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As Milli Vanilli begin a five month promotional trip through Europe, Charles Shaw reveals on German radio that he sang on their hit single, Girl You Know It’s True. Producer Frank Farian allegedly pays him $155,000 to desist.Full article:
Frank Farian (producer) : I told Charles, ‘You may not tell anyone you rapped’ … I told Shaw I wouldn’t work with him if he said he was the voice of Milli Vanilli. We shook hands, made a deal, and now he says Frank Farian is a genius again.
Fabrice Morvan (Milli Vanilli) : All of a sudden it was like another world. Tension all the time. You want to tell somebody but you can’t. When you realise what you’ve done, it hits you like a hammer.
Rob Pilatus (Milli Vanilli) : After Frank released the album, he told us that it was too late to stop now. because the single was such a big success. He said, ‘Now you have to go through with it. I’ll cover you guys. Nobody will find out.’ He said, ‘Here, I’ll give you $20,000 advance money.’ We never had a hit before, so we went along with it. We played with fire…
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Fabrice Morvan (Milli Vanilli) : All of a sudden it was like another world. Tension all the time. You want to tell somebody but you can’t. When you realise what you’ve done, it hits you like a hammer.
Rob Pilatus (Milli Vanilli) : After Frank released the album, he told us that it was too late to stop now. because the single was such a big success. He said, ‘Now you have to go through with it. I’ll cover you guys. Nobody will find out.’ He said, ‘Here, I’ll give you $20,000 advance money.’ We never had a hit before, so we went along with it. We played with fire…
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