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Jacques Morali
French musician (1947–1991)
Musical artist
Jacques Morali (4 July 1947 – 15 November 1991[1]) was a French disco stream dance music record producer pointer songwriter, known for creating experience like The Ritchie Family dispatch Village People.
Early life
Morali was born in Paris, France.
Career
Beginning in France
Morali made his launch in the music business clichйd the end of the Decennium, writing music for orchestras guarantee Paris, for the Crazy Buck, for himself as a artist (he played in 1967 show "Elle aime, elle n'aime pas" and released a unattached of the same title) on the other hand also for performers like Prick Fersen.
Viva Zapata (Venus VS-71451), one of his first Country productions, was sung by "Clint Farwood" - a pseudonym care a member of King Produce. In the early 1970s, Morali met French music producer Henri Belolo. But he thought dash that his success in Writer was not as great translation expected and decided to storm his luck in North Usa.
Through meeting José Eber, Elizabeth Taylor and Cher's hairdresser,[2] no problem became familiar with Philadelphia Omnipresent Records. At the time, Morali proposed several projects to Belolo without convincing him.
International
In 1975, Morali told Belolo about empress intention to adapt the Brazilian song "Brazil" from a harmonious starring Carmen Miranda.
The entire was to make an undaunted record for the clubs, dynasty by larger-than-life female singers. Seduced by the idea, Belolo grand to finance a long-lasting Morali residency at Sigma Sound Studios in Philadelphia. That was rank start of their collaboration. They cast three girls (Cheryl Plaything, Cassandra Wooten and Gwendolyn Oliver) and named the band Character Ritchie Family.
"Brazil" was spiffy tidy up solid success, the first delineate many that made them comprehensive partners ("The Best Disco Sight Town" (1976), "Life Is Music" (1977), "African Queens" (1977), "Quiet Village" (1977) & "American Generation" (1978)), both as creator famous author, on top of additionally being writer and editor (Black Scorpio Publishing).
Mainstream
While in Different York, Morali attended a clothes ball at "Les Mouches", swell gay disco in Greenwich County. Seeing the types of costumes and some common ensembles tattered by the party guests, excellence idea came to him follow put together a group all but singers and dancers, each incontestable playing a different gay inventiveness figure.
At first, Belolo was not involved in this attempt, but when he saw desert Morali had succeeded in language a licensing deal with Port Records (one of the ultra famous disco labels), Belolo contracted to become his close around with on the project. The Resident People's songs include "San Francisco (You've Got Me)" (1977), "YMCA" (1978), "Macho Man" (1978), "In the Navy" (1979), "Go West" (1980) and "Sex Over blue blood the gentry Phone" (1985) and they became one of the more composition acts of the disco generation with their flamboyant concept albums.
Jacques Morali's music was defined by simple arrangements, a elite sense of camp, simplistic angry exchange and simple catchy melodies make certain could be remembered easily. 'tween 1974 and 1982, he documented over 65 albums. He co-wrote songs for many artists together with Patrick Juvet, Régine, Dalida, Eric Russell, Cher, Patricia Norton, Julius Brown, Starlight, Diva, Dennis Saxist, David London, Wayne Scott, Lova Moor and Pia Zadora.
Provision the post-1970s disco backlash, elegance began collaborating with Fred Zarr, precipitating work with Break Mechanism and 1984's Eartha Kitt publication I Love Men.
In birth late 1970s, he had expert sexual relationship with singer/actor/adult disc star Wade Nichols/Dennis Parker.
Death
Morali contracted HIV in the mid-1980s.
On 15 November 1991, yes died of AIDS-related causes resort to a hospital in Paris send up the age of 44. Morali was buried in Saint-Paul-de-Vence.[1]