Gloria Gaynor

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Gloria Gaynor (born Gloria Fowles September 7, 1949) is an American singer, best-known for the disco era hits “I Will Survive” (Hot 100 #1, 1979), “Never Can Say Goodbye” (Hot 100 #9, 1974), “Let Me Know (I Have A Right)” (Hot 100 #42, 1980) and “I Am What I Am” (Hot 100 #82, 1983). She was born in Newark, New Jersey.

Early career
Gaynor was a singer with the Soul Satisfiers, a jazz/pop band, in the 1960s. Her first solo single was “She’ll Be Sorry/Let Me Go Baby” (1965).

Her first real success came in 1975 with the release of her album Never Can Say Goodbye, which established her as a disco artist. The first side of this album consisted of three disco songs (“Honey Bee”, “Never Can Say Goodbye” and “Reach Out, I’ll Be There”), with no breaks in between the songs. This 19-minute dance marathon proved to be enormously popular, especially at dance clubs. All three songs were released as singles via radio edits, and all of them became hits. This album was so instrumental in introducing disco music to the public, that many later believed that Gloria Gaynor had been the first artist to record disco music. “Never Can Say Goodbye” became the first song to top Billboard magazine’s dance chart. So, in that sense, she was the first. Capitalizing on the success of her first album, Gloria Gaynor quickly released her second album Experience Gloria Gaynor later that same year. While this album was also successful, it was not quite as popular as her previous album in the mainstream.

1	I Will Survive full track	2,404
2	Never Can Say Goodbye full track	442
3	I Am What I Am full track	184
4	Can't Take My Eyes Off You full track	69
5	Reach Out I'll Be There full track	50
6	I Love You Baby	48
7	How High the Moon full track	38
7	I Will Survive (Original Version)	38
9	Reach Out, I'll Be There	29
10	The Eye of the Tiger full track	26
11	Can't Take My Eyes Of You	25
12	It's Rainin Men	21
13	(If You Want It) Do It Yourself full track	20
14	Reach Out (I'll Be There) full track	19
14	First Be a Woman	19

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I Wish You Love
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Greatest Hits
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leechrapid wrote:
last month

Try here get more albums, so wonderful http://allofflyrics.info/search.php

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DISCO_boney_m wrote:
last month

DISCO müzigin unutulmaz ismi herdilde cewrilmiş I Will Survive parcasını bilmeyen warmıdırki :D

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sayheyheyhey wrote:
last month

Love Gloria? Love divas and find you never can say goodbye? Then join the new Last.FM group 'Divas' to celebrate the greatest divas on the planet! http://www.last.fm/group/Divas%21

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Elfenfrau wrote:
July 2008

I love the disco music...

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BBBrendon wrote:
July 2008

never can say goodbye to you gloria

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Tettsui wrote:
July 2008

The profile photo with the fro is great! Black girls keep your hair true!!

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zmin wrote:
July 2008

(If You Want It) Do It Yourself remixed by united nations

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hittiperjantai wrote:
June 2008

GREAT SINGER

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Freeraser wrote:
April 2008

This is foto from her concert in Moscow: http://freeraser.moskva.com/photos/gloria-gaynor/

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olesupermoritz wrote:
March 2008

@ Udoboy: Just 'cause you don't know more of her songs.. what about I love you baby, Can't take my eyes off you,....

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Drachenlady82 wrote:
March 2008

great voice!

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Udoboy wrote:
February 2008

One hit wonder = only one song in the top 40.

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Axiemeister wrote:
December 2007

Mathematical definition of one-hit wonder? Just check Los Del Rio's page. *shot*

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Mielonka69 wrote:
December 2007

aaaj looow juuu beeeeeeeeeeeeejbee!

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armin3d wrote:
August 2007

YEAH!

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dandreasen wrote:
August 2007

I wonder what the mathematical definition of one hit wonder is.

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kurohime wrote:
June 2007

1. I Will Survive - 1,045 2. Never Can Say Goodbye - 134 Oh my...

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roccimicco wrote:
May 2007

haha, the difference between 1st and 2nd is still QUITE a big ;) :DD

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Tr1xx wrote:
May 2006

Wow, she sure sang some great disco tracks in addition to Survive.

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Sep 14 Gloria Gaynor Палац Україна, Kyiv, Ukraine
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Nov 20 Black Disco Night Jäähalli, Helsinki, Finland
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Dec 7 Gloria Gaynor Sala Kongresowa, Warsaw, Poland
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