Alex Briley
American singer (born 1947)
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Alexander Briley is an American singer who was the original "G.I." in the disco recording act Village People.[1]
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Alex Briley | |
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Briley in 2008, when the Village People were granted a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame | |
| Background information | |
| Born | Alexander Briley |
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| Years active | 1977–present |
| Formerly of | Village People |
Biography
Briley is the son of a Christian minister.[2]
Briley was working in off-Broadway productions when he was asked to join Village People by Victor Willis, whom he met in a New York nightclub.[3] He joined the group and wore military uniforms as his stage attire. Each member of the band dresses as a stereotype, and Briley's was that of a military man. He dressed in Army, Navy, and Marine uniforms.[3]
After a brief hiatus in 1985, Briley and some of the original Village People reformed the group in 1987, and with it formed Sixuvus Ltd, a group that managed and licensed the Village People name.[4] By 2017, Briley was still touring with original Native American Felipe Rose, when Willis obtained full rights of the Village People name, and fired all the members and formed a new lineup led by him, with Sixuvus' rights to the name terminated.[5][6]
Following the change in Village People's lineup and management, Briley and most of the other members of the recently fired lineup formed a new group, a disco tribute act, originally called "Kings of Disco featuring former members of The Village People",[7] before its name changed to "When Disco Was King".[8]
