Henri Belolo, Village People co-creator and music producer, has died at age 82
“Henri Belolo was a visionary and international business genius who helped define the look and the sound of the disco era,” the group’s original cowboy Randy Jones told theThe French producer was born in Casablanca, Morocco in 1936 and was reared on American and African music brought over by U.S. troops. When he was in his 20s he moved to Paris, France where he worked as a DJ and music producer. In 1973, he moved to the U.S.
In 1975, he and Morali produced the Ritchie Family’s “Brazil,” which grew into a hit on the club circuit and eventually became popular worldwide. Beloli and Morali’s partnership proved fruitful and continued into the next decade.Morali and Beloli would frequent the club scene and together they helped pioneer the disco movement. In 1978 they assembled the six-member band, Village People.
Though the popularity of disco waned during the dawn of the Eighties, the Nineties saw a resurgence for the band, with the group performing in Sydney, Australia during 1991’s New South Wales Rugby Final and at the MTV Movie Awards. The 2000s saw them opening for Cher during her Farewell Tour through 2005 and the group received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2008.
“We were keen of doing something for [gay liberation and the political side of it], because Jacques was gay, and I was feeling that an injustice was done to the gay community. And I did not like that American mentality of bigotry and hypocrisy. And I didn’t see why these people would be treated like this. Like black people, as well – I did not like the way they were treated,”in a 2004 interview.
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