Gloria Gaynor Performs 'I Will Survive' In The Library Of Congress
The Library of Congress threw a retrospective, "Bibliodiscotheque," in honor of the genre's history — the event could be considered its finish line.
by Andrew Flanagan
May 09, 2017
2 minutes
Gloria Gaynor's "I Will Survive" hit the top of 's singles chart in early March 1979, displacing Rod Stewart's disco spoof "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy." After a decade dominated by disco, Gaynor's song (released the previous October on the album ) provided a capstone and also served as one of the final mile markers in a cultural phenomenon that was dominant for
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