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Alex Briley
New York City, New York, USA
Alexander Briley (born April 12, 1951) is an American singer who was the original "G.I." in the disco recording act Village People. Alex Briley was born in Harlem, New York City,…
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Alexander Briley (born April 12, 1951) is an American singer who was the original "G.I." in the disco recording act Village People. Alex Briley was born in Harlem, New York City, in 1951, the son of a Christian minister. Raised in Harlem and later Mount Vernon, New York, Briley sang in church from an early age and studied voice at the University of Hartford. Briley had two brothers, Timothy and Jonathan. Briley was introduced to producer/composer Jacques Morali by Village People member Victor Willis. He originally performed in jeans and a T-shirt, but he took the role of a soldier for the album Cruisin' in 1978, and appeared as a sailor when the group recorded In the Navy in 1979. Alex Briley's younger brother, Jonathan (1958–2001), worked as an audio engineer at Windows on the World on the 106th floor of the North Tower of the World Trade Center and perished in the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. In 2005, Jonathan was speculated by several people to be The Falling Man – the figure depicted in an iconic photo of a man falling to his death from the North Tower. He was one of an estimated 100–200 people who died on 9/11 either by jumping from, falling from, or being pushed out of the upper stories of the Twin Towers. Source: Article "Alex Briley" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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2026
Eternal Disco - The Greatest Hits
Movie Self (archive)
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2022
Sheila, toutes ces vies-là
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2017
The Fabulous Allan Carr
Movie Self (archive)
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2012
The Secret Disco Revolution
Movie Self
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2012
The Joy Of Disco
Movie Self - Village People (archive footage)
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1994
Die Feste mit Florian Silbereisen
TV show Self
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1987
Le monde est à vous
TV show Self - Village People
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1987
Married... with Children
TV show Sailor - The Village People
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1983
Playboy Video Magazine, Volume 5
Movie The Village People
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1980
Can't Stop the Music
Movie Village People: G.I.
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1980
Magic Night
Movie Self
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1980
The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's
Movie Self - Village People
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1979
I've Got You, You've Got Me by the Chin Hairs
Movie Lui-même
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1978
Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve 1979
Movie Self - Village People
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1977
The Love Boat
TV show Alex Briley - Soldier from The Village People
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1975
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
TV show Self - Village People
