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The song featured the debut of Ray Simpson as lead singer of the group, replacing Victor Willis (who appears on earlier tracks on the album). Billboard Magazine described "Ready for the 80's" as a "timely, upbeat and irresistible tip-of the hat to the upcoming decade" which "doesn't have the tongue in cheek humor of the group's three gold hits."
"Can't Stop the Music" is a song recorded by American disco group the Village People. As the group's first release after the exit of original lead singer Victor Willis, with lead vocals sung by replacement cop Ray Simpson, the song was the first Village People single since their commercial breakthrough to not chart inside the US top 40, though it fared much better in Europe (reaching #7 in ...
The song remains popular and is played at many sporting events in the US and Europe, with crowds joining in on the dance by spelling out the four letters of the song's title via arm movements. "Y.M.C.A." is No. 7 on VH1's list of "The 100 Greatest Dance Songs of the 20th Century". [10]
Village People was the creation of Jacques Morali, a French composer. He had written a few dance tunes when he was given a demo tape recorded by singer/actor Victor Willis . Morali approached Willis and told him, "I had a dream that you sang lead on my album and it went very, very big".
Kurt Butterfield reviewed Village Book 1 in The Space Gamer No. 39. [1] Butterfield commented that "If you're one of those judges who hates to spend a lot of time mapping and planning out a village, or if you often find yourself needing one on the spur of the moment, then this booklet is for you." [1]
Download QR code; Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... "The Village Song" is a poem by Sarojini Naidu about the mindset of two ...
"The Formula" is a song by American rapper The D.O.C. from his 1989 debut album No One Can Do It Better. It was released as the third single to support the album and reached #4 on the Hot Rap Songs and #76 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs charts in April 1990. [3] "The Formula" has been seen as the song that invented G-funk. [4]
The Village is an SiriusXM channel that specializes in folk music, described by SiriusXM as "from the ballads of early American songwriters to the contemporary masters of folk." [1] Originally on XM Satellite Radio channel 62, [2] it is now available on SiriusXM internet radio, channel 741. The program director of The Village is Mary Sue Twohy. [3]