The real voices behind Milli Vanilli...
In the late 1980's the duo of Fab Morvan and Rob Pilatus hit the pop music scene under the name of Milli Vanilli. They were a duo of uber-handsome guys located in Germany that could sing and dance. Along with a string of hit songs with videos, Milli Vanilli were selling millions of records, making live performances and received lots of radio play.The duo were so successful they were nominated for a Grammy Award for best new artists and won!
Everything was going good... perhaps too good. When interviewed, it was apparent they had strong accents that were undetected in their singing voices. Suspicions in the industry arose about them not being genuine, but so the tour dates and success was overwhelming.
It wasn't until the prerecorded music at a live performance skipped and Rob walked off stage. It was then confirmed Milli Vanilli had been lip-syncing all along.
aka "The Dream Is Over..."
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Years later, there are dozens of Milli Vanilli lip-syncing scandal videos explaining what happened. Here is one:
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Milli Vanilli - Lip Sync Song Fail (MTV Concert 1990)