Gloria Gaynor clubs, and then on the Club Play chart in late 1983/early 1984. "I Am What I Am" became a gay anthem and made Gaynor a gay icon. Her 1986 album, "The Power of Gloria Gaynor", was almost entirely composed of cover versions of other songs that were popular at the time. Gaynor's career received a revitalizing spark in the early and mid 1990s with the worldwide disco revival movement. During the late 1990s, she dabbled in acting for a while, guest starring on "The Wayans Bros", "That '70s Show" (singing "I Will Survive"), and "Ally McBeal," before doing a limited
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,