Albin's Act I finale number, " I Am What I Am ", was recorded by Gloria Gaynor and proved to be one of her biggest hits.

To appease her mother, who wanted Gaynor to have " something to fall back on ," she went to beauty school and took business courses.

Said Gaynor of her biggest hit in a 2012 interview " It feels great to have such a song like that because I get kids five and six years old telling me they like the song, and then people seventy-five and eighty.

Gaynor and her husband have been residents of Green Brook, New Jersey.

Noteworthy persons of the town have included Stanford White, architect ; William Jay Gaynor, New York State Supreme Court Justice and Mayor of New York City ; Willie Collier, actor and playwright ; Mick Foley, Professional Wrestler ; Axella Johannesson, musician ; Soledad O ' Brien, television personality ; and John Petrucci, lead guitar player for Dream Theater.

The kind of film in which Will Rogers, Janet Gaynor, and Victor Moore appear is what we have in mind.

Other international stars that have appeared in the show through the years are: Ricky Martin, t. A. T. u., Will Smith ( three times ), Arnold Schwarzenegger, Kevin James, Sylvia Saint, Diego Maradona, Christina Aguilera, David Copperfield, Drew Barrymore, Cameron Díaz, Lucy Liu, Chris Rock, John Leguizamo, N * SYNC, The Backstreet Boys, Gloria Gaynor, Shakira and The Rock.

Throughout the years the Curb Companies have had major successes with such artists as the Stone Poneys ( featuring Linda Rondstadt ), Eric Burdon and War, Sammy Davis Jr., the Osmond Family ( including Donny & Marie ), Lou Rawls, Exile, the Righteous Brothers, Solomon Burke, Gloria Gaynor, the Hondells, the Arrows ( featuring Davie Allan ), Lyle Lovett, Roy Orbison, the Electric Flag ( featuring Mike Bloomfield and Buddy Miles ), the Sylvers, and the Four Seasons.

Artists such as Cher, Madonna, Beyoncé, Bette Midler, Chaka Khan, Grace Jones, Yoko Ono, LL Cool J, Gloria Gaynor, and George Clinton and the P-Funk All-Stars have all performed at the Roxy.

His parents Gaynor and the now late John Taylor set up the Richard Taylor Memorial Fund to raise funds to have the Skatepark at the Knap, Barry upgraded and dedicated to his memory.

Other famous names who have performed there include: Edith Piaf, Sylvie Vartan, Johnny Hallyday, Maurice Chevalier, Marlene Dietrich, Josephine Baker, Kessler Twins, Elton John, Laurel & Hardy, Dalida, Shirley MacLaine, Mitzi Gaynor, Noël Coward, and many others.

He tells her that the key to dealing with Krusty is to always be prepared to cater to his needs -- have a cigar at the ready, never directly look him in the eye, and pretend to know who Mitzi Gaynor is if he mentions her – he always does.

Architect John Painter Gaynor, who later worked with Ralston on the Palace Hotel in San Francisco, is thought to have worked on it.

Although the band described it as a serious take on the original, one they'd been playing live for years, original performer Gloria Gaynor considers it her least favorite version of the song due to its use of profanity.

The band toured to support the release, playing as a basic five-piece ( Kerr, Burchill, Gaynor, Foster and Taylor ) and cutting down on the extended arrangements of the last few large tours.

She made a cameo in the 1937 film A Star is Born, playing a movie studio receptionist who advises Janet Gaynor to go back home.

Stander was in a string of films over the next three years, appearing most notably in Frank Capra's Mr. Deeds Goes to Town ( 1936 ) with Gary Cooper, playing Archie Goodwin in Meet Nero Wolfe ( 1936 ) and The League of Frightened Men ( 1937 ), and in A Star Is Born ( 1937 ) with Janet Gaynor and Fredric March.

Well-known late 1970s disco performers included Donna Summer, The Bee Gees, KC and the Sunshine Band, The Trammps, Van McCoy, Gloria Gaynor, The Village People, Chic, and The Jacksons — the latter which first dipped its toes into disco as The Jackson 5.

Also in 1974, Gloria Gaynor released the first side-long disco mix vinyl album, which included a remake of The Jackson 5's " Never Can Say Goodbye " and two other songs, " Honey Bee " and " Reach Out ( I'll Be There )".

A modest success, it was followed by Kelly's last musical film for MGM, Les Girls ( 1957 ), in which he partnered a trio of leading ladies, Mitzi Gaynor, Kay Kendall and Taina Elg.

Gaynor also recorded a disco song called " Love Is Just a Heartbeat Away " in 1979 for the vampire movie Nocturna: Granddaughter of Dracula which featured a number of disco songs.

In 1980 and again in 1981, Gaynor released two disco albums which were virtually ignored in the United States due to the backlash against disco, which began late in 1979.

In 1983, she released an album entitled Gloria Gaynor, in which she rejected disco for mid-tempo R & B and Pop style songs.

Gaynor is a Christain and is currently recording a Christian Compeory album which is planning to be released in late 2012.

