Stories (Gloria Gaynor Album)
''Stories'' is the eighth album by Gloria Gaynor, released in 1980. Failing to produce any hit singles, ''Stories'' didn't fare as well as its predecessors and peaked at #178 on the Billboard 200, ''Billboard'' 200. This album has yet to be reissued on Compact disc, CD. Critical reception ''Billboard (magazine), Billboard's'' reviewer noted with satisfaction that "Gaynor deserts the dictates of disco for an album of classic pop-soul songs". He singled out "Ain't No Bigger Fool" and "Make Me Yours" as fine examples of the Motown sound brought up-to-date, with powerful bass lines, beefy brass and call-and-response backup vocals". As well as a couple of ballads, "Don't Read Me Wrong" and "The Luckiest Girl In The World," that "underscore Gaynor's versatility". As a result critic called ''Stories'' a "singer's best LP in years". Track listing Personnel *Gloria Gaynor - vocals *Nathan East - bass guitar *Freddie Perren - keyboards *Bob Bowles - guitar *Bob Zimmitti - percussion *Er ...
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Gloria Gaynor
Gloria Gaynor ( née Fowles; born September 7, 1943) is an American singer, best known for the disco era hits "I Will Survive" (1978), " Let Me Know (I Have a Right)" (1979), " I Am What I Am" (1983), and her version of "Never Can Say Goodbye" (1974). Early life Gaynor was born Gloria Fowles in Newark, New Jersey, to Daniel Fowles and Queenie Mae Proctor. Her grandmother lived nearby and was involved in her upbringing. "There was always music in our house", Gaynor wrote in her autobiography ''I Will Survive''. She enjoyed listening to the radio, and to records by Nat King Cole and Sarah Vaughan. Her father played the ukulele and guitar and sang professionally in nightclubs with a group called Step 'n' Fetchit. Gloria grew up a tomboy; she had five brothers and one sister. Her brothers sang gospel and formed a quartet with a friend. Gaynor was not allowed to sing with the all-male group, nor was her younger brother Arthur, as Gloria was a girl and he was too young. Arthur later ...
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