One night in 1977, Jacques Morali, a French record producer who’d relocated to America, was in the bar and saw Rose dancing. ... When the album Village People was released, ...

Just to be clear, there would be no YMCA song without Jacques Morali. He came up with the hook, as he did with all the VP music, after Randy Jones took him to a YMCA and introduced him to several ...

The first time Felipe Rose met Village People producer Jacques Morali, he laughed at him. Rose, a.k.a. The Indian, was a dancer at the Anvil, one of the “most notorious” gay clubs in N.Y.C ...

He was the first of the Village People members, providing the vocals and co-writing the lyrics for the first four singles worked on by producers Jacques Morali and Henri Belolo.

However, the Village People are closely tied to gay culture, with the group’s creators Jacques Morali and Henri Belolo, the latter of whom was gay.

Village People were a novelty disco band of the late 1970s. The group were as well known for their outrageous on-stage costumes (the members dressing up as a police officer, ... Jacques Morali and ...

Willis, a founding member of the Village People who dressed as both a "hot cop" and a naval officer, co-wrote "Y.M.C.A." with French producer Jacques Morali.

Now, it is important to point out that Allan Carr, and Jacques Morali, and all but one of the Village People are gay as hell. And though the gay community was making strides toward visibility and ...

Henri Belolo — he’s the one without a costume — with the Village People in an undated photograph. Mr. Belolo and the composer Jacques Morali, a business partner, created the group in 1977 ...

Music producer and disco visionair Henri Belolo, best known for co-creating the Village People, has died at age 82. Belolo died Saturday, French music copyright management group Sacem confirmed on … ...

With Jacques Morali and lead singer Victor Willis, ... Village People released the album "Go West," which included "In the Navy," another song co-written by Belolo that peaked at No. 3 hit on the ...