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Perhaps second and then Donna Summer, Gloria Gaynor is becoming among the best-known female disco artists from your ’70s because of the ongoing success of her monster 1979 hit (and subsequent “woman’s anthem”), “I’LL Survive.” Blessed Gloria Fowles on Sept 7, 1949, in Newark, NJ, the vocalist (who began heading …

b. 4 Sept 1949, Newark, NJ, USA. Colson performed piano from early child years and studied thoroughly, attaining a qualification at Northwestern University or college College of Music before settling in Chicago where he became a significant person in the Black Performers Group (Handbag). During this time period, he wedded …