Milli Vanilli

Perhaps the only duo in pop music history that's best known for what it didn't sing, Rob Pilatus and Fabrice Morvan of Milli Vanilli made headlines in 1990 when it was revealed that the two never sang a note. According to producer Frank Farian, Pilatus and Morvan were hired only for their looks, which he felt would add street-level credibility to the music. After their disgrace, the group was briefly thrust back into the public eye in the late '90s after they were the subject of one of the first VH1's Behind the Music. Rob Pilatus died of a drug overdose in 1998. (J.D. CONSIDINE)

From 2004's The New Rolling Stone Album Guide