For those who weren 't there, it's hard to imagine the impact of the arrival of Disco. For a decade, it made New York City the center of the universe, the decadent, dazzling and glamorous palace of all the night life in the world. It became a whole new dance floor culture with it's own language and dress and for thousands, it was the only time they came to life. Disco created a whole new heaven of stars, and the biggest of these was GLORIA GAYNOR Lavish, luminous, a powerhouse performer, GLORIA GAYNOR exploded onto the scene with the first big Disco hit, "NEVER CAN SAY GOODBYE." It was the title track to her 1973 album, the first album of non-stop programmed dance music and this would pretty much change the face of the record industry. Gloria would later be listed in the "1982" WORLD BOOK ENCYLOPEDIA as 'proponent of New Music." From that year up until 1981, she put out an album every year, and every one of them went "TOP 40." In 1975, she was crowned "Queen of the Discos," in front of thousands of adorning New York City fans. In 1978, came an album called "LOVE TRACKS," which featured the era's biggest dance hit, the inspirational....."I WILL SURVIVE." This song resonated among defiant hearts around the world, selling fourteen million copies practically overnight, it turned Gloria into not only one of the biggest stars in the world, winning her the following year's Grammy Award for Best Disco Record -but an icon. The song is still today one of the most requested songs of all time as well as the number one karaoke selection. It's been recorded since then in some twenty or so languages, including Arabic, with queen of Paris nightlife, "Regine" recording her own version. Subsequently Gloria's version became number one on the charts in Australia after having been released from the soundcheck to the smash-hit movie shot there, "Priscilla, Queen of the Desert". In 1984, she came out with the terrific album, ' I Am what I Am," with a title song of passionate affirmation strong enough to musically reunite a culture scattered by the closing of the clubs and the pall that Aids was now casting over city night life For Gloria, it would be another big hit. Gloria had toured the world performing in some 75 countries, giving concerts before Princess Grace Of Monaco and the families of President Carter and Sadat, among other's; and though Gloria was all the while performing occasionally in select clubs in the U.S., she began to spend a great deal of time in Europe, where her fans, particularly the French and the Italians, worshipped her. Between 1985 and 1990 she released some six albums in Italy. The albums increasingly reflected her own new music, including some self-penned and some gospel, and some would include the favorites her fans wouldn't let die. She continued to perform at major events, headlining the very first East- West German reunification concert and sang for Elizabeth Taylor's Aids benefits. Then, something extraordinaryA huge seventies revival started in America; with it, disco, and with it, disco's biggest star Gloria appeared in the television spectacular, "Celebration of the 70 'S, with renditions of "I will Survive" and "Never Can Say Goodbye" that showed she hadn't lost one iota of her power or her luster. GAYNOR, who never went away, was back !!!!!! In 1995, two albums were released: in Europe, "Best Of Gloria Gaynor" streaking up the charts. It includes a completely remixed version of "I will Survive ". Here, Radikal Records put out a double CD, "I'll Be There," which includes a great duet with Isaac Hayes on Barry white's classic, "You Are My Everything," along with some old, some new, some ballads and some gospel. Gloria's autobiography for St Martins Press, called what else? "I will Survive," in which Gloria Gaynor tells you not only how she survived, but how anyone can survive the struggle and heart ache that life all too often brings. She's in the final throes of her next U.S. album, which includes a mixture of Ballads, Dance Music, and Gospel that brings out her versatility. This album will feature mixes by some of today´s hottest mixologists and is sure to please Gloria Gaynor fans, old and new. Gloria Gaynor still lives in New Jersey with her husband of twenty years. Though she never had children, she dotes on some thirty nine nephews and nieces. She credits the happiness and stability she feels today to God's presence in her life; believes that her music is the tool he uses to pierce the flesh to get through to the spirit. GLORIA GAYNOR uplifts us all.