Alex Briley

Alexander Briley born April 12 1951 is an American singer who was the original GI in the disco recording act Village People Alex Briley was born in Harlem New York City in 1951 the son of a Christian minister Raised in Harlem and later Mount Vernon New York Briley sang in church from an early age and studied voice at the University of Hartford Briley had two brothers Timothy and Jonathan Briley was introduced to producercomposer Jacques Morali by Village People member Victor Willis He originally performed in jeans and a Tshirt but he took the role of a soldier for the album Cruisin in 1978 and appeared as a sailor when the group recorded In the Navy in 1979 Alex Brileys younger brother Jonathan 19582001 worked as an audio engineer at Windows on the World on the 106th floor of the North Tower of the World Trade Center and perished in the terrorist attacks of September 11 2001 In 2005 Jonathan was speculated by several people to be The Falling Man the figure depicted in an iconic photo of a man falling to his death from the North Tower He was one of an estimated 100200 people who died on 911 either by jumping from falling from or being pushed out of the upper stories of the Twin Towers Source Article Alex Briley from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA 30