Gloria on stage in Madrid last year (above); the legendary singer found fame in the 1970s (below) and hit the big time with her high-energy anthem to feminine power, I Will Survive
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If ever a song suited its singer, Gloria Gaynor’s I Will Survive is it. The disco staple topped the charts in 1979 – the same year the singer suffered a spinal injury after falling over a monitor on stage, leading to decades of rehabilitation.