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American disco group Use mdy dates March 2022Use American English June 2016 Infobox musical artist | name = Village People | image = VillagePeople1978.jpg | landscape = yes | caption = Village People in 1978
From left: Randy Jones (singer)|Randy Jones, Glenn Hughes (American singer)|Glenn Hughes, Felipe Rose, Victor Willis, David Hodo, Alex Briley | origin = Greenwich Village, New York City, US | genre = hlist | Disco | Soul music|soul | funk | Rock music|rock | Contemporary R&B|R&B | years_active = 1977–present | label = hlist | RCA Victor | Casablanca Records|Casablanca | Mercury Records|Mercury | Phonogram Inc.|Phonogram | Polydor | Ariola Records|Ariola | Polygram | Scorpio Music|Black Scorpio | RCA Ariola | BMG Ariola | BMG Music|BMG | Universal Music|Universal | Sony Music|Sony | associated_acts = | website = URL|villagepeople.com | current_members = ubl|Victor Willis|James Kwong|Jeffrey James Lippold|James Lee|Nicholas Manelick|Javier Perez | past_members = ubl|Dave Forrest|Lee Mouton|Peter Whitehead|Miles Jaye|Ray Stephens (singer)|Ray Stephens|Mark Lee|Randy Jones (singer)|Randy Jones|Glenn Hughes (American singer)|Glenn Hughes|G. Jeff Olson|David Hodo|Felipe Rose|Alex Briley|Ray Simpson|Eric Anzalone|Bill Whitefield|Jim Newman|Sonny Earl|Angel Morales|Chad Freeman|Isaac Lopez|Mark Mussler ''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, Henri Belolo and lead singer Victor Williscite web August 7, 2019 Village People Co-Founder, Songwriter Henri Belolo, Dies https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2019/08/07/us/ap-us-obit-henri-belolo.html https://web.archive.org/web/20190808144141/https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2019/08/07/us/ap-us-obit-henri-belolo.html August 8, 2019 January 15, 2022 www.nytimes.com following the release of the debut album ''Village People (album)|Village People'', which targeted disco's large gay audience. The group's name refers to Manhattan's Greenwich Village, with its reputation as a gay neighborhood.cite web Review: Gay Sex in the 70s http://kdhx.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=378&Itemid=142 KDHX |year=2000 The characters were a symbolic group of American masculinitycite news John Rabb Macho Comes to Music https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/entertainment/books/1979/06/24/macho-comes-to-music/7ceda9c6-146f-4a97-a98c-b38579438732/?noredirect=on |newspaper=Washington Post June 24, 1979 and machismo|macho gay-fantasy personas.cite web https://www.spin.com/2008/05/ymca-oral-history/ Spin Magazine Online: Y.M.C.A. (An Oral History) Spin.com May 27, 2008 August 19, 2011 To date, Willis is the only original member still remaining with the group.Cite web https://www.distractify.com/p/are-the-village-people-still-alive Remember The Village People? Here's Where They Are Today January 11, 2020 Distractify.com October 17, 2021 The group quickly became popular and moved into the mainstream, scoring several disco and dance music|dance hits internationally, including the hit singles "Macho Man (song)|Macho Man", "In the Navy", "Go West (song)|Go West", and "Y.M.C.A. (song)|Y.M.C.A.", which was their biggest hit. In March 2020, the Library of Congress described "Y.M.C.A." as "an American phenomenon",cite web |author= March 25, 2020 National Recording Registry Class Produces Ultimate 'Stay at Home' Playlist https://www.loc.gov/item/prn-20-023/ Library of Congress – National Recording Registry March 25, 2020 and added the song to the National Recording Registry, which preserves audio recordings considered to be "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."cite web |author= March 25, 2020 The Village People's YMCA is preserved for posterity https://www.bbc.com/news/amp/entertainment-arts-52033153 BBC News March 25, 2020
From left: Randy Jones (singer)|Randy Jones, Glenn Hughes (American singer)|Glenn Hughes, Felipe Rose, Victor Willis, David Hodo, Alex Briley | origin = Greenwich Village, New York City, US | genre = hlist | Disco | Soul music|soul | funk | Rock music|rock | Contemporary R&B|R&B | years_active = 1977–present | label = hlist | RCA Victor | Casablanca Records|Casablanca | Mercury Records|Mercury | Phonogram Inc.|Phonogram | Polydor | Ariola Records|Ariola | Polygram | Scorpio Music|Black Scorpio | RCA Ariola | BMG Ariola | BMG Music|BMG | Universal Music|Universal | Sony Music|Sony | associated_acts = | website = URL|villagepeople.com | current_members = ubl|Victor Willis|James Kwong|Jeffrey James Lippold|James Lee|Nicholas Manelick|Javier Perez | past_members = ubl|Dave Forrest|Lee Mouton|Peter Whitehead|Miles Jaye|Ray Stephens (singer)|Ray Stephens|Mark Lee|Randy Jones (singer)|Randy Jones|Glenn Hughes (American singer)|Glenn Hughes|G. Jeff Olson|David Hodo|Felipe Rose|Alex Briley|Ray Simpson|Eric Anzalone|Bill Whitefield|Jim Newman|Sonny Earl|Angel Morales|Chad Freeman|Isaac Lopez|Mark Mussler ''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, Henri Belolo and lead singer Victor Williscite web August 7, 2019 Village People Co-Founder, Songwriter Henri Belolo, Dies https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2019/08/07/us/ap-us-obit-henri-belolo.html https://web.archive.org/web/20190808144141/https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2019/08/07/us/ap-us-obit-henri-belolo.html August 8, 2019 January 15, 2022 www.nytimes.com following the release of the debut album ''Village People (album)|Village People'', which targeted disco's large gay audience. The group's name refers to Manhattan's Greenwich Village, with its reputation as a gay neighborhood.cite web Review: Gay Sex in the 70s http://kdhx.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=378&Itemid=142 KDHX |year=2000 The characters were a symbolic group of American masculinitycite news John Rabb Macho Comes to Music https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/entertainment/books/1979/06/24/macho-comes-to-music/7ceda9c6-146f-4a97-a98c-b38579438732/?noredirect=on |newspaper=Washington Post June 24, 1979 and machismo|macho gay-fantasy personas.cite web https://www.spin.com/2008/05/ymca-oral-history/ Spin Magazine Online: Y.M.C.A. (An Oral History) Spin.com May 27, 2008 August 19, 2011 To date, Willis is the only original member still remaining with the group.Cite web https://www.distractify.com/p/are-the-village-people-still-alive Remember The Village People? Here's Where They Are Today January 11, 2020 Distractify.com October 17, 2021 The group quickly became popular and moved into the mainstream, scoring several disco and dance music|dance hits internationally, including the hit singles "Macho Man (song)|Macho Man", "In the Navy", "Go West (song)|Go West", and "Y.M.C.A. (song)|Y.M.C.A.", which was their biggest hit. In March 2020, the Library of Congress described "Y.M.C.A." as "an American phenomenon",cite web |author= March 25, 2020 National Recording Registry Class Produces Ultimate 'Stay at Home' Playlist https://www.loc.gov/item/prn-20-023/ Library of Congress – National Recording Registry March 25, 2020 and added the song to the National Recording Registry, which preserves audio recordings considered to be "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."cite web |author= March 25, 2020 The Village People's YMCA is preserved for posterity https://www.bbc.com/news/amp/entertainment-arts-52033153 BBC News March 25, 2020
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