Milli Vanilli was a pop duo from Munich, Germany, that comprised Fab Morvan and Rob Pilatus. The duo was founded in 1988 by the producer Frank Farian. They combined pop, rap, R&B, disco and dance music. Farian hired Brad Howell, John Davis, Charles Shaw, Jodie Rocco and Linda Rocco to sing on the records, and had Morvan and Pilatus dance and lip-sync for performances.
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| Subject | Milli Vanilli |
| Category | German pop duo |
| Reading time | 1 min · Intermediate |
| Key date | 1988 |
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