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