LOS ANGELESLOS ANGELES — Nearly 50 years ago, Gloria Gaynor released “I Will Survive,” the first disco song to top the Billboard charts and the only one to be awarded a Grammy for best disco recording ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Gloria Gaynor’s contributions to music extend far beyond the disco era that first catapulted her to fame. While “I Will Survive” remains her most iconic hit, Gaynor’s broader catalog ...

Gloria Gaynor is thinking about the legacy of one of her most famous songs, “I Will Survive.” During Lifetime's "Voices of a Lifetime" event at the Hard Rock Hotel in New York City last month, Gaynor, ...

All right, go ahead, wherever you are, and sing along, because you know that you know the words. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "I WILL SURVIVE") GLORIA GAYNOR: (Singing) At first I was afraid. I was petrified.

Is there an opening line provokes a stronger response than, "At first I was afraid..."? Have you ever - and I mean ever - been somewhere where those five words played and more than half of the room ...