What Happened To British R&B Group Eternal? | Racism, Personality Clashes & Firing a Member
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- Опубликовано: 9 мар 2021
- As numerous American R&B solo artists, duos and groups made their indelible mark in the genre in the 90’s; there were also a few UK R&B artists that did the same across the pond around the same time. Eternal was one of them. They looked good, sounded good and were considered the UK’s answer to another popular foursome, En Vogue. Ironically, like their American counterparts, the group dealt with their fair share of internal issues among the members that eventually tore them apart. Let’s find out whatever happened to British R&B girl group Eternal.
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Back in '94 when I first heard from them, I was 22, and care free. This is definitively a blast from the past. I LOVED them. My favorite songs were Stay and This Love's for Real. They remind me of my late sister. She loved them too. She passed back in March 2020. RIP sis. :'(
My condoleances may she rest in peace xx
My condolences on the passing of your sister may she continue to rest in peace xx
I'm so sorry. May she RIP and wishing you strength and peace x
Sorry for your loss 🙏🏾
I'm a rock guy myself, but I loved eternal back in the day. They were great and had some really good songs. Should have been bigger than the spice girls.
They remain the biggest selling R&B girl group in the UK! 🇬🇧
Still playing their stuff in 2024.
If you want British girl group drama do the Sugababes. Thats a 30min video right there.
That's a whole hour or more!
@@natsohigh5552 Filipino and Irish! She has one hell of a voice.
Right!!🤣👏🏾👏🏾
Yes, although Keisha lives up to her reputation sadly so I kind of understand why the group had so much drama. I was a supporter and fan of hers too until I meet her in real life. Mutya is lovely thou!
I always liked the original line up musically, they really should’ve ended the group when Last original member was kicked out instead of adding Jade.
I Met jade as well she was just ok!
@@natsohigh5552 No!
Cleopatra next
Will see.
Yesssss
Heck yeah!!!
Yesss
Yess
I always felt like I was the only American who knew about Eternal back in the 1990s, specifically starting with their #1 hit "I Wanna be the Only One". And still love listening to their song "Angel of Mine" which was later covered by Monica. Other UK groups I recommend are the Honeyz, All Saints, VS, Liberty X, The 411, Another Level, Blue, Damage, and the Sugababes.
This American knows his stuff 💯💯 check out Mis-Teeq too
@@supernovaleon2447 Yo, I was just listening to 'B With Me' 😅 remember the B-side of 'This Is How We Do It' they did for the video 🤯?
Damage definitely got love States Side thanks to B.A.P.S 🧖🏾♀️🇺🇲
The fact you know Damage 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Anyone Remember Fundamental03 (FDM) and Nathan?
@@supernovaleon2447 i loved mis-teeq
My fellow British gals, loved them, shame they didn't last.
I agree.
They had 3 albums and two of them were very successful, by Pop standards they definitely lasted.
I still own " stay" on vinly. Its got the Teddy Riley mixes on it.
They weren't only loved in Britain. The world over. Their Angel of mine version was amazing.
Yeah❣
Those girls were really stylish. Skin tone is like silk..❤️👏🏾💪🏾👏🏾💪🏾👏🏾❤️❤️❤️❤️
I still listen to I wanna be the only one. Their vocal ability is so underrated. I love this era too!
Vocals were amazing! Plus Bebe Winans
Do All Saints next
Yes
Yeah I love that song never ever that song still goes hard
They still are together!
All Saints were my girls. 😁 I still have their album and listen to it.
They do indeed and they had released two new very solid albums: 2015 'Red Flag' and 2018 'Testament', check their latest videos and live performances they're there 💪💪💜😻
Let’s us not forget R&B singer MONICA remade Eternals “Angel of Mine” song. This is one of Monica’s big intro songs
Facts!
Right, I'm surprised it wasn't mentioned.
Wow really didn’t know that
Thanks
@@MIMI232 nope eternal version came first
yes! and their version of "Someday", a movie soundtrack of The Hunchback of Notre Dame sung by All 4 One.
I’m a white gay man and Eternal were my first favourite pop group. They were huge for my age group (I’m 40 now)
Their first album is one of the greatest pop albums of all time. ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC
I think the gospel direction hindered their success
@bike suisala I really don’t.
It’s last thing anyone needs
Same here. But I disagree with the gospel part, I blame the sisters
@bike suisala If it's not hurting anyone, yes.....
Eternal deserved more success in America and Easther is one of the best lead singers of any girl group. Can you do the Honeyz next?
