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Village People: Village People (DJM DJF20524)

Review by John Abbey, Blues & Soul, 31 January 1978

'San Francisco'; 'In Hollywood'; 'Fire Island'; 'Village People' ...

Village People: The Macho Answer To Women's Lib

Profile and Interview by David Nathan, Blues & Soul, 6 June 1978

With a debut album that proved to be a big disco item in 1977 and a new album already making strong headway, the six guys ...

Village People: People Are Strange

Interview by Hugh Fielder, Sounds, 10 February 1979

BUT CANCEL THAT BOOKING FOR THE YMCA, YOUNG MAN, 'COS VILLAGE PEOPLE AIN'T THAT STRANGE, CLAIMS HUGH 'MACHO MAN' FIELDER ...

The Annals Of Disco

Report and Interview by Danny Baker, New Musical Express, 17 February 1979

DANNY BAKER tests the dancefloor action 1979 from uptown Manhattan to downtown Rotherhithe, interviews THE VILLAGE PEOPLE people, lays on a historical overview of Disco, ...

Village People: Go West (Mercury)

Review by Ian Birch, Melody Maker, 28 April 1979

FRONTIER experiments rise and fall, but showbiz pop goes on forever. It's always been that way, and there's nothing to suggest that the Eighties will ...

Village People, Gloria Gaynor: Greek Theatre, Los Angeles CA

Live Review by Sylvie Simmons, Sounds, 30 June 1979

TONIGHT I learnt why discos are held indoors. The Beautiful People look a bit silly with water splashing around in their transparent sandals and rain ...

Village People: Renaissance (RCA)

Review by Jim Farber, Creem, October 1981

WHAT IS this? The Village Ant-People? Spandau Village Ballet? How sad that the re-vamped V.P.s (read: Jacques Morali) would try to "cash" in on the ...

Village People

Interview by Bill Brewster, Mixmag, December 1993

They're back and Bill Brewster wants to know if they go shopping dressed like that. "Lets put the cards on the table," says The Cowboy, ...

Village People: "Macho Types Wanted, Must Have Moustache"

Retrospective and Interview by William Shaw, The Face, April 1997

Young man! There's no need to feel down... Until you've heard the strange and tragic tale of the man behind the biggest disco sensation of ...

'YMCA'. Why?

Retrospective and Interview by Peter Silverton, The Observer, 4 May 1997

The song that makes bad dancers worse. ...

Young Men! The Village People

Retrospective and Interview by Peter Silverton, MOJO, March 1998

"YOUNG MAN!" IT BUTTONHOLES YOU. And then it requires that your body shapes the letters which form the acronym for the Young Men’s Christian Association. ...

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