Other films shot in widescreen were the musical Happy Days ( 1929 ) which premiered at the Roxy Theater, New York City, on February 13, 1930, starring Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell and a 12 year old Betty Grable as a chorus girl ; Song o ’ My Heart, a musical feature starring Irish tenor John McCormack and directed by Frank Borzage ( Seventh Heaven, A Farewell to Arms ), which was shipped from the labs on March 17, 1930, but never released and may no longer survive, according to film historian Miles Kreuger ( the 35mm version, however, debuted in New York on March 11, 1930 ); and the western The Big Trail ( 1930 ) starring John Wayne and Tyrone Power, Sr. which premiered at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood on October 2, 1930, all of which were also made in the 70mm Fox Grandeur process.

For a number of years, Gaynor was the Fox studios foremost actress and was given the choice of prime roles, starring in such films as Sunny Side Up ( 1929 ), Delicious ( 1931 ), Merely Mary Ann ( also 1931 ), and Adorable ( 1933 ), as well as State Fair ( 1933 ) with Will Rogers and The Farmer Takes a Wife ( 1935 ), which introduced Henry Fonda to the screen as Gaynor's leading man.

Silent star Janet Gaynor and her costume-designer husband Adrian were the first owners of a spacious estate in Northridge, which was later sold to Barbara Stanwyck and Robert Taylor.

Mel Gaynor and John Giblin both contributed to the recording ( and, in Giblin's case, to some of the writing ) but both men had left the band by the time of the album's release, by which time the band was credited as a trio of Kerr, Burchill and MacNeil.

Gaynor was reinstated as a full-time member for the European tour ( which once again featured Mark Taylor on keyboards ).

This became Forbes / Gaynor And Friends and went on to play several gigs in Italy at the end of the year — some of which were illicitly billed as being Simple Minds concerts.

Reverting to the Burchill / Kerr / Gaynor / Duffy line-up, Simple Minds recorded a new studio album, Graffiti Soul, which was released on 25 May 2009.

In early October 2010, a new line-up of Simple Minds ( Burchill, Kerr, Gaynor, Gillespie with new bassist Ged Grimes ) completed four weeks at the Sphere Recording Studios in London during which four songs were recorded and mixed for an extensive new compilation album to be called " Greatest Hits +" and for the forthcoming new Simple Minds studio album.

Street Angel was one of three movies for which Janet Gaynor received an Academy Award for Best Actress in 1929 ; the others were F. W. Murnau's Sunrise and Borzage's Seventh Heaven.

Lt. Theodore Gaynor, USMC ( American ) is a short-term member of the team introduced in the 1980s series, which takes place early in World War II.

The film itself featured four main songs, which were performed by two or more of the drag queens as a part of their show within the film ; " I've Never Been to Me " by Charlene, " I Will Survive " by Gloria Gaynor, " Finally " by CeCe Peniston and " Mamma Mia " by ABBA.

Murnau, who was also resident at Fox at this time, he developed his own style of lushly visual romanticism in a hugely successful series of films starring Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell, including Seventh Heaven ( 1927 ), for which he won the first Academy Award for Directing, Street Angel ( 1928 ) and Lucky Star ( 1929 ).

Gaynor was a singer with the Soul Satisfiers, a jazz / pop band, in the 1960s.

The core of the band is the two remaining founder members – Jim Kerr ( vocals, songwriting ) and Charlie Burchill ( guitars, keyboards after 1990, other instruments, songwriting ) – and drummer Mel Gaynor ( who first joined the band in 1982 ).

The band moved to Townhouse Studios for recording sessions with producer Peter Walsh, who introduced them to a London-born drummer called Mel Gaynor, a 22-year old session musician with plenty of experience ( including a stint drumming for The Nolans ).

Mel Gaynor was recruited ( as a full member of the band ) for the remaining dates.

Reunited with Mel Gaynor, Simple Minds hired Malcolm Foster ( ex-Pretenders ) as the new bass player and expanded the live band again by recruiting three additional touring members – backing singer Annie McCaig, percussionist Andy Duncan and violinist Lisa Germano ).

Mel Gaynor left the band in 1992 to pursue session work and other projects, and for the next two years Simple Minds were on hiatus, releasing the compilation album Glittering Prize in 1992 to mark time.

The band then reunited with Mel Gaynor for studio session in spring 1997.

Once again, Forbes and Gaynor found themselves out of the band: Mark Kerr became the new drummer and Eddie Duffy joined on bass guitar.

The displaced Forbes and Gaynor, having apparently been told that the band wasn't appearing at the festival, formed a new band of their own to play the same concert.

With Goudie opting to remain studio bound ( and Mark Kerr leaving the band lineup again ), Simple Minds once again mended their relationship with Mel Gaynor, recruiting him as tour drummer.

The core band on this album might be considered to comprise only Jim Kerr, Charlie Burchill, and Mel Gaynor, as only the three appear on the cover.

Drummer Mel Gaynor was sidelined during the album sessions ( apparently after disagreements with Trevor Horn ) and was eventually demoted to session player status, with much of the drumming in the studio being performed by Manu Katché ( from Peter Gabriel's band ) and Stewart Copeland ( ex-Police ).

For the supporting tour, the band would re-hire Mel Gaynor as drummer and recruit Malcolm Foster ( Pretenders ) as the new bass guitarist.