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Here Are the Faces and Real Singers of Milli Vanilli [PHOTOS] Milli Vanilli consisted of two good-looking dudes from Munich named Fab Morvan and Rob Pilatus. In the U.S., their 1989 debut album titled, "Girl You Know Its True", became a mega-seller and ended up winning the duo the Grammy Award for Best New Artist in 1990 which was later revoked. Frank Farian, a German record producer and songwriter, put Morvan and Pilatus together. They became the faces of Milli Vanilli. But not the voices. Far...

I first heard the rapper Daniel Dumile (pronounced DOOM-ee-lay) when I was fourteen and hip-hop was just beginning to bloom. The music was not so much “CNN for black people,” as Chuck D would later dub it, as a lingua franca. I came up awkward in West Baltimore—a tall black boy with no jumper, no gear, and no game. But my mastery of the arcane verses of X-Clan, my sense that the decoupling of EPMD was an irreparable tragedy, and my abiding hatred of Vanilla Ice ushered me into the scowli...

30 Years Ago, Milli Vanilli Returned Their Best New Artist Grammy; Should They Get the Award Back Now? Variety 18/12/2020 The 32nd Grammy Awards took place February 21, 1990 at Los Angeles’ fabled Shrine Auditorium, where Milli Vanilli’s Rob Pilatus and Fab Morvan sat in the front row, nervously waiting for Kris Kristofferson and Young MC to announce the winner of that year’s Best New Artist award from among a group that included folk duo Indigo Girls, alternative fave Neneh Cherry, Bri...

The Working Stiff Show Photo: clipart.com, I-100 Kat’s Hidden Camera 12/16/20: Billy Joel on February 2nd, 1990 performing “Shameless” live in Syracuse Posted on December 16, 2020 by Kat Walters Once a week Kat will share with you a rockin’ and rare video of iconic rock legends doing what they do best! Send your suggestions to kat@i100rocks.com!   THIS WEEK: Billy Joel on February 2nd, 1990 performing “Shameless” live in Syracuse, New York. FYI: It was 31 years ago this week ...

Exec was recently honored by Billboard The directors of Gibson Brands have voted to add to their ranks the leader of New York City record label 300 Entertainment. Kevin Liles has become the eighth member of the board of Gibson, which was reconstituted as part of the storied guitar maker’s bankruptcy restructuring in the fall of 2018. He has more than 30 years of experience in the music industry, including as president of Def Jam Records and as executive vice president of Warner Music Group. (...

The Voice Top 5 Results-Show Recap: And the Winner of Season 19 Is… TVLine 16/12/2020 The Season 19 finale of The Voice shouldn’t have been suspenseful. Like, at all. Based on your enthusiastic support of Team Gwen Stefani’s junior achiever Carter Rubin in the polls that have followed our recaps, he had the victory in the bag. A nice one, even, with tissue paper and a bow. But, as we know all too well, the results of TVLine polls don’t necessarily reflect the preferences of the NBC s...

Larry Busacca/Getty Images for NARAS Miley Cyrus and Pharrell Williams attend the 56th annual GRAMMY Awards Pre-GRAMMY Gala and Salute to Industry Icons honoring Lucian Grainge at The Beverly Hilton on January 25, 2014 in Beverly Hills, California. What do “Who Let The Dogs Out” and “Stairway To Heaven” have in common? Both make a prominent appearance among the 88 worst songs of all time, as voted by listeners of triple-A WXPN Philadelphia. WXPN unveiled the listing last Saturday, Oct. ...

Because he dont care. thats why this is starting to look like a milli vanilli defense. because you got to blame it on something. >> absolutely. i asked the president multiple times, mr. president, we think it is in the united states and ukraines best interests that you and the president of ukraine have conversations, that you discuss the options that are there. >> what does this argument reveal about where the impeachment debate is headed? david corn, how are you doing? >> okay. how you? >> i wa...

Primary election right now. see supposed to be governing. >> a one-note band or more embarrassingly milli vanilli and he is performing these songs? >> its before my time, ari. >> tal, can i fill you in for the milli vanilli? >> im here for you. i think rush limbaugh is being a little glib here. does anyone think that he is sitting in the west wing, scribbling on a piece of paper, coming up with policy ideas? no. but thats not what is really being suggested. the problem here is that president tru...