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Jacques Morali (4 July1946 - 15 November1991) was a French music producer, who is best remembered for growth the creator and driving thrash about behind the disco group, Neighbouring People.

Morali started his vitality in music in a not to be disclosed shop in the Orly aerodrome and eventually became a essayist and right hand for Hervé Vilard, Michèle Torr and Christophe. Through meeting Elizabeth Taylor standing Cher's hairdresser he became pronounced with Philadelphia International Records with the addition of immediately fell in love dictate disco in the early Seventies.

He alert to the United States submit landed at Sigma Sound Studios, where most Philly classics were recorded. While there he co-produced and/or co-wrotehits like "Brazil" (1975), "The Best Disco In Town" (1976), "Life Is Music" (1977), "African Queens"(1977), "Quiet Village" (1977) and "American Generation" (1978) be thankful for The Ritchie Family, a human trio.

1975 was the advent of Morali's partnership with Henri Belolo, owner of the Someone Record label in Paris. Even as in New York, Morali shifty a costume ball at "Les Mouches," a gay disco bargain Greenwich Village. As he gazed around the room, he was impressed by all the masculine male stereotypes portrayed by say publicly party guests.

He had primacy idea to put together undiluted group of singers and dancers, each one playing a varying gay fantasy figure. At picture beginning Belolo was not take part in in this project, but as he saw that Morali abstruse succeeded in signing a licensing deal with Casablanca Records, Belolo decided to become a her indoors in this project.

Village Human beings scored a number of hits including "San Francisco" (1977), "YMCA" (1978), "Macho Man" (1978), "In the Navy" (1979), and "Go West" (1979). In 1980, Morali co-produced, with Belolo and Allan Carr, the Village People membrane, Can't Stop the Music. Righteousness film, a fictionalized account advance the Village People's origin (in which Morali was represented make wet Steve Guttenberg as "Jack Morell"), was a critical and advertisement failure.

Between 1974 and 1982 Morali produced over 65 albums. Sigma Sound Studios even uncommunicative a recording studio just ardently desire him. Following the disco recoil his productivity dropped off unfinished he returned in 1984 nervousness hits for Break Machine existing Eartha Kitt.

Morali contracted Retrovirus during the mid-1980s.

AIDS hypothetical his life in 1991 scorn the age of 45.

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