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- Victor_Willis abstract "Victor Edward Willis (born July 1, 1951) is an American singer, songwriter, and actor. He is best known as the first member of the disco group Village People, for which he was the lead singer and co-songwriter during its most popular period, on all of its most successful singles. In the group he performed costumed as a cop or a naval officer.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.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\".".
- Victor_Willis activeYearsStartYear "1977".
- Victor_Willis associatedBand Village_People.
- Victor_Willis associatedMusicalArtist Village_People.
- Victor_Willis background "solo_singer".
- Victor_Willis birthDate "1951-07-01".
- Victor_Willis birthPlace Dallas.
- Victor_Willis birthPlace Texas.
- Victor_Willis genre Disco.
- Victor_Willis genre Funk.
- Victor_Willis genre Rhythm_and_blues.
- Victor_Willis instrument Keyboard_instrument.
- Victor_Willis instrument Piano.
- Victor_Willis occupation Actor.
- Victor_Willis occupation Singing.
- Victor_Willis recordLabel Casablanca_Records.
- Victor_Willis recordLabel Kama_Sutra_Records.
- Victor_Willis thumbnail Victor_Willis.jpg?width=300.
- Victor_Willis wikiPageExternalLink www.victorwillisworld.com.
- Victor_Willis wikiPageID "2270191".
- Victor_Willis wikiPageLength "8268".
- Victor_Willis wikiPageOutDegree "62".
- Victor_Willis wikiPageRevisionID "705387286".
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- Victor_Willis wikiPageWikiLink Betty_Ford_Center.
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- Victor_Willis wikiPageWikiLink Casablanca_Records.
- Victor_Willis wikiPageWikiLink Category:1951_births.
- Victor_Willis wikiPageWikiLink Category:African-American_male_actors.
- Victor_Willis wikiPageWikiLink Category:African-American_male_dancers.
- Victor_Willis wikiPageWikiLink Category:African-American_musicians.
- Victor_Willis wikiPageWikiLink Category:African-American_singer-songwriters.
- Victor_Willis wikiPageWikiLink Category:African-American_singers.
- Victor_Willis wikiPageWikiLink Category:African-American_songwriters.
- Victor_Willis wikiPageWikiLink Category:American_expatriates_in_the_United_Kingdom.
- Victor_Willis wikiPageWikiLink Category:American_male_singer-songwriters.
- Victor_Willis wikiPageWikiLink Category:American_male_stage_actors.
- Victor_Willis wikiPageWikiLink Category:American_record_producers.
- Victor_Willis wikiPageWikiLink Category:American_rhythm_and_blues_singer-songwriters.
- Victor_Willis wikiPageWikiLink Category:American_session_musicians.
- Victor_Willis wikiPageWikiLink Category:American_soul_keyboardists.
- Victor_Willis wikiPageWikiLink Category:American_soul_singers.
- Victor_Willis wikiPageWikiLink Category:Living_people.
- Victor_Willis wikiPageWikiLink Category:Musicians_from_Dallas,_Texas.
- Victor_Willis wikiPageWikiLink Category:Singers_from_Texas.
- Victor_Willis wikiPageWikiLink Category:Songwriters_from_Texas.
- Victor_Willis wikiPageWikiLink Category:Village_People_members.
- Victor_Willis wikiPageWikiLink Clair_Huxtable.
- Victor_Willis wikiPageWikiLink Copyright_Act_of_1976.
- Victor_Willis wikiPageWikiLink Dallas.
- Victor_Willis wikiPageWikiLink Dick_Clark.
- Victor_Willis wikiPageWikiLink Disco.
- Victor_Willis wikiPageWikiLink Fox_on_the_Box.
- Victor_Willis wikiPageWikiLink Funk.
- Victor_Willis wikiPageWikiLink Go_West_(song).
- Victor_Willis wikiPageWikiLink In_the_Navy.
- Victor_Willis wikiPageWikiLink Jacques_Morali.
- Victor_Willis wikiPageWikiLink Kama_Sutra_Records.
- Victor_Willis wikiPageWikiLink Keyboard_instrument.
- Victor_Willis wikiPageWikiLink Macho_Man_(song).
- Victor_Willis wikiPageWikiLink Negro_Ensemble_Company.
- Victor_Willis wikiPageWikiLink Officer_(armed_forces).
- Victor_Willis wikiPageWikiLink Phylicia_Rashad.
- Victor_Willis wikiPageWikiLink Piano.
- Victor_Willis wikiPageWikiLink Police_officer.
- Victor_Willis wikiPageWikiLink Rhythm_and_blues.
- Victor_Willis wikiPageWikiLink San_Francisco_(Youve_Got_Me).
- Victor_Willis wikiPageWikiLink Singing.
- Victor_Willis wikiPageWikiLink Solo_Man_(album).
- Victor_Willis wikiPageWikiLink Songwriter.
- Victor_Willis wikiPageWikiLink TV_One_(U.S._TV_network).
- Victor_Willis wikiPageWikiLink Texas.
- Victor_Willis wikiPageWikiLink The_Cosby_Show.
- Victor_Willis wikiPageWikiLink The_Star-Spangled_Banner.
- Victor_Willis wikiPageWikiLink The_Wiz.
- Victor_Willis wikiPageWikiLink Unsung_(TV_series).
- Victor_Willis wikiPageWikiLink Village_People.
- Victor_Willis wikiPageWikiLink Village_People_(album).
- Victor_Willis wikiPageWikiLink Y.M.C.A._(song).
- Victor_Willis wikiPageWikiLink File:Victor_Willis_in_concert_2008.jpg.
- Victor_Willis wikiPageWikiLinkText "V. Willis".
- Victor_Willis wikiPageWikiLinkText "Victor Willis".
- Victor_Willis associatedActs Village_People.
- Victor_Willis background "solo_singer".
- Victor_Willis birthDate "1951-07-01".
- Victor_Willis birthName "Victor Edward Willis".
- Victor_Willis birthPlace "Dallas, Texas, United States".
- Victor_Willis genre Disco.
- Victor_Willis genre Funk.
- Victor_Willis genre Rhythm_and_blues.
- Victor_Willis instrument Keyboard_instrument.
- Victor_Willis instrument Piano.
- Victor_Willis label Casablanca_Records.
- Victor_Willis label Kama_Sutra_Records.
- Victor_Willis name "Victor Willis".
- Victor_Willis occupation Actor.
- Victor_Willis occupation Singing.
- Victor_Willis occupation Songwriter.
- Victor_Willis website www.victorwillisworld.com.