Linda Rocco
Milli Vanilli was a German R&B music act from Munich. The act was packaged by Boney M. founder, Frank Farian, in 1988 and consisted of Fab Morvan and Rob Pilatus as the lip-syncing dancers, with the two main studio singers, Brad Howell, John Davis and studio singers, Charles Shaw, Jodie Rocco, and Linda Rocco, with an unrelated touring band. Their debut album, as All or Nothing in Europe, and expanded, including Baby Don't Forget My Number and Blame It on the Rain, composed by Diane Warren, as Girl You Know It's True in the United States, achieved international success and brought them a Grammy Award for Best New Artist on 21 February 1990.
"...Farian had recorded the first songs for MV's debut album before he’d even cast the two faces with all the right moves..."
"Fab and Rob received a fee for performing, for appearances. And the only one who made residuals, the majority of where you make your money as a singer, is Brad Howell, the lead vocalist because he was part of a union. Everybody else received nothing other than their recording session. So Frank Farian received the lion's share of everything that was made off Milli Vanilli." — Luke Korem, director, Milli Vanilli (film)
They became one of the most popular pop acts in the late 1980s and early 1990s, with millions of records sold. However, their success turned to infamy when it was discovered that Morvan and Pilatus did not sing any of the vocals on their music releases. Their Grammy award was revoked. In 1998, they recorded a comeback album, Back and in Attack, but its release was cancelled after Pilatus died at the age of 32.
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