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3 unusual facts about Henri Belolo


Break Machine

Break Machine was the name of a 1980s American rap act, fronted by Keith Rodgers and produced by Jacques Morali and Henri Belolo; the team behind the Village People.

Felipe Rose

Rose was working as a dancer and a bartender in a gay New York Go-Go club, dressed as an Indian when he was discovered by French producer Jacques Morali and executive producer Henri Belolo and so became the first recruit for Village People.

In the Navy

The Navy contacted group manager Henri Belolo to use the song in a recruiting advertising campaign for television and radio.



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