Tuesday, November 19, 2019

19 NOVEMBER

In Music History

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2017Country star Mel Tillis dies of respiratory failure at 85.
2012Rihanna releases the single "Nobody's Business," featuring the man who assaulted her three years earlierChris Brown.
2007Kevin DuBrow (lead vocalist for Quiet Riot) dies of a presumed accidental cocaine overdose at age 52. He is found in his Las Vegas home six days later.
2007Queen guitarist Brian May is named Chancellor of Liverpool's John Moores University.
2007At Caroline Kennedy's 50th birthday party, guest performer Neil Diamond reveals that his 1970 hit "Sweet Caroline" was actually written about her.
2006The ill-fated Bob Dylan musical tribute The Times They Are A-Changin' closes on Broadway after a scant 28 showings.
2004Record producer Terry Melcher, who co-wrote The Beach Boys' "Kokomo," dies after a long battle with melanoma at age 62. He was the only child of actress Doris Day.
2004Craig Nicholls (The Vines' frontman) reveals that he has Asperger Syndrome, a neurobiologcal disorder that causes autistic-like episodes and severe communication difficulties.
2003Rock bassist Greg Ridley (of Humble Pie, Spooky Tooth) dies of pneumonia in Alicante, Spain, at age 56.
2003An arrest warrant is issued in Los Angeles for Michael Jackson, due to recent charges of child molestation. The singer, phoning from Vegas where he is filming a video, convinces authorities to wait for his return to stand trial.
2002The game show Weakest Link welcomes a diverse group of "Music Makers" to compete on tonight's episode, including "I'll Be" singer Edwin McCain, Sheila E.Deborah GibsonBeach Boy Bruce Johnston, Lila McCann, CoolioSkid Row's Sebastian Bach, and Motley Crue frontman Vince Neil.
1999Pop singer Jewel pulls the plug on her anticipated New Year's Eve concert in Anchorage, Alaska, citing, among other things, worries over possible Y2K problems. But many Alaskans say the real problem is jacked-up ticket prices. At the time of the cancellation, only 1,000 of 8,000 available tickets ($65-$99) have been sold.
1998Motley Crue fans are able to fulfill all their fashion needs when the band's new retail store, S'Crue, opens at 7201 Melrose Ave. in Los Angeles. The store stocks merchandise from the band's worldwide tours, clothing from both the clothing lines by bassist Nikki Sixx and vocalist Vince Neil, and all Motley Crue albums.
1998Songwriters/producers/musicians Vada Nobles, Johari Newton, Tejumold Newton, and Rasheem Pugh file a lawsuit against Lauryn Hill, alleging that the Ruffhouse/Columbia artist failed to give them proper writing and producing credits or pay them royalties for their work on the hit album The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill.
1997The US premiere of Sir Paul McCartney's Standing Stone is played in Carnegie Hall by St. Luke's Orchestra under the baton of Laurence Foster.
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Milli Vanilli Have To Give Back Their Grammy

1990
The National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences strips the 1989 Best New Artist Grammy from Milli Vanilli because Rob Pilatus and Fabrice Morvan didn't actually sing on their debut album, "Girl You Know It's True." It is the first time a Grammy has ever been revoked.
Milli Vanilli had a #1 Hot 100 hit in 1989 with "Baby Don't Forget My Number," but got caught lip-synching at a concert in Connecticut a short time later when their tape skipped and they had to run off stage. The incident didn't stop their hit parade: "Blame It On The Rain" and "Girl I'm Gonna Miss You" each hit #1, and "All Or Nothing" came in at #4. Milli Vanilli is the brainchild of Frank Farian, a German producer whose group Boney M was wildly successful in Europe during the disco era. German dance music is not based on authenticity, so when Farian put Milli Vanilli together, he wasn't worried about the frontmen singing - they just had to project the right image. He found what he was looking for in Pilatus and Morvan, German clubgoers who dabbled in modelling and dance. Farian used studio musicians on the Girl You Know It's True album and credited the vocals to "Rob & Fab (Brothers Of Soul)," even though he used session singers on the record. The Grammy win shined a spotlight on the group that revealed their dirty secret. It came to a head when Pilatus and Morvan insisted on doing their own vocals for the follow-up album, and Farian refused. Eager to end the controversy himself, Farian announced on November 15, 1990, that the duo didn't sing a note on the recording. This is apparently against Grammy rules, so their win is rescinded, and there is officially no winner that year (the other nominees were Indigo Girls, Neneh Cherry, Soul II Soul and Tone Loc). In the aftermath, a flurry of lawsuits results in everyone who purchased the album being offered a $3 refund. Pilatus and Morvan release their own album in 1993 called Rob & Fab, which fails miserably. They reunite with Farian in 1998 and record a new album where they actually sing, but Pilatus dies of a drug overdose and the album is never released.

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