@@natsohigh5552 When The Show's Over is my jam!
I loved the Honeyz
Only the first album was released in the USA as there were problems with the US EMI label which folded in 1997. Would have been great to see Eternal have further success in the USA after Stay!
Pretty sure Kéllé's lupus has since improved, she's now in Hollyoaks!
Yeah that's what I thought, I'm sure she's doing much better health wise.
I had their cassette tape lol. Loved it. "Stay" still gives me goosebumps
I remember Eternal here in the states. I never knew their name but I loved the music. Wow, I was a little girl listening to their music along with SWV, En Vogue, Silkk and etc. I never knew that they were from the UK. I really enjoyed the video.💯
So, UNDERRATED!.
True.
I agree they were very underrated xxx
You should do Sugababes, they have messy af history lol.
They managed to have hits with 4 iterations lol. My favourite British girl group of the noughties
@@kehindea Same honestly first 3 iterations have nothing but bops
YASSSSS!!
Idk what y'all talking about but I wish I did lol
Dominique Jenkins search sugababes it’s a mixed race girl group from the uk that kept replacing its members A LOT lol mutya went solo and did a song with Amy winehouse called b boy baby
I call bs about black girls don't sell magazines. Naomi Campbell is British and just happened to be the biggest supermodel in the world and She was all over the magazine's back in the 90's. I'm certain the magazine's flew off the shelves when she was on the front cover. Beauty sells, no matter what, "colour."
It's called TOKEN BLACK GIRL
Naomi was not all over the COVER of those magazines though. Even she complained she never got the covers and makeup deals that for instance her friend Kate Moss got. She only had her second British Vogue cover after that editor Alexandra Shulman or whatever she is called, left. Quite ironic taht Naomi is the one supermodel still standing after all that.
Naomi was a myth. I hate to say it, but she was a token. She was never rated as high as people make out. It always seemed to me she was forced into certain campaigns. She was there for diversity only. Even now she struggles for relevancy
@@rozz7531 Is she really though? She has been struggling for relevancy for a while now. She is like in no man's land now. Nobody really has a use for het
@@D1Snr How is she struggling for relevancy? She is independently wealthy and works with charities and causes in the Carribean and Africa. She has made her money and does stuff on US media as a side line.
“ Don’t Say Goodbye “ is still one of my favorite songs.I was working in a record store in 1993-94 when this came out ,so thankfully I had the opportunity to hear so much great music .
Kelle is on a popular U.K. tv show called Hollyoaks nowadays and is also a regular panellist on Loose Women
their version of Someday from Disney’s hunchback OST is fab.
and their version of Angel of Mine is so good 😊
It will never end is my fav of all time....
Angel of Mine😩🤗
There version is the original ‘Angel of mine’
It was released a year before Monica’s version.
@@2damecuteUK yep theirs was1997 and hers was 98.
Angel of mine is their song
Stay is my jam! I wonder whose idea it was for them to remake a Glenn Jones song. They really made it their own.
I remember that Glenn Jones have two "Stay" songs. Very good slow song in 1986 and Upbeat song in 1990 that later covered by Eternal :)
I remember their single _"Stay"._ To date, it remains one of my favorites. I never knew the group was British, though! After watching this, I do wonder why Louise left so quickly. It kind of makes me wonder if she took the whole "Black people don't sell magazines" thing seriously and struck out on her own as a result. The fact that she has never joined them for any sort of reunion performance seriously makes me question if she was purposefully distancing herself.
Thank you for uploading this! ❤️
As a white musician in black music genres I can tell you that the music in Europe is extremely segregated. The main part was the INTERRACIAL aspect. Yes you can sell an all black group on magazines... But not an interracial one. At least they feel it hard to market
As a black English person who remembers the period in time, from my recollection Louis left mainly because when the band was trying to break the US market, the trouble from the UK reversed. Labels and radio stations that would play/sign R&B artists weren't keen that there was a white member in there. The girls were overall frustrated about having troubles everywhere for being a biracial group. She got a solo deal and she took it, the group went even more for a gospel/soulful sound from the second album onwards, more-so apparently the sisters were reportedly jealous of Louise being most popular with men in the UK.
she left because the sisters made her fell uncomfortable
@@GeckoCityUK What does that even mean??🤔
I have never heard of that group but, I watched like I knew who they was 😂
Me either...but I listened to their music & they can *SANG!* & had nothing but bops ....I'm an instant fan
@@JordanWilliams-ix2td they we're huge in Europe
@@medylemaproductions They were huge just in England, not in the rest of Europe.
