Search results
It was the oldest girls' magazine in the United States. YM got its start as two magazines in the 1930s— Compact, which was aimed at older teens, and Calling All Girls, which was intended for younger girls and pioneered the signature embarrassing-moments column, "Say Anything". By the late 1960s, the publications merged into Young Miss, a ...
YMCA, sometimes regionally called the Y, is a worldwide youth organization based in Geneva, Switzerland, with more than 64 million beneficiaries in 120 countries. It has nearly 90,000 staff, some 920,000 volunteers and 12,000 branches worldwide. [1] It was founded in London on 6 June 1844 by George Williams as the Young Men's Christian Association.
Y.M.C.A. (song) " Y.M.C.A. " is a song by American disco group Village People, written by Jacques Morali (also the record's producer) and singer Victor Willis [1] and released in October 1978 by Casablanca Records as the only single from their third studio album, Cruisin' (1978).
These rooms were built with the young men in mind coming from rural America and many foreign-born young men arriving to the new cities. The rooms became a significant part of American culture, known as an inexpensive and safe place for a visitor to stay in an unfamiliar city (as referenced in the 1978 Village People song "Y.M.C.A."). In 1940 ...
This was the first Top 25 hit for the group in 40 years. On June 9, Victor Willis demanded that President Donald Trump not use Village People music at his rallies, in particular "Macho Man" and "Y.M.C.A." [36] On September 11 that same year, it was reported that Willis said he was okay with him using "Y.M.C.A" at his campaign rallies. [37]
As of 2021, there are twenty two branches throughout the five boroughs, including the McBurney Y that was the inspiration for the Village People's song and the West Side YMCA. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] YMCA of Greater New York is affiliated with YMCA in America and also operated Camp Talcott , a more than century-old sleepaway camp that hosted more ...
Yellow Magic Orchestra (abbreviated to YMO) was a Japanese electronic music band formed in Tokyo in 1978 by Haruomi Hosono (bass, keyboards, vocals), Yukihiro Takahashi (drums, lead vocals, occasional keyboards) and Ryuichi Sakamoto (keyboards, vocals). [4] The group is considered influential and innovative in the field of popular electronic ...
Yang Ming Group, Co. Ltd. Subsidiaries. Kwang Gol Shipping Corp. Yes Logistics Corp. Yang Ming Cultural Foundation, Co. Ltd. Website. www.yangming.com (in English) Yang Ming Marine Transport Corporation (Chinese: 陽明海運; pinyin: Yáng Míng Hǎi Yùn) is a Taiwanese container shipping company based in Keelung, Taiwan.