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TexasBushwhacker

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39. Correct - Lead singer Victor Willis

Thu Jan 16, 2025, 04:22 PM

Jan 16

Even he has been in and out of the group. He was a co-writer of YMCA and says anyone who says it's a gay anthem should "get their minds out of the gutter". Whatever. The group was put together by 2 producers to target disco's large gay audience in the 70s. Perhaps Victor forgot. He did a lot of drugs for 30 years before he went to rehab and "found God".

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