@@Giorgio_Cerrini I'm from Belgium, I recall them being big even in the Netherlands after Stay, Always and Forever, Someday and I Wanna Be The Only One
@@medylemaproductions I'm from Italy and I've never heard of them until I went to England for a studying semester.
"do ya do ya do ya do do do ya feel the power of a woman"💃🏾
I think it’s one of the sisters Vernie trained as a barrister in law after the group finished, and her sister became a successful business woman, two very talented ladies who’ve worked hard and deserve their success
I loved Eternal as a teenager ♥ Kelle and Louise were my favourites
Huge thank YOU for taking a thorough look at my all time favourite band Eternal 👍💜💪 That was a super surprise video for me and I'm happy for the fact that people remember them or would like to learn about them, so huge huge thank YOU for doing the job 👍👍👍👍💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞
Still got a cassette " Always & Forever" Bought it because I loved the song "stay" which I discovered on a French tv programme. Did like all their songs actually 😊 Such a nice group
Louis left mainly because when the band was trying to break the US market, the trouble from the UK reversed. Labels and radio stations that would play/sign R&B weren't keen that there was a white member in there. The girls were overal frustrated about having troubles everywhere for being a biracial group. She got a solo deal and she took it, the group went even more for a gospel/soulful sound from the second album onwards.
I play 'Stay' at least once a year!
Once a month here
Me too, it's a classic. I still have the CASSETTE single that I brought in the middle school.
@@portraitofalady1598 Wow! Hold on to that. It might be worth some money. I couldn't tell you where any of my cassettes are. I've moved around so much over the decades. Lol
@@soliloquylove2115 I'm never gonna let go of it or my other cassettes! I've moved a million times but made sure to always keep up with my old cassettes & CD's. They're like my babies!! 😝😝
@@portraitofalady1598 Wise Lady! 🥰
Fun Fact : "Stay" original covered by Glenn Jones. And he recorded "Stay" two songs (Same name but different songs) in 1986 and 1990. 1986 was a very good slow song and 1990 was a upbeat that later covered by Eternal :)
Kellie really had a come up lately she’s on Loose Women & Hollyoaks ✨
That’s not a come up smh 😂😂😂
@@KingRose339 so what the other girls doing? I’ll wait
@@Michelle-do1ui you can keep waiting because I don’t know nor do I give a fuck 🥴😂😂😂
@@KingRose339 😳😳😢😢😢, lol 🤪😂😈
Thanks for sharing. The 90's was definitely the Blessed era for Music UK and US 🥰🥰.
Don't forget the 70s and 80s. In France as well😊
Eternal were one of my favourite groups during the mid 90s. Their first two albums were very different to each other but that's growing up I guess. Easther Bennett was once told off during a performance in a church for wearing an overly revealing top - the Q magazine headline 'Eternal damnation!' still makes me chuckle. Pleased that Kelle has been able to come back to the limelight in spite of her lupus. I actually remember in the first interview I read with them that Vernie gave up a place at law school to be in the group and her parents weren't best pleased - interesting that she's gone back to that now. Thank you LGTTR for your regular slices of nostalgia!
Wow I've had their 3rd lp and greatest hits albam on constant rotation for the last 2 weeks and this video comes out of nowhere. Yeah well was watching some of their videos which probably was why it trended on my radar. Thank you so much for the upload
Thanks for putting people (who maybe didn’t know) onto this girl group.
Louise had a successful solo career and recently released a great new album Heavy Love
Stay by Eternal was on heavy rotation on MTV, BET and The Box!
WHOOOOOOAAAAA> I loved these ladies! So happy someone put up something new about them.
I love Eternal. I remember seeing them when they were touring in Australia during the 90s. One of the best live performances I've ever seen.
Cool😊
As someone raised on Led Zeppelin etc, I know a good song when I hear one, and Stay by Eternal was such a song. The lead vocal was amazing. They also look great and danced well. Only The Sugababes had as much talent in my humble opinion.
Stay by Eternal is still a summer cookout classic cut!!
I’m so surprised Easther didn’t have a solo career. Ps: I know she featured on one track.
So disappointed because her vocals r fire
She almost did. She'd released a cover song to Diana King's Shy Guy
it was all over European radio
@@medylemaproductions was that her who released that? Man, never knew that. That was a great cover.
