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

The Village People used to be a disco punchline; now they're the favorite band of Trump and his MAGA movement.

From gay icon to mainstream Village People was created in 1977 by Jacques Morali and Henri Belolo, French music producers who wanted to land hits in the US.

Disco group Village People performed at three inaugural events for President Donald Trump. Its song 'Y.M.C.A.' became a favorite at Trump rallies.

Former Village People member David Hodo has responded to the band's founder denying that 'Y.M.C.A.' is a "gay anthem".

Morali was gay, he died of AIDS in 1991, and he assembled the Village People to represent flamboyant gay fantasy characters.

Founded in 1977, Village People was started by producer Jacques Morali and his partner Belolo who were working with singer and Broadway actor Victor Willis to provide background vocals for a ...

Willis, who is 68, was a veteran of the original Broadway production of “The Wiz” when music producers Henri Belolo and Jacques Morali recruited him for an early Village People prototype.

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 ...

Henri Belolo and Jacques Morali formed The Village People after a chance encounter in New York Henri Belolo, who co-founded pop group the Village People and co-wrote hits including YMCA, Go West ...

Morali and Beloli would frequent the club scene and together they helped pioneer the disco movement. In 1978 they assembled the six-member band, Village People.

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. Morali and Henri Belolo, with whom he ...