European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 1, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Nova us rapper John Davit left and Lead Singer Brad Howell provided the vocals on Mill a Nihil a album. S4s Jim Orth pm the be w Mill Van ill to Well left Davit Gina Mohammed icy Bro and Ray Horton by Ron Mckinney staff writer girl a know its True. The rumours anyway. Milti Vanilli s debut album was created in a Clandestine operation so tight that no one was supposed to know that it was Brad Howell singing the Lead vocals the Covert Mission Complete with Midnight rendezvous seemed to come straight out of a spy . Girt you know it s True so a 7 million albums and won. Mill Vanilli a grammy award in 1990 for Best new artist. But the two Yong men who accepted the grammy Rob pilatus and Fabrice Morvan were frauds. They performed at concerts by lip syncing the taped songs dancing and shaking their dreadlocks after two years of listening to Howell s voice blaring out of the speakers they began to believe they could sing just As Well. _ v in a move to Force producer Frank parian to allow them to sing on the second album pilatus and Morvan effectively shot themselves in the foot. Two weeks ago Farian held a news conference and disclosed that the duo did no to sing a note on the album. Quot i knew one Day it had to come out. It  go on. Forever when it was so big and you be got to do live jobs Quot said Johnny Davis a former Soldier who was hired to replace one of the performers after the song girl you know it s True was  the shroud of secrecy began in late August two a years ago when Howell returned from a Spain vacation. The next Day he and Farian began the four month project that would become the music of Milli Vanilli. Howell 46, said he often had to go to the studio after Midnight to record the Lead vocals working at times until 4 . No one was to know it was his voice on the album Quot that s hard for a Man of my age to come Here in the Middle of the night and. Sing and sound fresh. Nobody a was allowed to see me. Nobody in the studio was supposed to know who i was Quot he said. A a v other americans from the Frankfurt area were hired to a Supply backup vocals including Gina Mohammed Linda Rocco Joan Faulkner and Jodie Rocco Hafner. Charles Shaw a former Soldier who lives in the Mannheim area was hired to rap on the song girl you know it s True. Shaw was the first one to try to get the truth out by ? telling the Media he Sang the title song when it topped the i billboard pop charts a year ago. Shaw did t get credit but he did get death threats. Quot i heard it from his own Mouth that he got death threats. But not from the company s Side. Mean from fans angry fans. People who did no to want  s True Quot Davis  has not returned repeated phone Calletto his manager Davis said he could understand Shaw wanting to have More Money than what he had received for his studio work however he said Shaw should have been More diplomatic Here s always a Way to handle things would t Hay gone to the Media. It s very dangerous to do such a thing in this Day and time when the music business goes by a lot of Money fou can disappear from the face of the Earth if you Don t watch out Quot he said. No one expected Milli Vanilli to be the huge Success that it became. Instead girl you know its True went v Platinum seven times in America 1t times in  songs topped the billboard charts. Pilatus and Morvan did their part As the dashing deadlocked front men. A -. Davis gave duo credit for that. Quot part of Selling the records was their faces Quot he said. There w0fa the duo s nimble toes. What Milli St in etching two singers lip sync taped songs they received in watching them dance. Quot Tina aqd1 not Goose bumps just in 111 dance they can get Down Quot Howell said Rha 8s?5 a Ter that Morvan took All me credit for the records Success. The duo went so far As Page 16 the stars and stripes saturday december 1,1990