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 Guinness Dolores and stepson Patrick, she was the grandmother of Maria "Alexandra" Guinness (b. 1956), who married Foulques, Count de Quatrebarbes (b. 1948) in 1979, and, after their divorce, Neville Cook; Loel Patrick Guinness (b. 1957); and Victoria Guinness (b. 1960), who married Philip Niarchos in 1984, son of Greek shipping magnate Stavros Niarchos. Gloria Guinness Gloria Guinness (born Gloria Rubio Alatorre; August 27, 1913 – November 9, 1980) was a socialite and fashion icon, as well as a contributing editor to "Harper's Bazaar" from 1963-71. Born in Guadalajara, Mexico, she was a daughter of José Rafael Rubio Torres (1880-1916), a