She had a short-lived solo career like Coko
Oh I loved these guys & all their songs. They were awesome when they came out. I always wondered what happened to them & still listen to them on Spotify. Love learning about music artists. Thank you Genevieve for this video & all your awesome content ❤
I really love this eternal group. I wish they never broke up.
Thanks for your impeccable work.
I loved Eternal so much!! My childhood faves.
I saw them live at Wembley Arena in '97 or' 98 ❤️
Amazing commentary! I always wondered what happened to them 🥰
Stay was my Jam! I had to stop this video to go and purchase this blast from the past.
Ty Ive always wondered what happen to them!
I wonder what happened to Five Star?
Yes video on this please!!!
@@natv55 Everyone knows Denise Pearson was the main singer, she carried the group. The main reason they fell out of favour as gangsta rap, new jack swing, vocal house and grunge came in. As a group they continued to 1996 and Delroy Pearson is a producer and songwriter.
Five stars father spent all of their money they went bankrupt the elder sister is solo doesnt speak to 1 of her other sister coz she forgive her father for making them bankrupt so now they dont speak
Delroy was sexy😍😍😍
I never knew Kelli and Louise went to school together/ Saw Louise in 1996 getting into her limousine she waved to me and saw Kellie at my theatre getting to see a show . She smiled at me when I was staring at her lovely ladies Louise and Kellie
I love them. It's just so sad they don't last. Hopefully there's a reunion...
We need a story on PM Dawn
Yessss!
They have one here.
WHOA, OKAY! I remember them, forgot what song I remembered them from, and bam, it was their cover of Stay! I'm late on this video but thanks!
I absolutely loved Eternal as a teen. For me the best UK girl group ever
Memories of being a 90s kid!!! I did wonder what happened to the Bennett sisters, bur Louise was always in and out of the spotlight, and Kelle has a regular spot on Hollyoaks, a UK soap opera! Once rona is over, they should do a couple of concerts together!
To this day Easther still holds the best vocal of Angel of Mine 😇🧚🏽♂️💫
I totally agree......but it was the harmonies and background vocals that set it above all versions.....their production was far superior!!!!
@@leojohnson2023 Absolutely their blend really brought out 👂🏽🎶🐦 the innocence in the lyrics. And I give props to Monica cause she said, ' I'm gonna remake this for the 📸👫🏽Prom.'
She Made That Good Coin 🪙•🪙•🪙
I loveeeed Eternal. Always and Forever is one of my fave albums ever. It's too bad they couldn't 'Stay' together. See what I did there? The four of them complemented each other perfectly.
😂
I was a big fan of "Stay" I wondered what happened to them
Eternal is my childhood music. Love it.
So I listened to Stay and I am just completely blown away....Esther know she can SANG! She lit that song up...
The third one is an actress now in popular British soap hollyoaks and a presenter on loose women which is our version of the view
Yes
She had the last laugh
@@D1Snr that's true lol.
To me these girls were and will always be the greatest girl group of the UK... nobody was singing better than Esther Bennett .. no one.
@@natsohigh5552 not even close.. BK is a good singer, but her tone is one of those where either you like it or not
I LOVE your channel and watched ALL your videos! Great job! :) Can you do a video about Joe Public? I liked them but they kinda disappeared. Thanks in advance :)
Thank you so much!
We also need stories on Chris Bender, Johnny Kemp, Sybil, Das EFX, 3rd Bass, Charli Baltimore, Shyheim, Onyx, Ras Kass, Chino XL just to name a few
I am surprised you did not mention their hit single Angel of Mine which a year later was covered successfully by Monica
People check out the management team First Avenue on Discogs, They handled most of the Black British pop-R&B artists of the '90s, but when they went bust the artists were dropped from their labels! #LetsGetToTheRoot #Eternal
I ❤ eternal.
What really happened to them.
Anyone remember this male R&B group from the early 2000s called *Dark Blu?* The group was put together by *Gerald Levert* back in 1999 that were signed to Capitol Records. They are still around as I work closely with the original singers of the group as their Producer. They were all on Soul Train Season 30, Espoide 25 that aired Apirl 28th 2001.
I remember hearing some of their songs on American radio as a kid,it all makes sense why I don’t remember any formal introduction here
The Three black women look beautiful they haven't aged🦋
Especially Kelle she still looks really young
Why don’t you mention the white girl? Seems a bit racist.
@@Chillednfunked Louise was my favorite member of the group and had the best solo career out of the 4. I had a big crush on her. However I can admit she didn’t age as gracefully as the others. 06:00 wasn’t her best shot either.
@@Chillednfunked because she's aged. Not so well.
