November 16: On This Day in World History … briefly
In January 2014, the actual Milli Vanilli singers - Jodie Rocco and Linda Rocco, John Davis and Brad Howell - filmed an in-depth interview with the producers of Oprah: Where Are They Now for OWN TV.
1990: Milli Vanilli stripped of Grammy Award
Milli Vanilli was a German R&B duo from Munich. The group was founded by Frank Farian in 1988 and consisted of Fab Morvan and Rob Pilatus. The group’s debut album, titled ‘All or Nothing’ in Europe and reconfigured as ‘Girl You Know It’s True’ in the United States, achieved international success and earned them a Grammy Award for Best New Artist on February 21, 1990.
Milli Vanilli became one of the most popular pop acts in the late 80s and early 90s, with millions of records sold. However, their success quickly turned to infamy when Morvan, Pilatus, and their agent Sergio Vendero confessed that Morvan and Pilatus did not sing any of the vocals heard on their music releases. The duo ended up giving back the Grammy Award for Best New Artist. The group recorded a comeback album in 1998 titled ‘Back and in Attack’, but the album was never released after Rob Pilatus died at the age of 32.
Most notable historic snippets or facts extracted from the book ‘On This Day’ first published in 1992 by Octopus Publishing Group Ltd, London, as well as additional supplementary information extracted from Wikipedia.
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