Gloria Gaynor herself singing the song on Twitter on August 30, 2017. 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
William J. Gaynor (fireboat) they took the praise and didn't inform him they had no choice, since they had run aground, and couldn't move until the next tide raised the river's level. In July, 1958, Otto H. Winderl, the "Gaynor"s pilot, and Eugene E. Kenny, the "Gaynor"s Captain, were called to testify as a witness at a Coast Guard board of inquiry into the deadly collision of the freighter Nebraska and the tanker Empress Bay. The tanker burst into flame. The Gaynor and other service vessels had difficulty rescuing survivors. The Nebraska's propeller ripped a large hole in the "Gaynor"s hull. Two crewmembers died,