Victor Willis, the founding lead singer of Village People and co-writer of “YMCA,” “Macho Man” and “In the Navy,” died on June 30. He was 74. “We are profoundly sad to announce the death of Victor ...

The Village People adopted campy archetypes of masculinity. Paired with bubbly disco grooves and chant-along choruses, they ...

Victor Willis was the band's frontman and co-wrote most of their hit songs including YMCA.

Victor Willis, who has died following a short illness aged 74, was the co-founder and frontman of the Village People, the costumed sextet who livened up the charts with such earworm disco anthems as ...

"Victor Willis' talent and music were timeless," longtime promoter Howard Rosen tells Billboard after news of the singer's death broke.

He wrote YMCA in 1978. Nearly five decades later it was still being played at presidential rallies and World Cup draws. Victor Willis died on June 30, one day before he would have turned 75.

Once a thriving community the village was flattened for fear of a future tragedy ...

President Donald Trump has taken to Truth Social to remember the late Village People singer Victor Willis, whose band's song ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Victor Willis, the longtime lead singer and frontman of costumed disco group the Village People and cowriter of such indelible ...

Victor Willis, the frontman of the Village People and co-writer of their massive hit YMCA, has died, his family has said. Posts on Willis's Facebook page and the band's official page confirmed his ...

Some villagers were nearly 70 before receiving a birth certificate, while others registered their marriages after decades together as local authorities took one-stop public services into a remote ...