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"Gloria" (Italian pronunciation: [ˈɡlɔːrja]) is a 1979 song written and composed in Italian by Umberto Tozzi and Giancarlo Bigazzi, and first translated to English by Jonathan King. A 1982 cover version by American singer Laura Branigan , with different English lyrics, peaked at number two on the US Billboard Hot 100 and has been certified ...
The song is the leading single of the 1980 album Tozzi.It is characterised by the frenetic series of on-beat cadences and by the use of truncated rhymes. [1] Its style has been described as heavily influenced by disco, with strong rock overtones. [2]
Branigan is the debut studio album by American singer Laura Branigan, released on March 8, 1982 by Atlantic Records.The album's lead single, "All Night with Me", reached number 69 on the US Billboard Hot 100, while the second single, an English version of Italian singer Umberto Tozzi's song "Gloria", was a commercial success, propelling Branigan to international prominence.
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Gloria Williams (August 1, 1942 - July 5, 2000) was an American singer notable for being the original lead singer of an early incarnation of Martha and the Vandellas under the name The Del-Phis. Born Gloria Jean Williamson in Detroit , Michigan in 1942, Williams auditioned for a spot in a girl group in 1957, and found herself accompanying ...
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. Then, 40 years ...
The "Gloria" video, written and directed by Meiert Avis, was filmed in October 1981 on a barge in Grand Canal Dock in Dublin near Windmill Lane. "Gloria" was the first U2 music video that received heavy airplay on MTV. The video featured U2 playing on a barge while a crowd of onlookers danced.
Amor y Suerte: Éxitos Romanticos is the fourth compilation album released by American singer Gloria Estefan, but is the twenty-fifth album overall. It released in 2004. The album was released in some European countries with the alternate title Amor y Suerte: The Spanish Love Songs. [1]