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Victor Willis Biography

Victor Willis is one of the most popular and richest Pop Singer who was born on July 1, 1951 in Dallas, Texas, United States. American actor and singer who was a cultural icon after becoming the frontman and founder of the disco group Village People. The group is famous for hits like “In the Navy,” “Macho Man” and “Y.M.C.A.”

As a member of with the Village People, he often dressed up as a police officer or naval officer along with With the Village People, he often dressed as a cop or naval officer alongside Randy Jones who was the cowboy. who was the cowboy.

Willis also had written and recorded several albums in the mid-1970s for independent labels and was eventually introduced to French disco producer Jacques Morali. Morali, who dubbed him the “young man with the big voice”, approached Willis and said, “I had a dream that you sang lead vocals on my album and it went very, very big”.

The son of a Baptist preacher, Willis developed his singing skills in his father’s church. With training in acting and dance, he went to New York and joined the prestigious Negro Ensemble Company. He appeared in many musicals and plays, including the original Broadway production of The Wiz in 1976 and subsequently, the Australian production.

He got married to the actress He married actress Phylicia Rashad in 1978 but their relationship ended in divorce. In 2007, he married his second wife Karen who is a lawyer. in 1978, but their marriage ended with divorce. He then got married to his third wife Karen, who works as a lawyer.

Ethnicity, religion & political views

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In 1979, Willis recorded a solo album which remained unreleased for over 35 years. The album, Solo Man, was finally released in August 2015.

Victor Willis Net Worth

Victor Willis is one of the richest Pop Singer from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Victor Willis's net worth $30 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He was transferred from New York where he acted in The Negro Ensemble Company.

He was in the first Broadway show The Wiz in 1976.

Victor Edward Willis (born July 1, 1951) is an American singer, songwriter, and actor. He is best known as the founding member of the disco group Village People and also as lead singer and co-songwriter for all of their most successful singles. In the group he performed costumed as a policeman or a naval officer.

In 1980, as preparations for a Village People feature film Can’t Stop the Music were under way, Willis left the group. Although he does not appear in the movie, he wrote the lyrics for two of the film’s songs, “Magic Night” and “Milkshake”. Can’t Stop the Music is listed among Hollywood’s bigger movie flops. After Willis departed, Village People never had another hit. In an attempt to “recapture the magic”, Morali convinced him to return to the group in 1982 for the album Fox on the Box. The album was never released in the United States. In 1983, Willis left the group again.

Willis struggled with drugs for numerous years after leaving Village People and had several run-ins with the law. Following an arrest in 2006, he was given probation and ordered into rehab at the Betty Ford Clinic. In 2007, following treatment, Willis made his first statement to the press in more than 25 years, saying, “The nightmare of drug abuse is being lifted from my life… now that the haze of drugs are gone, I’m thinking and seeing clearer now than I have in years… I’m looking forward to living the second part of my life drug-free.”

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Victor Willis height 5 ft 10 in Victor weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.

Willis agreed to sing lead and background vocals under the guise of Village People, an at that point non-existent concept group. The album Village People was released in July 1977, including the hits “San Francisco (You’ve Got Me)” and “In Hollywood (Everybody is a Star)”, and became a huge hit in the burgeoning disco market. After an offer from Dick Clark for the group to perform on American Bandstand, Morali and Willis were pressed to develop a “real” group around Willis to perform live. They did so by placing an ad in music trade papers for “macho” singers who “could also dance” and “must have a mustache”.

After leaving Village People, Willis declined offers to record and consistently refused to perform any of his Village People hits. In 2010, he appeared at several Major League Baseball stadiums, performing The Star-Spangled Banner and leading the crowd for the traditional Y.M.C.A. 7th-inning stretch break.

Who is Victor Willis Dating?

According to our records, Victor Willis married to Karen Willis , Phylicia Rashad . As of December 1, 2023, Victor Willis’s is not dating anyone.

From 1978 until 1982, Willis was married to Phylicia Ayers-Allen (now Phylicia Rashad), whom he met during the run of The Wiz, and who later played Clair Huxtable on The Cosby Show. He also wrote the lyrics for her album, Josephine Superstar. On November 17, 2007, Willis married a second time; his wife Karen is a lawyer and an entertainment executive.

Facts & Trivia

Victor Ranked on the list of most popular Pop Singer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Victor Willis celebrates birthday on July 1 of every year.

In 2012, the United States District Court for the Southern District of California ruled that under the provisions of the Copyright Act of 1976, Willis could terminate his copyright transfers to Scorpio Music and Can’t Stop Productions, because “a joint author who separately transfers his copyright interest may unilaterally terminate the grant.” Willis subsequently held a 33% share of “Go West”, “Y.M.C.A.”, “In the Navy,” and other songs written for Village People and other acts.

What happened to the lead singer of the Village People?

Return to Village People In 2017, Willis and Henri Belolo, Morali’s business partner and co-owner of the group, reached an out-of-court settlement whereby Willis resumed his role as lead singer of Village People, and they resumed recording and touring internationally.

Who owns the rights to the YMCA song?

Village People singer-songwriter Victor Willis has finally prevailed in reclaiming 50 percent of the copyright to many of the group’s songs, including “Y.M.C.A.”

How many of the village people are still alive?

First things first, are The Village People still alive? Today, the group only has one of it’s original members, Victor Willis (the Policeman), but he’s fronting a whole new revival with The Village People.

Who wrote the YMCA song?

Lyricists

Where does Victor Willis live now?

Willis who now lives in a multi-million dollar six-bedroom mansion in San Diego, California with his wife Karen says that he now carries a maximum of $100 (£75). The chart-topper, who co-wrote such hits as In the Navy, Go West and Macho Man, is a regular on.

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