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Her 1979 #1 hit "I Will Survive" was awarded the first and only Grammy Award for Best Disco Recording in 1980 (the category was discontinued upon disco's fall into disrepair).

Her 1979 disco hit, "I Will Survive", was named the #1 song on VH1's 100 Greatest Dance Songs, while "Never Can Say Goodbye" landed at #51.

Gloria Gaynor Day was held in the City of Newark on November 7, 2008.

She was inducted into the 2017 New Jersey Hall of Fame in the Performing Arts category.

Friends with Diana Ross.

Her 1974 version of the Jackson 5's "Never Can Say Goodbye" is widely regarded as the first big disco hit. The song, and the title album, were milestones in disco history, which led Gaynor to be crowned the "Queen of Discos" by the National Association of Discotheque Disc Jockeys at a New York ceremony on March 3rd 1975.

The middle of 7 children: she had 5 brothers and a sister. Fellow disco queen Donna Summer was also one of 7 but had 5 sisters and a brother.

Her hit single, I Will Survive, has been not only been a disco-themed song frequently played in nightclubs; it has been played frequently for various causes (e.g. benefits for AIDS, or in Gay/Lesbian gatherings).

Green Brook, New Jersey (Dezember 2008)

Song "I Never Knew" with remixes by Hex Hector reached #1 on the Billboard Dance Music/Club Play chart (2002)

Many different sources list her birth year as either 1947 or 1949, but she was in fact born in 1943.

Graduated from Newark's Southside High School in 1961.

Song "Just Keep Thinking About You" with remixes by Jonathan Peters and Almighty reached #1 on the Billboard Dance Music/Club Play chart (2001)

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