X-Nico

7 unusual facts about Village People


2008 Sun Bowl

The halftime show included a performance by musical group The Village People as Sun Bowl officials broke the Guinness World Record for largest Y.M.C.A. dance.

Excepter

The Village Voice alt-weekly has mentioned the subject of the band's attire, with blogger and (former) Voice writer, Nick Sylvester referring to them as having "ousted Animal Collective as the Village People of Brooklyn Noise".

History of the Sydney Roosters

The current song is labelled "Rooster Man", a revamp of the original tune Macho Man performed by the Village People.

Jacques Scandelari

The film is notorious for its grim, documentary-style and its authorized use of songs of the Village People.

Jiffy Lube Live

The amphitheater opened in June 1995, with a show including KC and the Sunshine Band and The Village People.

Spalding Grammar School

This allowed modern songs to be added into the play, ranging from Genesis' 'I Can't Dance' to 'In The Navy' (originally by The Village People).

Super Formation Soccer 95: della Serie A

AC Milan's theme is inspired by the hit "Go West", a song by Village People that eventually found greater success when it was covered in 1993 by Pet Shop Boys.


Break Machine

Break Machine was the name of a 1980s American rap act, fronted by Keith Rodgers and produced by Jacques Morali and Henri Belolo; the team behind the Village People.

EyeToy: Groove

There are 28 songs from several different artists including The Cheeky Girls, Daniel Bedingfield, Mis-Teeq, Earth, Wind & Fire, Elvis Presley, Fatboy Slim, Groove Armada, Good Charlotte, The Jackson 5, Jessica Simpson, Las Ketchup, Madonna, and Village People.

Far Away in America

Far Away in America is a song sung by the players of the German national football team featuring the American disco group Village People.

Felipe Rose

Rose was working as a dancer and a bartender in a gay New York Go-Go club, dressed as an Indian when he was discovered by French producer Jacques Morali and executive producer Henri Belolo and so became the first recruit for Village People.

Horace Ott

Although not formally credited (his wife Gloria Caldwell being credited instead) he was one of the writers of "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" and arranged the Village People's hit "Y.M.C.A.".

Kris Kirk

It contains thirty-four articles and essays on pop music on personalities including Little Richard, Brian Epstein, Dusty Springfield, Jayne County, Sylvester, Village People, Tom Robinson, Culture Club, Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Bronski Beat, Divine, The Communards, Erasure, Pet Shop Boys, Marc Almond, Kenny Everett, Morrissey, and Boy George.

Santa Monica Civic Auditorium

The $2.9-million city-owned project soon became an acclaimed music venue, for artists as varied as Eric Clapton, Frank Sinatra, Village People, Dave Brubeck, Laura Nyro, Ella Fitzgerald, Prince and Bob Dylan.

Swagman Restaurant

Performers who played at the venue included Frank Amorosi (father of Vanessa Amorosi), David Gould, Debbie Reynolds, Robert Goulet, the Mills Brothers, Dr. Hook, Pilita Corrales, and the Village People.


see also

Baderban

The village people are Shi'a Muslims and some of the people of this village are descendants of Musa al-Kadhim.

Bohara

In this village people have a surname Uppal which relates to Sardar Hari Singh Nalwa, a commander-in-chief in Khalsa.

Buttar Sivia

The village is predominated by the very helpful and great nice people of Buttar , who believe in one God who really believe in humanity, people are very much peaceful under God Shelter, Lohri is the most popular festival of the village people celebrate with a great joy and youngsters are really very excited for this festival they celebrate it in a full power way by banging the Dhol and with a loud muzic.

Charlotte Viall Wiser

During their second term(1925-1930), they worked in Mainpuri, and lived in village Karimpur, near Agra, in order to get to know the village people and village life.

Crow Village, Alaska

Crow Village was originally called Tulukaghogamiut by the native Yup'ik population, which roughly translates as "Raven Village People".

Mark Mussler

In 1977, he was "discovered" by the producers of Village People at the famous Studio 54 in Manhattan.

Victor Willis

Village People quickly rose to the top of the charts with Willis at the helm scoring numerous chart busters such as "Macho Man", "Y.M.C.A.", "In the Navy", and "Go West".

William H. Wiser

They lived in a village Karimpur, Agra, to get to know the village people and village life.