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Gloria Gaynor
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G[L]oria Gaynor used to be a self-described Cadillac person. Then in 1997, her husband decided to present her with a Christmas gift in the form of his car of choice: a black cherry Jaguar.
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Still in the empowering mode, Gloria Gaynor signed to Silver Blue Records in 1983, which ironically was a subsidiary of her first label, Columbia Records/CBS. While there she teamed up with producer Joel Diamond and released the album “I Am Gloria” containing the singles “I Am What I Am” which was the hit from the Broadway musical “La Cage Aux Folles” and “Strive.” “I Am Gloria” was her last U. S. release until 1996. After this release the Disco backlash was in full effect in the U. S. so Gaynor started spending a lot of time in Europe both performing and recording as many as eight albums. For whatever reason the records were not released in the United States so many of her fans lost track of her. Since Polydor didn’t want to release a “best of” compilation she decided to release an album called “I’ll Be There” in 1996 which consisted of remakes of some of her greatest songs. No sooner did they put this out that Polydor finally released a Gloria Gaynor greatest hits compact disc, but without her knowledge.
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In 1973, Gloria Gaynor made history as Billboard gave birth to the Disco Action Charts. “Never Can Say Good-Bye” bowed at #1 on the charts and became the first Dance Song to reach #1 status in dance music. 30 years later, Gloria Gaynor is still setting the standard. In March of 2001, her single, “Just Keep Thinkin’ About You,” topped the Billboard Dance/Club charts at #1, while her international hit “Last Night” with Giorgio Moroder debuted at #1 throughout Europe. In keeping with the theme of #1, Gloria Gaynor was the first to record an album especially for clubs, and the first to do a mega-extended dance medley party mix, releasing 12” dance singles that are now high-end collectors items.
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