Gloria Fowles (Newark, 7 de setembro de 1949), mais conhecida pelo seu nome artístico, Gloria Gaynor, é uma cantora estadunidense, mais conhecida por seus grandes sucessos da Era Disco, "Never can Say Goodbye" de 1974, "Let Me Know (I Have A Right)" de 1978, "I Am What I Am" de 1984 e, principalmente, "I Will Survive" de 1978.[1]
Biografia
Gloria Gaynor começou a cantar em um grupo chamado The Soul Satifiers na década de 1960. O grupo se apresentava em boates e assim Gloria foi descoberta e, logo foi levada para gravar seu primeiro single, "She'll Be Sorry/Let Me Go Baby", mas não obteve sucesso com sua primeira gravação, só mais tarde quando gravou "Honeybee" que Gloria Gaynor entrou nas paradas de sucesso e, com "Never Can Say Goodbye", ela ficou famosa no mundo inteiro.
Gloria Gaynor
I Will Survive
At first I was afraid I was petrified.
Kept thinking I could never live without you by my side.
But then I spent so many nights
Thinking how you did me wrong.
And I grew strong!
And I learned how to get along!
So now you're back from out of space.
I just walked in to find you here with that sad look upon your face.
I should have changed that stupid lock!
I should have made you leave your key!
If I had known for just one second you'd be back to bother me.
Go on now, go, walk out that door!
Just turn around now‚
cause you're not welcome any more.
Weren't you the one who tried to hurt (crush) me with goodbye?
Did I crumble
Did I lay down and die
Oh no, not I! I will survive!
Oh and as long as I know how to love I know I stay alive.
I've got all my life to live, I've got all my love to give.
And I'll survive!
I will survive! Hey, hey.
It took all the strength I had not to fall apart.
Kept tryin' hard to mend the pieces of my broken heart!
And I spent oh so many nights
just feeling sorry for myself. I used to cry!
But now I hold my head up high.
And you see me somebody new!
I'm not that chained-up little person still in love with you.
And so you feel like droppin' in,
and just expect me to be free,
now I'm saving all my loving for someone who is loving me!
I Will Survive
At first I was afraid I was petrified.
Kept thinking I could never live without you by my side.
But then I spent so many nights
Thinking how you did me wrong.
And I grew strong!
And I learned how to get along!
So now you're back from out of space.
I just walked in to find you here with that sad look upon your face.
I should have changed that stupid lock!
I should have made you leave your key!
If I had known for just one second you'd be back to bother me.
Go on now, go, walk out that door!
Just turn around now‚
cause you're not welcome any more.
Weren't you the one who tried to hurt (crush) me with goodbye?
Did I crumble
Did I lay down and die
Oh no, not I! I will survive!
Oh and as long as I know how to love I know I stay alive.
I've got all my life to live, I've got all my love to give.
And I'll survive!
I will survive! Hey, hey.
It took all the strength I had not to fall apart.
Kept tryin' hard to mend the pieces of my broken heart!
And I spent oh so many nights
just feeling sorry for myself. I used to cry!
But now I hold my head up high.
And you see me somebody new!
I'm not that chained-up little person still in love with you.
And so you feel like droppin' in,
and just expect me to be free,
now I'm saving all my loving for someone who is loving me!
"Never Can Say Goodbye" também passou a ser considerada a primeira gravação em Disco Music. Gloria Gaynor também foi a primeira artista a gravar versões "extended mix" das músicas e também a primeira a gravar o disco sem pausa. Gloria Gaynor continuou a gravar até que em 1978 eis que surge aquele que até hoje é seu maior sucesso, "I Will Survive". A música visa o ponto de vista de uma mulher recém abandonada, dizendo ao ex companheiro que não precisa mais dele e já pode se virar sozinha. A música fez muito sucesso e em 1980 ganhou o primeiro e único Grammy de Melhor Gravação para Disco Music. "I will Survive" já foi regravada diversas vezes por diversos artistas. Uma de suas regravações mais populares é a feita pelo grupo Cake, nos anos 90.
Gloria Gaynor, continua gravando e em 2002, lançou o álbum I Wish You Love que foi muito bem sucedido, rendendo ainda mais prêmios para Gloria. Mais recentemente, Gloria Gaynor lançou os singles "Supernatural Love", "Last Night", "I Never Knew" e "Hacer por Hacer", que ela gravou com o cantor Miguel Bosé.
Referências
Gloria Gaynor performs "I Will Survive" at Mandela Day 2009 from Radio City Music Hall
Gloria Gaynor Greatest Hits Full Album || The Best Of Gloria Gaynor HD
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