Gloria Gaynor Gloria Gaynor Gloria Gaynor (born September 7, 1949) is an American singer, best known for the disco era hits "I Will Survive" (Hot 100 number 1, 1979), "Never Can Say Goodbye" (Hot 100 number 9, 1974), "Let Me Know (I Have a Right)" (Hot 100 number 42, 1980) and "I Am What I Am" (R&B number 82, 1983). Gloria Fowles was born in 1949 in Newark, New Jersey, to Daniel Fowles and Queenie Mae Proctor. Her grandmother lived nearby and was involved in her upbringing. "There was always music in our house", Gaynor wrote in her autobiography, "I Will Survive".
Gloria Foy Kay Kyser at the Miramar Theater in September. Gloria Foy died in Hollywood, California from kidney disease in 1977, aged 75. Gloria Foy Gloria Foy (born October 25, 1901 – died February 27, 1977) was an American dancer, singer, vaudeville performer, and star of musical revues. She was a slim and energetic blonde from Lima, Ohio. Her family were theatrical people. Her father was Harry Foy, but she was no relation to the more famous Eddie Foy. Foy came to prominence in the John Murray Anderson Revue in March 1920, aged 18. She once claimed she gained an inch of