The first record I ever owned was “Cruisin’” by Village People. Released in 1978, the album included a song that would become an international hit: “YMCA.” ...

The Village People’s lyricist and lead singer has hit out at the “false assumption” that the band’s biggest hit, “YMCA,” is a “gay anthem.” Victor Willis, who headed up the 1970s ...

The Village People will perform during Donald Trump inauguration celebrations, ... “Y.M.C.A.,” from the band’s 1978 album Cruisin', was long viewed as a celebration of gay culture.

In 1978, Village People, a disco band of six men deliberately stylized as sexy macho gay characters, released its album Cruisin’.The album featured “YMCA,” an upbeat disco track praising the ...

Singer of Village People, ... That said, the album that "Y.M.C.A." leads is the 1978 record Cruisin'. Because that term was very much a part of the gay vernacular in both the 1970s and now, ...

The Village People have had an on-again, off-again relationship with the president-elect and his use of “YMCA” in rallies. In February 2020, the band OK’ed Trump’s use of their music.Then ...

I found their later albums pretty awful, but I heavily rotated the first three (Village People, Macho Man, and Cruisin’) for a good six months, plus one or two other singles. It was all so fun; ...

It’s off the famously straight, actual Village People album ‘Cruisin’”, packed with hetero hits like “Hot Cop,” “My Roommate” and simply, “I’m a Cruiser. ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Henri Belolo, who co-founded Village People and co-wrote their classic hits "YMCA," ''Macho Man" and "In the Navy," has died. He was 82. Scorpio Music, founded by Belolo ...

Village People, the American disco ... "Y.M.C.A," a single written by Willis and Jacques Morali for the group's 1978 album "Cruisin'," became an informal gay anthem over the years.

The Village People’s lyricist and lead singer has hit out at the “false assumption” that the band’s biggest hit, “YMCA,” is a “gay anthem.” Victor Willis, who headed up the 1970s ...