Gloria Gaynor ~ I Will Survive 1979 Disco Purrfection Version

Gloria Gaynor was officially crowned the first queen of disco by The National Association of Discotheque Disc Jockeys in 1975. She electrified the clubs and radio with her 1974 “Never Can Say Goodbye“ LP. The album track of that song alone topped the disco survey for four weeks that year and then the entire single side of that LP, “Honeybee/Never Can Say Goodbye/Reach Out, I’ll Be There“ spent one week at #2. In 1975, she scored another #1 disco hit with “Casanova Brown/(If You Want It)Do It Yourself/How High The Moon“, then followed that up in 1976 with a third trio of segued songs, “Let’s Make A Deal/I’ve Got You Under My Skin/Be Mine“ that peaked at #4, a sign that perhaps it was time to change it up a little. A fourth try, “We Can Start All Over Again/Life Ain’t Worth Livin’/Why Should I Pay“, barely made Top 40 disco reaching #38. With Donna Summer coming up fast behind her, Gloria’s career was on the downswing whe
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