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Frank Farian, Music Producer Who Created Milli Vanilli and Boney M, Dies at 82
Frank Farian, the producer-songwriter behind Boney M and Milli Vanilli, has died at age 82.
First out in Europe in 1988 as “All or Nothing” – retitled “Girl You Know It’s True” for North America’s album release on the Arista label – the Rob-and-Fab-fronted Milli Vanilli debut went 6-times platinum in the United States alone and won the pair the 1990 Grammy Award for Best New Artist. Born Franz Reuther in Kirn, Germany on July 18, 1941, Farian became a trained chef (food being something of a passion throughout his lifetime), before starting a band, Frankie Boys Schatten, releasing a 1964 single, “Shouting Ghost,” and changing his name. In 1985, Farian started Far Corporation with a handful of Toto musicians — Steve Lukather, David Paich and Bobby Kimball — and recorded “Division One,” an album featuring a cover version of Led Zeppelin’s “Stairway to Heaven” which became a top 10 hit in Great Britain.
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