A-side and B-side pirate radio stations operating off the British coast in the 1960s would buy the publishing rights to the B-sides of records they expected to be hits, and then plug the A-sides in the hope of driving up sales and increasing their share of the royalties. Occasionally, the B-side of a single would become the more popular song. This sometimes occurred because a DJ preferred the B-side to its A-side and played it instead. Some examples include "I Will Survive" by Gloria Gaynor (originally the B-side of "Substitute"), "I'll Be Around" by the Spinners (originally the B-side of "How Could I
I Am Gloria Gaynor I Am Gloria Gaynor I Am Gloria Gaynor is the eleventh studio album by Gloria Gaynor, released in 1984 by Chrysalis Records. The most notable song on the album was Gloria Gaynor's cover of "I Am What I Am" from the musical "La Cage Aux Folles". It reached #82 on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs charts. "I Am Gloria Gaynor" was released under the name "I Am What I Am" on CD in 1996 by Hot Productions, and included two bonus cuts from her 1978 Gloria Gaynor's Park Avenue Sound album ("After The Lovin'/Sweet Sounds For My Baby" and "You're