Gloria Gaynor: I Will Survive (Perren / Fekaris, 1978)

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Other hits from 1978:

The O'Jays: Use Ta Be My Girl (Gamble & Huff, 1978) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mIAb5QOtMM

Cheryl Lynn - Got To Be Real: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tqxSYJC1EM

Melissa Manchester: Looking Through The Eyes Of Love: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwiyQIm-xwE
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"I Will Survive," a song composed by by Freddie Perren and Dino Fekaris, was first performed in 1978 by Gloria Gaynor. It remains one of the most famous disco songs of all time and Gaynor's biggest hit. It received massive airplay in 1979, reaching number one on the Billboard Hot 100, also reaching number one in the UK the next day. It received the Grammy Award for Best Disco Recording in 1980, the only year that the award was given. It is ranked #489 on the Rolling Stone magazine's list of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time". The Song was also listed at #97 on Billboard's Greatest Songs of all time. In 2000 the song was ranked #1 in VH1's list of the 100 greatest dance songs. Frederick "Freddie" Perren (May 15, 1943 - December 16, 2004) was an American songwriter, record producer, arranger, and orchestra conductor. He was a member of The Corporation, a hitmaking production team which included Fonce Mizell, Deke Richards and Berry Gordy that wrote and produced The Jackson 5's early hits, including "I Want You Back", "ABC", The Love You Save", "Mama's Pearl", and "Maybe Tomorrow". Perren also produced G.C. Cameron "It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday" from the film Cooley High. In the mid and late 70s, Perren found platinum success writing and producing such mega-hits as "Boogie Fever" by the Sylvers, "I Will Survive" by Gloria Gaynor, and "Shake Your Groove Thing" by Peaches & Herb. He also produced Yvonne Elliman's recording of the Gibb Brothers' "If I Can't Have You" for the soundtrack to "Saturday Night Fever." Gloria Gaynor (born Gloria Fowles on September 7, 1949 in Newark, New Jersey), now living in Green Brook, New Jersey, is an American singer, best-known for the disco era hits; "I Will Survive" (Hot 100 #1, 1979), "Never Can Say Goodbye" (Hot 100 #4, 1974), "Let Me Know (I Have a Right)" (Hot 100 #42, 1980) and "I Am What I Am" (Hot 100 #82, 1983).
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Глория Гейнор (род. 7 сентября 1949) - американская певица в стиле диско, известная своими хитами «I Will Survive» и «Never Can Say Goodbye». Глория родилась в Ньюарке, штат Нью-Джерси. В 1960-е годы она стала выступать с группой «Soul Satisfiers», а в 1965 году вышел её первый сольный сингл «She'll Be Sorry/Let Me Go Baby».
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Gloria Gaynor (właśc. Gloria Fowles ur. 7 września 1949 w Newark, New Jersey) amerykańska wokalistka ery disco lat 70. Śpiewać zaczynała na początku lat 70. w zespole The Soul Satisfiers. W 1965 roku nagrała swój pierwszy solowy singiel "She'll Be Sorry/Let Me Go Baby". W 1975 wydała przełomowy longplay Never Can Say Goodbye, który był pierwszym w historii albumem 'do użytku' klubowego piosenki przechodziły płynnie jedna w drugą. Po wielkim sukcesie tego albumu jeszcze w tym samym roku Gloria nagrała kolejny album "Experience". Jej kariera rozwijała się burzliwie utwierdzając jej pozycję jako królowej disco. Rozpoczyna liczne koncerty w USA, Europie, Azji, Kanadzie, Izraelu i wielu innych częściach świata. Rozpoczyna prowadzić nocne życie Nowego Jorku. W 1979 Gloria osiągnęła szczyt popularności dzięki singlowi I Will Survive, za który otrzymała nagrodę Grammy.
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Gloria Fowles veya bilinen adıyla Gloria Gaynor (d. 7 Eylül 1949) ABD'li bir şarkıcıdır. Gaynor, çoğunlukla 1979 yılında çıkarmış olduğu ve ülkemizde Ajda Pekkan tarafından yeniden yorumlanmış olan "I Will Survive" ile bilinmektedir. Bunun dışında ABD'nin disko çağında yaptığı sayısız eseri de bulunmaktadır. Sanatçı 1960'larda "Soul Satisfiers" adlı caz-pop grubunda vokalistti. 1975'teki ilk solo albümü ve ardından gelen sayısız disko hiti onun ABD'de tanınmasını kolaylaştırdı.

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  • I have not heard this for a minute. Thanks for the post. Sounds good to me.

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