Gloria Gaynor

Born Gloria Fowles in Newark, New Jersey, Gloria Gaynor established herself in the 1970s at the crossroads of disco, soul and R&B, after beginnings with the group The Soul Satisfiers and a first single in 1965. Her trajectory took shape at MGM with Never Can Say Goodbye in 1975, an album that chains several tracks non-stop in a format designed for the dancefloor and which accompanied the rise of disco in clubs. Gloria Gaynor then continued with Experience Gloria Gaynor in 1975, I’ve Got You in 1976, Glorious in 1977 and Love Tracks in 1978, where 'I Will Survive' appears, a song that became the central landmark of her repertoire. Toward the late 1970s and early 1980s, she continued in a disco and post-disco vein with I Have a Right in 1979, Stories in 1980 and I Kinda Like Me in 1981, before broadening her approach toward a more soul-pop orientation on Gloria Gaynor in 1982. In 1984, 'I Am What I Am', taken from I Am Gloria Gaynor, relaunched her presence on club stages. Gloria Gaynor subsequently continued to tour regularly in the United States and internationally, while returning to recording with notably I Wish You Love in 2003, the gospel album Testimony in 2019, and then the EP Happy Tears in 2025. Her music remains associated with a direct voice, danceable orchestrations and a repertoire durably linked to club, pop and soul cultures.