Vanity (born Denise Katrina Matthews) died Monday at 57 from kidney failure suffered as a result of crack cocaine addiction in the 1990s. She was discovered by Prince, who gave her a new moniker and a group centered around her, Vanity 6. She later went solo and later became a born-again Christian after kicking her drug addiction. In tribute, here she is on American Bandstand in April 1986 performing two superb songs from her album Skin on Skin. One of them, "Under the Influence," was her biggest hit, peaking at #56 in May 1986. It was also featured in the "Great Lost '80s Singles" list in my book Cannibals and Vixens on the River Styx. (Useless Trivia: the track was co-written by Robbie Nevil, whose biggest hit, "C'est La Vie," was also released that year.) Get animal.
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