Jodie Rocco 

Jodie Rocco was born in Cleveland Ohio on June 19, 1959. A twin, (Linda Rocco) and one of six children. Her father was in the Army and she traveled the world with her family. She recorded her first record at 17 in Germany while her father was stationed there. When her father retired and the family moved back to the US, Jodie remained in Germany for 14 more years. During that time she grounded the band “Rocco” and wrote and recorded two albums. She performed on numerous European TV shows including Banana’s, WWF Club and The Rudi Carrell Show and toured with and without her band throughout Europe. She opened for The Commodores for their German tour in 1982 and toured with Germany’s largest newspaper, Bild Zeitung, for its’ infamous summer tour in 1985, performing with Nik Kershaw, Howard Jones, Laid Back, and top German artists.

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In 1988 in Rosbach Germany, at FAR Music Studios, she was asked to sing with her twin sister Linda on a track titled “Girl You Know It’s True” by a new, unknown group called ‘Milli Vanilli’. When the single took off Jodie and her sister went back in the studio and recorded backing/lead vocals on 22 tracks for the group's first album “All or Nothing”. The album sold more than 46 million copies and generated 3 number one hits on Billboard’s Top 100. The biggest selling single, “Girl I’m Gonna Miss You”, a duet, sold more than 6 million copies in the US alone. The group won a Grammy and three American Music Awards. In the fall of 1990 Milli Vanilli went back in the studio and recorded another 23 tracks for their second release “Keep On Running”. Jodie was awarded numerous Platinum and Gold records for her work on both releases. She has also worked with top European artists and world stars including Michael Jackson.