@@Chillednfunked it's not racist. The 3 black women have aged well. Where is the racism in that? Complimenting how well black women have aged is racist? Get the f**K out of here.
All Saints next
😲LISTEN!!! 🗣I KNOW IT'S AT!!
Brilliant. They were my favourite band as a kid!
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Wow! I remember hearing Stay, but I didn’t know who sang it.
I wanna know whatever happened to Horace Brown. I still recall his track "One for the Money".
I remember in my teenagers days these girls were really at the top of Britain charts ... Esther and her sister Vernie were dating Shawn and Ronan from Boyzone they were really the populars girls with popular music and popular boyfriends !
♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️eternal Always and Forever sounds timeless!
Let's do All Saints next!
Why? They’re still together!
I was in a cab in NYC and the car next to me was blasting " Just a step from heaven ". This was June 2022. Almost 30 years after it was released. After that first album, how the hell do you repeat that success? You can't please the fans if they think every song is going to be better than the last. Well done, Eternal, that first album was amazing ladies.
I remember the song stay but had no idea that Louise was in that group as I’ve only known her as a solo artist
Competed with Envoge? That's crazy Destiny's Child (the original four) couldn't even begin to compete with them lol
That's probably because Destiny's Child were much younger and they came in at the end tail end of En Vogue's run anyway, while Eternal was older and was making music during pretty much the same duration as En Vogue.
They were supposed to be the UK's response to En Vogue. Eternal was a groundbreaking group at that time. Like they say in the video, a multiracial R&B girl group that got success, that was not something you would see everyday. When the Spice Girls achieved worldwide success it was also impressive to see a diverse group making it big, but they made pop music. The fact that Eternal got successful being a R&B group is something outstanding.
@@jeniestra. I agree. They were the British version/answer to/of EV just with the exception that in EV all members sang lead where as Eternal had a sole lead singer.. Easther was definitely the Terry of the group (powerhouse vocalist). Louise's departure was very much like Dawn Robinson's but her (Louise) solo career was more successful.. Definitely see Vernie as Cindy since she continued on with her sister after Kellie left.. Two different groups but the build and the dynamics are kind of parallel.
@@geordieb4670 I totally agree with your comment. It's too bad many times these bands cannot overcome their differences and much of the talent gets wasted. To me Eternal was perfect with the four of them.
@@jeniestra. I agree as well but Eternal saw continued success as a trio whereas En Vogue saw a decline in success as EV3 and numerous line up changes after Dawn's departure.. En Vogue lost its edge and sex appeal figure while Eternal still had its main vocalist..
You should do stories about Lil’’Mo, Gina Thompson, Nicole Wray, Adina Howard and a lot of the Bad Boy roster from the 90s!!!!
I love 90’s R&b. Especially girls groups. Their music are fantastic and good to listen.
It’s funny how the UK had an issue because of the mix races in groups, yet here in the US, we had All-4-One and Color Me Badd in which they were very successful!!!
Can you do a Video of 411? I loved their Song called dumb.
Oh yessss! I've always wondered what happened to them.
@@Jachimma Their record company dropped them after their third single dropped. One later did the X Factor. Another was Taj's sister on Kerching!.
I remember the song stay I was intrigued when I first heard it I do remember other British girl groups like Mis-teeq and All Saints.
Can you please do , Debelah Morgan “ she had the hit song “ dance with me “ in 2000
I always felt they showed a promise which they never quite fulfilled. Such a pity they never lasted long. STAY was my favourite.
Ouuu, do The Honeyz next!!!
🎧 'You Betta Believe I'll Stand My Ground..Boy I Won't Take It Lying Down.'
😅😇 Love The Honeyz |📀|
Yes! Those girls were underrated.
Omg honeyz are amazing
@@tami8458 only their ignorance remixes. Nothing else really did anything.
I saw Esther and her Partner at the time Shane (from Boyzone) in a cinema in Croydon years ago. No one made a fuss although Esther was in a hoodie and sunglasses Shane was just as cool as a penguin.
Kelle joined the British soap opera Hollyoaks a few years ago and is very good. She has been given some big storylines. Why wasn't this included?
Wow 😅 they all look completely different but are ALL as equally as attractive. Don’t think I’ve seen that good of a beauty balance before 💛 lol
If we're going for rnb groups i would love to know what happened to girl group truce or girl group drama
Note: they originally recorded Angel of Mine was a cover
Props to Louise for putting up with soooooooo much.
MTV Classic plays Stay by Eternal