Musical abominations: #12 anything by Milli Vanilli
By John Roberts
@JohnRoberts (109845)
Los Angeles, California
June 25, 2018 7:56am CST
There is a difference between songs I loathe and musical abominations. Songs I loathe are those I dislike greatly but understand their popularity. Musical abominations are tragedies that should never have been.
Milli Vanilli is the greatest embarrassment in Grammy Awards history and that is saying a lot. They were created in 1988 by producer Frank Fabian and the German duo of Fab Morvan and Rob Pilatus spoke very poor English. Their debut album “Girl You Know it’s True” was a smash yielding #1 gold singles in “Baby, Don’t Forget My Number,” “Blame it on the Rain” and “Girl I’m Gonna Miss You.” Milli Vanilli was awarded the Grammy for Best New Artist.
Lip syncing in concert is controversial but not unheard of. Milli Vanilli was caught faking it in concert when the recording started skipping. Then came the stunning revelation that Fab and Rob had done none of the singing to begin with. Charles Shaw, John Davis and Brad Howell were revealed as the real singers.
The ensuing scandal prompted their Grammy being stripped. Rob Pilatus died at 32 in 1998.
Milli Vanilli's official music video for 'Baby Don't Forget My Number'. Click to listen to Milli Vanilli on Spotify: http://smarturl.it/MilliVSpotify?IQid=Mi...
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@FourWalls (75710)
• United States
25 Jun 18
So abominable I listened to Phil Collins' "Don't Lose My Number" to get the notion of this song away from me. Now, if you'll excuse me, I'll go listen to the real song with "number" in the title....
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@JohnRoberts (109845)
• Los Angeles, California
25 Jun 18
@JolietJake Hah! That one is coming.
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@Porcospino (31365)
• Denmark
25 Jun 18
I remember the Milli Vanilla scandal. I heard that Fab Morvan and Rob Pilatus were chosen because they more attractive than the real singers and they thought that good looking singers would attract the young girls.
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@arthurchappell (44998)
• Preston, England
26 Jun 18
the world was glad to forget their number mercifully
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@LeaPea2417 (37955)
• Toccoa, Georgia
26 Jun 18
I remember hearing about that scandal. It was disgraceful!
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@RasmaSandra (85987)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
25 Jun 18
Never heard their songs but I did hear about the scandal.
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@1hopefulman (45114)
• Canada
25 Jun 18
I like the song, the dancing and the great lip-syncing! 
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@dgobucks226 (36583)
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25 Jun 18
Yeah, I remember that controversy well. I never liked the song anyway.
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