Actor
Gloria Gaynor
September 7, 1943 · Newark, New York, USA
Gloria Gaynor (née Fowles; born September 7, 1943) is an American singer, best known for the disco era hits "I Will Survive" (1978), "Let Me Know (I Have a Right)" (1979), "I Am What I Am" (1983), and her version of "Never Can Say Goodbye" (1974).
Gaynor was born Gloria Fowles in Newark, New Jersey, to Daniel Fowles and Queenie Mae Proctor. Her grandmother lived nearby and was involved in her upbringing. "There was always music in our house", Gaynor wrote in her autobiography I Will Survive. She enjoyed listening to the radio, and to records by Nat King Cole and Sarah Vaughan. Her father played the ukulele and guitar and sang professionally in nightclubs with a group called Step 'n' Fetchit. Gloria grew up a tomboy; she had five brothers and one sister. Her brothers sang gospel and formed a quartet with a friend.
Notable work
Often works with
Leonid Agutin
2 titles together
Old Songs About the Main Thing 3, Old Songs about the Main Thing
Natasha Korolyova
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Old Songs About the Main Thing 3, Old Songs about the Main Thing
Alla Pugacheva
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Old Songs About the Main Thing 3, Old Songs about the Main Thing
Larisa Dolina
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Old Songs About the Main Thing 3, Old Songs about the Main Thing
Laima Vaikule
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Old Songs About the Main Thing 3, Old Songs about the Main Thing
