And this May, The Village People are bringing their sweet disco beats Down Under for their 40th anniversary tour. Now To Love caught up with the band’s lead singer, Ray Simpson aka Cop ...

Willis was replaced by Ray Simpson, who had provided backing vocals for the group. His departure coincided with the downturn in disco, but even as the Village People initially struggled ...

Talk about a cop out. Village People “police officer” Ray Simpson put aside his blues to watch his sister Valerie make her Broadway debut as Mama Morton in “Chicago” on Monday. But the ...

Those are the words of Randy Jones, the singer perhaps best known as the iconic Cowboy in Village People talking ... Felipe Rose as Native American, Ray Simpson as Cop and, of course, Jones ...

Village People David Hodo, Randy Jones, Alex Briley, Ray Simpson, Felipe Rose and Glenn Hughes Snap Stills/Rex/REX USA A Hamptons war ignited between two founding members of the Village People ...

Session musician Ray Simpson stepped into the breach, and apart from a brief period in the mid-1980s, has been the group's lead vocalist ever since. For the past 30 years Village People has ...

The Village People (from left) Eric Anzalone, Ray Simpson, Jim Newman, Felipe Rose, Alex Briley and Bill Whitefield. "I said to the other guys, 'This guy is fantastic! He is a cowboy in the true ...

Willis was replaced by Ray Simpson, who remains in the Village People today, and has had a couple of run-ins with the law in the years since. He was convicted of possessing drugs in 1990 and ...

as well as Ray Simpson, Eric Anzalone, Bill Whitefield and Jim Newman. Village People has reportedly sold 100 million records worldwide.

The Village People in September 2008. Front row, left to right: David Hodo, Felipe Rose and Jeff Olson. Rear, left to right: Ray Simpson, Alexander Briley and Eric Anzalone. (Kevin Winter/Getty ...