Alexander Briley (born April 12, 1951) is an American singer who was the original "G.I." 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 J... show more