a joke.

TBoz and Chili defend their reality show:


http://www.accessatlanta.com/enterta...zz/monday.html

*Sigh*. I don't care what their reasoning is, or their excuses, you cannot replace Left Eye. End. Of. Story. And for that matter, could you IMAGINE being on the other side of it - - having the unmitigated GALL to think you could could fill her shoes??? UGH!!!!!!!

Okay, so I just read the article - - and WTH is going on????!!! "The upcoming UPN reality show with the surviving members of TLC is a tribute to their fans, not a search for a new member to replace Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes....". What??? Then HC they're going to record a song and do a show and so on and so forth? And the group is temporary?? Hayle, I don't know what's going on.............................................. *SMH*

They broke, and they needs money....yes I did say needs.:)

Well then, they NEEDS to not disrespect Left Eye. "This is what she would WANT us to do.....involve the fans!!". Pshhhhh.. :rolleyes:

Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas and Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins are looking to collaborate with a new voice, but the TLC stars insist they're not trying to replace the late Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp..._mu/people_tlc

CASTING CALL
 

"R U THE GIRL WITH T-BOZ & CHILLI"

UPN's cameras will follow every step of the way as T-Boz and Chilli, the two remaining members of TLC, one of the biggest-selling female groups of all time, embark on an exciting journey to discover one lucky and talented female performer who will join them in an upcoming concert and record with them in the studio. For eight weeks, UPN will be there as T-Boz and Chilli put the aspiring performers through a rigorous series of challenges where they will be testing, judging and eliminating the potential artists to find the one who might just be the perfect fit, in UPN's new dramality series R U THE GIRL WITH T-BOZ & CHILLI.

With this project, T-Boz and Chilli are ready to launch the next phase of their careers after the tragic death of group member Left Eye in 2002. T-Boz and Chilli stated, "We want to find someone with the right chemistry and magic to work with us. We have been blessed with great success and this is a chance for our fans to join us as we give someone a once in a lifetime opportunity to fulfill their dream."

Four-time Grammy Award-winning TLC, comprised of T-Boz, Left Eye and Chilli, was formed in Atlanta in 1991. They were one of the biggest-selling female R&B groups of all time, riding a blend of pop, hip-hop and urban soul to superstardom during the '90s with nine top 10 singles on the Billboard Top 100, five of which hit number one, and two number-one albums on the Billboard 200. With more than 33 million albums sold worldwide, TLC have won numerous awards and have a long list of mega hits, including "Waterfalls," "Creep" and "No Scrubs."

R U THE GIRL WITH T-BOZ & CHILLI is produced by Fox Television Studios.
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APPLY FOR UPN'S UPCOMING REALITY SHOW, "R U THE GIRL WITH T-BOZ & CHILLI"

UPN's cameras will follow every step of the way as T-Boz and Chilli from the musical group, TLC -- one of the biggest selling female groups of all time -- embark on a journey to discover one talented performer who will join them for an upcoming concert and record with them in the studio.

Do you think you have what it takes to make you THE GIRL for T-Boz and Chilli? Download and submit the application materials below for a chance to be on the show.

Click here for eligibility requirements and application instructions

Click here for the participant application and statement and release and license agreement

OPEN CASTING CALLS

City: Los Angeles
Date: January 29, 2005
Time: 10AM to 6PM
Place: CBS Radford Studios
4024 Radford Ave
Studio City, CA 91604


FUTURE OPEN CASTING CALLS

New York City - 2/5/05
Chicago - 2/8/05
Dallas - 2/12/05
Washington DC - 2/15/05
Atlanta - 2/19/05
Miami - 2/26/05

taken from upn.com if any of you are so inclined to apply ;) :)

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