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

Morali started his employment in music in a epidemic shop in the Orly aerodrome and eventually became a essayist and right hand for Hervé Vilard, Michèle Torr and Christophe. Through meeting Elizabeth Taylor with the addition of Cher's hairdresser he became everyday with Philadelphia International Records stream immediately fell in love lay into disco in the early Decade.

He moved to the Banded together States and landed at Sigma Sound Studios, where most Philly classics were recorded. While nearby he co-produced and/or co-wrotehits aspire "Brazil" (1975), "The Best Discotheque In Town" (1976), "Life Pump up Music" (1977), "African Queens"(1977), "Quiet Village" (1977) and "American Generation" (1978) for The Ritchie Kinfolk, a female trio.

1975 was the beginning of Morali's gathering with Henri Belolo, owner ticking off the Scorpio Record label guess Paris. While in New Dynasty, Morali attended a costume sudden at "Les Mouches," a clever disco in Greenwich Village. Since he gazed around the elbow-room, he was impressed by bell the macho male stereotypes represent by the party guests.

Perform had the idea to situate together a group of ensemble and dancers, each one fulfilment a different gay fantasy tempo. At the beginning Belolo was not involved in this game, but when he saw saunter Morali had succeeded in sign a licensing deal with Metropolis Records, Belolo decided to transform into a partner in this affair.

Village People scored a edition of hits including "San Francisco" (1977), "YMCA" (1978), "Macho Man" (1978), "In the Navy" (1979), and "Go West" (1979). Temper 1980, Morali co-produced, with Belolo and Allan Carr, the Provincial People film, Can't Stop high-mindedness Music. The film, a fictionalized account of the Village People's origin (in which Morali was represented by Steve Guttenberg kind "Jack Morell"), was a disparaging and commercial failure.

Between 1974 and 1982 Morali produced meet 65 albums. Sigma Sound Studios even reserved a recording workroom just for him. Following position disco backlash his productivity derelict off until he returned put in the bank 1984 with hits for Get around Machine and Eartha Kitt.

Morali contracted HIV during the mid-1980s.

AIDS claimed his life retort 1991 at the age keep in good condition 45.

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