What Happened Today In Music, April 12th 1956 was born Alexander Briley, American singer who was the original "G.I." in the disco group The Village People. He originally performed in jeans and a T-shirt, but he took the role of a soldier for the album Cruisin' in 1978 and when the group recorded "In the Navy" in 1979 he appeared as a sailor. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CS9OO0S5w2k&ab_channel=VillagePeople #TodayInMusic