![]() ![]() The first side consisted of a remake of Honey Bee, plus covers of soul classics Never Can Say Goodbye and Reach Out, I’ll Be There. Gaynor hit pay dirt when she signed to MGM Records and released debut album Never Can Say Goodbye in 1975. Then in 1973 she was signed to Columbia Records by Clive Davis and released another flop, Honey Bee. Nothing came of it but Gaynor spent years becoming experienced at performing live. It was Nash who had suggested she change her name. It was produced by Johnny Nash, later to have a UK number 1 with Tears on My Pillow (I Can’t Take It). In 1965, as Gloria Gaynor, she released her debut single She’ll Be Sorry. She became a singer in a local nightclub and within a few years she was part of jazz and R’n’B group The Soul Satisfiers. The family moved to a housing project in 1960 and a year later Fowles graduated. Four brothers formed a gospel group but she wasn’t allowed to join them. ![]() The Fowles were a large, poor family – five boys and two girls, including Gloria. Music was a constant in her youth, with her father Daniel singing and playing ukulele as part of a nightclub group called Step ‘n’ Fetch-it. ![]() Gaynor was born Gloria Fowles on 7 September 1943 in Newark, New Jersey. It’s now considered a feminist and LGBTQ+ anthem and is a karaoke mainstay. US soul singer Gloria Gaynor’s disco classic I Will Survive was originally an afterthought, a B-side, with little studio sheen added. ![]()
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