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Today is May 17, the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia. Every year the global community of sexual and gender minorities identifies one specific focus issue for the celebrations around May 17th. “.“ is a song by the American disco group Village People. Village People was the creation of Jacques Morali, a French composer. It became a big hit in the gay community, the reason for releasing it today. ‘.’ was released in 1978 as the only single from their third studio album Cruisin’ (1978). The song reached Number 2 on the US charts in early 1979, reached Number 1 in the UK and No. 1 in the Netherlands, becoming the group’s biggest hit. This TopPop recording was first broadcast on 22 March 1979 Watch our great music videos ❯ More TopPop? Subscribe here ❯ More info on Wikipedia ❯ This is to let you know that the video recording of the video clip was originally recorded by AVROTROS Broadcasting. AVROTROS Broadcasting hereby warrants and represents that it is the sole and exclusive owner of the physical film and/or videotape footage in this video clip. The performance of the artist(s) in the clip was filmed and recorded with the written consent of the artist(s) and their representatives. AVROTROS is a Dutch radio and television broadcaster, founded in 2014 from a merger of AVRO and TROS. From January 1st, 2014 the name of the merged broadcaster was used in joint programmes. AVRO was founded in 1923 as the Netherlands first public broadcaster. TROS started broadcasting in 1964. Toppop was a weekly AVRO pop program that was aired between 1970 and 1988. AVROTROS Broadcasting PO Box 2 1200 JA Hilversum The Netherlands TopPop was the first regular dedicated pop music TV show in the Dutch language area. Dutch broadcaster AVRO aired the programme weekly, from 1970 to 1988. Presenter Ad Visser hosted the show for its first fifteen years. World famous music artists performed on TopPop: ABBA, 10CC, Bee Gees, The Jacksons, David Bowie, Earth & Fire, Boney M, Smokie, KC & The Sunshine Band, Chick, Donna Summer, Rod Stewart, and many many more.
