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Village People is an American disco group known for its on-stage costumes and suggestive lyrics in their music. The group was originally formed by French producers Jacques Morali and Henri Belolo and lead singer Victor Willis [ 1 ] following the release of the debut album Village People , which targeted disco's large gay audience.
Willis agreed to sing lead and background vocals under the guise of Village People, an at-that-point non-existent concept group.The album Village People was released in July 1977, including the hits "San Francisco (You've Got Me)" and "In Hollywood (Everybody is a Star)", and became a huge hit in the burgeoning disco market.
"Can't Stop the Music" is a song recorded by American disco group the Village People. As the group's first release after the exit of original lead singer Victor Willis, with lead vocals sung by replacement cop Ray Simpson, the song was the first Village People single since their commercial breakthrough to not chart inside the US top 40, though it fared much better in Europe (reaching #7 in ...
Can't Stop the Music is the sixth studio album and first soundtrack by American disco group Village People, for their film Can't Stop the Music, released in 1980.Though the film was a commercial failure, the album was more well received, reaching number nine on the UK Albums Chart, [2] number 47 on the Billboard 200 in the United States, and number one in Australia.
Victor Willis, a founding member of the Village People, is determined to set the record straight about the song "Y.M.C.A." In a lengthy Facebook post on Monday, the 73-year-old singer songwriter ...
The song was played over loudspeakers as Trump boarded Air Force One on January 20, 2021, en route to Florida before the inauguration of Joe Biden. [59] In his 2024 presidential campaign, Trump once again used the song at his rallies, usually performing the "Trump Dance" while it played. Willis has lamented his use of the song since 2020 and ...
Live and Sleazy is the first live album and fifth studio album by the Village People and features a mixture of live and studio recordings. It was released as a double LP. The album featured numerous lead singers: original cop Victor Willis on the entire "Live" disk; on the "Sleazy" disk, construction worker David Hodo on track 1, Ray Simpson (who replaced Willis as the cop) on tracks 2, 3, and ...
The Pazz & Jop was introduced by The Village Voice in 1971 as an album-only poll; [5] it was expanded to include votes for singles in 1979. [6] Throughout the years, other minor lists had been elicited from poll respondents for releases such as extended plays, [7] music videos, [8] album re-issues, [9] and compilation albums—all of which were discontinued after only a few years. [10]