Brad Howell is an American keyboardist, pianist and singer, known as the singer who provided the vocals for German band Chilly and the actual vocals lip-synced by

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for the musical duo

Milli Vanilli Milli Vanilli were a German-French R&B duo from Munich. The group was founded by Frank Farian in 1988 and consisted of Fab Morvan and Rob Pilatus. Their debut album, ''All or Nothing'' in Europe, reconfigured as ''Girl You Know It's True'' in ...

Career

When Howell became a keyboardist and pianist, he appeared on

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and other programs featuring music. During one of these appearances, he came to the attention of producer

Frank Farian Frank Farian (born Franz Reuther; 18 July 1941) is a German record producer, musician, singer and songwriter, who founded the 1970s disco-pop group Boney M., the Latin pop band No Mercy and the pop band Milli Vanilli. He frequently created voc ...

, who wanted him to provide the vocals that would later be attributed to the duo

. Howell did this work on all of the duo's albums until the truth became public, leading to a worldwide scandal. Subsequently Farian decided to form a band using all of the vocalists who did the singing for the act, which he called ''

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''. However, they only released one album called '' The Moment of Truth'' and released four unsuccessful singles. They fared better on German charts, where the most successful was "

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", which peaked at no. 4.

appeared on many talk shows as performers, one award-winning ceremony in Germany and toured in America. Howell continued to play piano and keyboard after The Real Milli Vanilli.

Albums

Chilly: * For Your Love (1978) * Come to L.A. (1979) * Showbiz (1980) * Secret Lies (1982) Milli Vanilli: * ''

Girl You Know It's True ''Girl You Know It's True'' is a 1989 album that served as the North American debut of German contemporary R&B duo Milli Vanilli. It is a version of Milli Vanilli's Europe-only release '' All or Nothing'' reconfigured and repackaged for the US ...

'' (1988) * '' All or Nothing'' (1988) The Real Milli Vanilli: * '' The Moment of Truth'' (1991)

References

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