Alex Briley
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Alexander "Alex" Briley (born April 12, 1947) is an American singer, who performs the "G.I." role in the disco music group Village People.[1] Briley was born and raised in Harlem, New York and later Mount Vernon, New York. A minister's son,[2] he sang in church from an early age and studied voice at the University of Hartford.
Briley was introduced to producer/composer Jacques Morali by Village People member Victor Willis.[citation needed]. He originally performed in jeans and a T-shirt but he took the role of a soldier for the album Cruisin' in 1978 and when the group recorded "In the Navy" in 1979 he appeared as a sailor.
In 2005, Briley's brother Jonathan was identified by several people as The Falling Man — the figure depicted in the iconic photo of a man falling from the World Trade Center during the September 11 attacks.[3]
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- 1947 births
- American pop singers
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- Musicians from New York
- People from Manhattan
- People from Mount Vernon, New York
- University of Hartford alumni
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