Gloria Gaynor
American singer
Why Is Gloria Gaynor Influential?
(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Gloria Gaynor is an American singer, best known for the disco era hits "I Will Survive" , "Let Me Know " , "I Am What I Am" , and her version of "Never Can Say Goodbye" . Early life Gaynor was born Gloria Fowles in Newark, New Jersey, to Daniel Fowles and Queenie Mae Proctor. Her grandmother lived nearby and was involved in her upbringing. "There was always music in our house", Gaynor wrote in her autobiography I Will Survive. She enjoyed listening to the radio, and to records by Nat King Cole and Sarah Vaughan. Her father played the ukulele and guitar and sang professionally in nightclubs with a group called Step 'n' Fetchit. Gloria grew up as a tomboy; she had five brothers and one sister. Her brothers sang gospel and formed a quartet with a friend.
