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Gloria Gaynor shares her personal playlist and musical journey from Newark to stardom

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Gloria Gaynor shares her personal playlist and musical influences, from her childhood in Newark surrounded by music, to buying her first single "Why Do Fools Fall in Love" by Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers, and the neighbor who mistook her singing for the radio. She discusses her first major hit "Never Can Say Goodbye," and songs that hold personal meaning like Carrie Underwood's "Great Is Thy Faithfulness" and Tavares' "Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel" (tied to her ex-husband).

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A neighbor mistook her hallway singing for the radio, prompting a decision to become a singer.

"Never Can Say Goodbye" became her first major hit, leading to more shows, larger audiences, and world travel.

"Great Is Thy Faithfulness" by Carrie Underwood helps her get up in the morning

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A childhood in Newark, New Jersey, with five brothers and one sister included constant music, including a mother singing “Willow Weep for Me” at age five or six. The first single bought was “Why Do Fools Fall in Love” by Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers, aft

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