Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 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 ...

A founding member of the Village People and long-time critic of Donald Trump’s use of the group’s song YMCA is changing his tune and says he would now consider performing the 70s anthem at the ...

Village People’s 1978 hit “YMCA” is the group’s most enduring song, and the hit single is frequently described as a “gay anthem” (even the Library Of Congress thinks it is). However, the band’s Victor ...

(CNN) - The lead singer of the Village People is clearing up assumptions about the band’s biggest hit, “YMCA.” Victor Willis, who also co-wrote the song, says it is not a “gay anthem.” On Facebook, he ...

Many people grew up with the music of the Village People, but Jonathan Belolo literally did. His father co-founded the disco group in 1977, and the younger Belolo was immersed in the band’s history, ...

I was born in 1969; the year of Woodstock, the vicious Charles Manson murders, and the Stonewall Riots. My early cohort of Generation X were amongst the first Americans to grow up entirely in a world ...

A singer and co-writer on the Village People megahit “Y.M.C.A.” says the 1978 tune has “benefited greatly” from being a favorite on President-elect Trump’s playlist. In a Monday post on Facebook, ...