JANICE'S BLUES ALLEY PRESENTS
GLORIA GAYNOR
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Perhaps second only to Donna Summer, Gloria Gaynor has become one of the best-known female disco artists from the '70s due to the ongoing success of her monster 1979 hit (and subsequent "woman's anthem"), "I Will Survive." Born Gloria Fowles on September 7, 1949, in Newark, NJ, the singer (who began going by Gloria Gaynor by the early '70s), first sang as part of the obscure R&B outfit the Soul Satisfiers before being discovered by MGM Records head honcho Mike Curb (eventual leader of the Curb label and Lieutenant Governor of California), who decided to sign the singer to his label after several auditions. Gaynor began issuing albums on a regular basis beginning in 1975 and with her 1976 release Never Can Say Goodbye, the singer became one of the first-ever dance artists to issue an album aimed primarily for club use (there were no breaks between the songs, as one track would automatically segue into the next), a method used to this day by DJs and certain dance artists.
Although Gaynor enjoyed a few moderate hits, it wasn't until the release of 1979's aforementioned disco gem "I Will Survive" that Gaynor racked up her first true smash hit. The song was awarded the first and only Grammy Award for Best Disco Recording in 1980 (the category was discontinued upon disco's fall from favor shortly afterward) and although Gaynor was unable to follow up "I Will Survive" with another sizeable hit, the track subsequently took on a life of its own. It remains popular in dance clubs and has appeared on countless movie soundtracks and dance/disco compilations. Gaynor continues to issue albums and play shows (especially in Europe) and during the late '90s issued an autobiography (also titled I Will Survive), as well as appearing for a two-week run on Broadway's hit musical Smokey Joe's Café. -- Greg Prato of All Music Guide.
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01. Honeybee 02. Never Can Say Goodbye 03. Reach Out And Touch Somebody’s Hand 04. I’ll Be There 05. All I Need Is Your Sweet Lovin’ |
06. Searchin’ 07. We Belong Together 08. False Alarm 09. Real Good People |
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01. Casanova Brown 02. If You Want It Do It Yourself 03. How High The Moon 04. The Prettiest Face I’ve Ever Seen 05. What’ll I Do |
06. Tell Me How 07. I’m Still Yours 08. Walk On By 09. My Man’s Gone(B-side) |
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01. Let’s Make A Deal 02. I’ve Got You Under My Skin 03. Be Mine 04. Touch Of Lightning |
05. Let’s Make Love 06. Nothing In This World 07. Do It Right 08. Talk, Talk, Talk |
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01. Why Should I Pay 02. As Time Goes By 03. Hands Of Time 04. Most Of All 05. We Can Start All Over Again |
06. Sweet Sweet Melody 07. Life Ain’t Worth Living 08. This Side Of The Pain 09. So Much Love |
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01. This Love Affair 02. Part Time Love(is a full time job) |
03. Every Time You Make Love To Me 04. For The First Time In My Life |
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01. Let me know (I have a right) 02. Say somethin' 03. You took me in again 04. Don't stop us |
05. Tonight 06. Can't fight the feelin' 07. Midnight rocker 08. One number one |
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01. Stoplight 02. Anybody Wanna Party? 03. Please Be There 04. Goin’ Out Of My Head |
05. I Will Survive 06. You Can Exit 07. I Said Yes 08. Substitute |
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01. Ain’t No Bigger Fool 02. I Let Love Slip Right Through My Hands 03. On A Diet Of You 04. Lock Me Up |
05. All My Life 06. Don’t Read Me Wrong 07. Luckiest Girl In The World 08. Make Me Yours |
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01. I Kinda Like Me 02. Fingers In The Fire 03. Let’s Mend What’s Been Broken 04. Yesterday We Were Like Buddies 05. I Can Stand The Pain |
06. I Love You ‘Cause 07. When You Get Around To It 08. Chasin’ Me Into Somebody Else’s Arms 09. The Story Of The Jones |
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01. I Will Survive 02. Stop! In The Name Of Love 03. Runaround Love 04. Mack Side 05. Tease Me |
06. America 07. For You, My Love 08. Love Me Real 09. Even A Fool Would Let Go 10. I Will Survive(extended mix) |
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01. I Am What I Am 02. Chains Of Whispers 03. Strive 04. Eeny Meeny Macker Rack |
05. Bullseye 06. Only In A Love Song 07. I’ve Been Watching You 08. More Than Enough |
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1. The Eye of the Tiger 2. The Heat Is On 3. Feel So Real 4. The Power of Love 5. Everybody Wants To Rule The World 6. What A Wonderful World 7. Every Breath You Take 8. Don't You Dare Call It Love |
9. Every Time You Go Away 10. Broken Wings 11. Suddenly 12. Top Shelf 13. He's Out Of My Life 14. I Want To Know What Love Is 15. Medley: I Will Survive, Never Can Say Goodbye, Reach Out I'll Be There,I Am What I Am 16. Don't You Dare Call It Love (remix) |
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01. I Am What I Am 02. Chains Of whispers 03. Strive 04. Eeny Meeny Macker Rack 05. Bullseye |
06. Only In A Love Song 07. I’ve Been Watching You 08. More Than Enough 09. After The Lovin’ 10. You’re All I Need To Get By |
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01. Greeting From Gloria 02. Gotta Be Forever 03. Gone Too Long 04. Just No Other Way 05. I Never Knew(LP version) 06. All The Man 07. Just Keep Thinking About You 08. I Wish You Love |
09. Stronger 10. Let It Rain 11. No One Can Love You More 12. You Keep Running 13. I’m Here For You 14. I Will Survive(english version) 15. I Never Knew(HQ2 remix) 16. I Will Survive(spanish version |
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01. You’ll Be Mine 02. Rippin’ It Up 03. You 04. You Are The Answer 05. Set Me Free 06. Oh, What A Life 07. It’s My Time 08. Reunion Of Two Hearts 09. Perfect World |
10. In All Ways A Woman 11. Jealousy 12. Mighty High 13. Hallelujah 14. Rippin’ It Up(remix) 15. Set Me Free(remix) 16. Oh, What A Life(remix) 17. Perfect World(remix) |
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01. I Am What I Am 02. Never Can Say Goodbye 03. You’re All I Need To Get By 04. Just No Other Way 05. Just Keep Thinking About You 06. Every Breath You Take 07. You Are The Answer 08. First Be A Woman |
09. Reach Out I’ll Be There 10. Killing Me Softly With His Song 11. I Never Knew 12. Anybody Wanna Party? 13. Stop! In The Name Of Love 14. You’ll Be Mine 15. I Will Survive 16. Can’t Take My Eyes Off You |
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01. Happy Time Of Year 02. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen 03. All I Want Is You For Christmas 04. Christmas Blue 05. Frosty The Snowman 06. Do You Hear What I Hear? 07. Joy To The World 08. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing |
09. Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! 10. O Holy Night 11. O Little Town Of Bethlehem 12. Winter Wonderland 13. The Christmas Song 14. Joy Came To The World 15. Christmas Prayer 16. Winter Mix |
