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| | Village People Cop Busted - Jul 15, 2005 - E! Online News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26) |
 | | As the lead singer for the Village People when the band formed in 1977, Willis cowrote the band's biggest hits, including "Y.M.C.A," "Macho Man" and "In the Navy," but left the band in 1979, shortly before the shooting started on the group's film, Can't Stop the Music. |
 | | The band, made up of the Cop, the Native American (Felipe Rose), the Soldier (Alex Briley), the Construction Worker (David Hodo), the Cowboy (Jeff Briley) and the Biker (Eric Anzalone), took its inspiration from icons of social groups indigenous to New York's Greenwich Village, according to the official Village People Website. |
 | | After Willis left, he was replaced in the Cop role by Ray Simpson, who remains the band's lead singer today. |
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