RALEIGH, N.C. – In 1977, Randy Jones found himself in New York’s white-hot disco scene, performing as a backup dancer for Grace Jones of Studio 54 notoriety, sporting a Marlboro Man mus… ...

Randy Jones in his Village People cowboy prime, circa the late 1970s. Jones, raised on country-western music, chose his outfit deliberately: the cowboy and the independence he projects, the ...

The first record I ever owned was “Cruisin’” by Village People. Released in 1978, the album included a song that would become an international hit: “YMCA.” ...

Randy Jones, the original cowboy in the Village People waves to the crowd on Ninth Street in Durham Sept. 27, 2014. The 65-year-old Raleigh native made the Billboard charts for the first time in ...

Why some Village People & others consider “YMCA” a gay song. Randy Jones, who performed as Village People’s cowboy, told Spin magazine in 2008 that he helped inspire Morali to create the ...

YMCA appeared on Village People’s third album, Cruisin’. It was an international smash hit, getting to No 1 in 17 countries on its release in October 1978.

Village People were a novelty disco band of the late 1970s. The group were as well known for their outrageous on-stage costumes (the members dressing up as a police officer, an American Indian chief, ...

The Village People’s lyricist and lead singer has hit out at the “false assumption” that the band’s biggest hit, “YMCA,” is a “gay anthem.” CNN values your feedback 1.

Admit it, you hear the first bars of “Y.M.C.A.” and your hands shoot up in the air. Randy Jones, who returns to his hometown this month for GalaxyCon, gets that.

Actress Valerie Perrine and Randy Jones of the disco group the Village People clown around during a break in the filming of the movie “Can’t Stop The Music” in New York’s Greenwich Village ...

Randy Jones, the original cowboy in the Village People waves to the crowd on Ninth Street in Durham Sept. 27, 2014. The 65-year-old Raleigh native made the Billboard charts for the first time in ...