People
Glenn Hughes
Biography:
Glenn Michael Hughes (July 18, 1950 – March 4, 2001) was an American singer who was the original "Leatherman" character in the disco group Village People from 1977 to 1996.
He graduated in 1968 from Chaminade High School, and then attended Manhattan College, where he was initiated as a member of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia music fraternity in 1969. He was interested in motorcycles, and was working as a toll collector at the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel when he responded to an advertisement by composer Jacques Morali seeking "macho" singers and dancers. Hughes and other members of the band were given a crash course in the synchronized dance choreography that later typified the group's live... Read More
Movies:
Title | Release date |
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Sheila, toutes ces vies-là as Self (archive footage) | 2022-12-24 |
The Joy Of Disco as Self - Village People (archive footage) | 2012-03-02 |
Can't Stop the Music as Village People: Leatherman | 1980-06-20 |
The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's as Self - Village People | 1980-01-04 |
Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve 1979 as Self - Village People | 1978-12-31 |