Week 5 Story: Milli Vanilli the Soothsayers?

There once was two men attending a disco dance seminar in California. When they were there, they saw a large group of people trying to get a look at the most famous performers of Los Angeles.

The duo had a very dear friend who was a music producer. He wanted them to be just as famous as these stars that gathered crowds. So, the music producer told them that they were to become performers, or they would no longer be friends. This meant if they didn't do as their friend said, they would be unsuccessful forever as no other producer would want them. They were afraid as they stepped foot in the recording studio, as their singing wasn't great, but they had to do something.
Luckily, some other men in the studio approached them and said that they would help solve this problem. So while they were to be recording, the professional studio singers sang all of the songs for them.

The day came that a concert venue needed someone to put on a killer show, and so they decided they would prove to the producer that they could do it. When it was time for them to perform on stage they put on tightest shorts possible and super tall boots, and marched onto the stage. However, they were not the ones actually singing the set. Instead, they used the prerecorded music in order to lip-sync he entire show. The men who were actually singing promised to never let anyone know of the truth.

Just when they thought they had their one hit wonder moment, the producer needed them to perform at the concert venue yet again. The actual singers said that they didn't mind helping this time either, and so they continued to fake perform. The two ended the concert and gained the admiration of not only the producer, but many fans as well. The real singers did just as they promised and did not utter a word of the lie. Not only did the two become very famous, but they won a Grammy as well.

Milli Vanilli Blame it on the Rain (12 inch single) by acme401 (2013)

I got the inspiration to write this story from my parents. While I was trying to find something that lined up with the swindling of The Soothsayer story by Ignacz Kunos (1913), I asked my parents for advice. They both mentioned Milli Vanilli, a duo that I had absolutely no idea about. After doing some research on them, I knew that they would be the perfect pair to write about. Not only did this story give me an original inspiration, but it also led me to learn about a really crazy story that my parents were familiar with.