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Village People

Formed in 1977

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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 following the release of the debut 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 gayborhood. The characters were a symbolic group of American masculinity and macho gay-fantasy personas.

The group quickly became popular and moved into the mainstream, scoring several disco and dance hits internationally, including the hit singles "Macho Man", "In the Navy", "Go West", and "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", and added the song to the National Recording Registry, which preserves audio recordings considered to be "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."

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Village People est un groupe américain de disco, originaire de Greenwich Village, Manhattan, à New York. Le groupe est formé et produit par deux Français : Jacques Morali et Henri Belolo. Connaissant un grand succès à la fin des années 1970, ils ont vendu plus de 80 millions de disques.

Le nom du groupe est une référence directe à Greenwich Village (surnommé « The Village » par les New-Yorkais), lieu où le groupe a été fondé et qui compte également une grande communauté gay.

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