Gloria Gaynor Profile
Gloria Gaynor Profile
Birth name:
Gloria Fowles
Birth Date:
September 7th, 1949
Birth Place:
Newark, New Jersey
Genre: Disco
Nickname:
First Lady of Disco
Spouse:
Linwood Simon
(1979 - present)
Got Her Start:
As a singer with the Soul Satisfiers, a jazz/pop band, in the 1960s
Breakthrough Single: "I Will Survive" (1978)
Did You Know:
Her 1979 #1 hit "I Will Survive" was awarded the first and only Grammy Award for Best Disco Recording in 1980