Sending generations of revellers into the body shaping Y.M.C.A. dance, the
Village People are responsible for some of the campest disco classics ever made.
They were created by French composer Jacques Morali, who recruited Victor Willis
to sing over some dance tracks he'd made. The resulting album Village People
(1977) became a surprise success and they quickly recruited dancers from
Greenwich Village, New York to back-up the group. Dressed up as a Native
American Indian, a cowboy, a construction worker, a leather-clad biker, a
soldier and a cop, the group built up a huge gay fol...