Editing Gloria Gaynor (section)

===Early years===
Gaynor was a singer with The Soul Satisfiers, a [[jazz]] and [[Rhythm and Blues|R&B]] music band of the 1960s. She recorded "She'll Be Sorry" as Gloria Gaynor in 1965, for [[Johnny Nash]]'s "Jocida" label.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NykEAAAAMBAJ&q=gloria+gaynor+jocida&pg=PA17|title=Jocinda Advertisement|magazine=Billboard|date=November 27, 1965|language=en}}</ref> Her first real success came in 1973 when she was signed to [[Columbia Records]] by [[Clive Davis]]. The fruit of that was the release of the single "Honey Bee".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-dec-29-ca-5895-story.html|title='I Will Survive' Is More Than a Song for Gloria Gaynor|date=December 29, 2000|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=October 11, 2019}}</ref>

Moving on to [[MGM Records]] she finally hit with the album ''[[Never Can Say Goodbye (Gloria Gaynor album)|Never Can Say Goodbye]]'', released in 1975. The first side of the album consisted of three songs ("Honey Bee", "[[Never Can Say Goodbye]]", and "[[Reach Out I'll Be There|Reach Out, I'll Be There]]"), with no break between the songs. This 19-minute dance marathon proved to be enormously popular, especially at dance clubs. All three songs were released as singles via radio edits and all of them became hits. The album was instrumental in introducing disco music to the public, "Never Can Say Goodbye" becoming the first song to top ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' magazine's [[Hot Dance Music/Club Play|dance chart]]. It was also a hit on the mainstream [[Billboard Hot 100|Pop Charts]], peaking at No. 9, and on the [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|R&B Charts]], reaching No. 34 (the original version by [[The Jackson 5]] had been a No. 2 hit on the Hot 100 in 1971). It also marked her first significant chart success internationally, making it into the Top 5 in Australia, Canada, Germany and the UK. The song would go on to be certified silver by the [[British Phonographic Industry]], and subsequently gold in the US.

Capitalizing on the success of her first album, Gaynor quickly released her follow-up, ''[[Experience Gloria Gaynor]]'', later that same year. Some of her lesser-known singles, due to lack of recurrent airplay—including "Honey Bee" (1974), "Casanova Brown" (1975), and "Let's Make a Deal" (1976), as well as her cover of the [[Four Tops]]' "Reach Out, I'll Be There"—became hits in nightclubs and reached the Top 5 on ''[[Billboard magazine|Billboard]]''{{'}}s disco charts. Many charted on the Hot 100 and R&B charts as well, with songs like "(If You Want It) Do It Yourself"—a No. 1 disco hit—peaking at No. 98 on the Pop Charts and No. 24 on the R&B Charts. Gaynor's cover of "[[How High the Moon]]" topped the US Dance Charts, and made the lower parts of both the pop and R&B charts, as well as achieving some international chart success. She has recorded some 16 albums since her 1976 album ''[[I've Got You (album)|I've Got You]]'', including one in England, one in Germany, and two in Italy.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gloria Gaynor |url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/people/literature-and-arts/music-popular-and-jazz-biographies/gloria-gaynor |publisher=[[Encyclopedia.com]]}}</ref>