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GLORIA GAYNOR: HER 'GOODBYE' IS HER HELLO October 1974, In person interview conducted by David Nathan in New York After having some club success with "Honeybee" Gloria Gaynor was just beginning to get her career in gear when David met her in midtown Manhattan as her disco version of the Jackson Five's "Never Can Say Goodbye" was rocketing up the charts! (c) 2007, David Nathan/SCI Enterprises, All rights reserved |
THERE’S NO disputing the fact that Gloria Gaynor’s “Never Can Say Goodbye” is currently on of the fastest rising records on the charts
in the States today. Having enjoyed a run of several consecutive weeks as the top disco record out of New York, it is now on the
national pop charts and the r&b charts and shows every sign of breaking wide open. Even on this side of Atlantic, Gloria is picking up
considerable sales and national airplay, suggesting that she could well find herself with a chart entry here too within a short space of
time.
When we spoke with Gloria a few weeks ago in New York (which is her home, although she hails from Newark, New Jersey), “Never Can
Say Goodbye” was showing its first signs of making it big but Gloria (a self-confessed pessimist) said that she didn’t feel like she’d
made it yet. “It’s so easy to have disappointments and let-downs in this business that I try not to be too excited when anything nice
looks like it’s gonna happen. That way, when good things come about, I can appreciate them more. When the record has really gone all
the way on the pop charts – then I’ll feel that I’ve gotten somewhere. Sure. It’s great to see it selling and of course, I’m very happy with all
the interest that’s being show. And of course, having the record doing so well in discos – you know, that’s where it all started. It’s the
same thing with my previous release. “Honeybee”. But that didn’t crossover ‘pop’ like this one’s doing.”
“Honeybee” was one of the biggest disco records on this side of the water when it was finally released early this year. Unfortunately,
one of those classic cases of a fine record getting lost and losing a lot of its sales impact because of heavy import sales prior to this
original release on CBS here. But the story behind “Honeybee” is pretty interesting in itself....
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| GLORIA GAYNOR 1974 Interview (GG-74-2007) Conducted by David Nathan, (c) 2007, David Nathan/SCI Enterprises |
