() is a precision tools maker from Japan. The company was founded as Daiichi-Seitosho Co. Ltd. in May 1937, as an industrial abrasive wheels manufacturer.

In December 1968, it developed and released an ultra-thin resinoid cutting wheel, MICRON-CUT. As the cutting equipment at the time often caused damage to the abrasive wheels, the corporation moved into the market, releasing an automatic scriber and dicing saw in April 1975.

The company adopted the name of DISCO Corporation in May 1977, was listed with the Japan Securities Dealers' Association in October 1989, and entered the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange in December 1999.

DISCO Corporation makes dicing saws and laser saws to cut semiconductor silicon wafers and other materials; grinders to process silicon and compound semiconductor wafers to ultra-thin levels; polishing machines to remove the grinding damage layer from the wafer back-side and to increase chip strength.

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Name	Gloria Gaynor
Background	solo_singer
Alias	Queen of Disco
Birth date	September 07, 1949
Birth place	Newark, New Jersey
Origin	United States of America
Genre	Dance-pop, disco, R&B;
Occupation	Singer-songwriter, actress
Years active	1965–present
Instrument	Vocals
Label	MGM (1965–76)Polydor (1976–83)Chrysalis (1984–85)Stylus (1986–88)Hot Productions (1996–97)Logic (2000–04)Radikal (2005–Present)
Associated acts	Soul Satisfiers, Marvin Gaye, Luther Vandross
Website	www.gloriagaynor.com }}

Gloria Gaynor (born Gloria Fowles; September 7, 1949) is an American singer, best known for the disco era hits; "I Will Survive" (Hot 100 number 1, 1979), "Never Can Say Goodbye" (Hot 100 number 9, 1974), "Let Me Know (I Have a Right)" (Hot 100 number 42, 1980) and "I Am What I Am" (R&B; number 82, 1983).

Early career

Gaynor was a singer with the Soul Satisfiers, a jazz/pop band, in the 1960s. Her first solo single was "She'll Be Sorry/Let Me Go Baby" (1965).

Her first real success came in 1975 with the release of her album ''Never Can Say Goodbye'', which established her as a disco artist. The first side of this album consisted of three disco songs ("Honey Bee", "Never Can Say Goodbye" and "Reach Out, I'll Be There"), with no breaks in between the songs. This 19-minute dance marathon proved to be enormously popular, especially at dance clubs. All three songs were released as singles via radio edits, and all of them became hits. The album was instrumental in introducing disco music to the public, "Never Can Say Goodbye" becoming the first song to top ''Billboard'' magazine's dance chart. Capitalizing on the success of her first album, Gloria Gaynor quickly released her second album, ''Experience Gloria Gaynor'', later that same year. While this album was also successful, it was not quite as popular as her previous album in the mainstream.

Some of her lesser-known singles, due to lack of recurrent airplay — including "Honey Bee" (1974), "Casanova Brown" (1975), and "Let's Make A Deal" (1976) — became hits in the clubs and reached the Top 5 on ''Billboard'''s disco charts. After her 1976 album, ''I've Got You'', Gaynor shifted from her hit production team, to work with other productions. While it seemed like a good move, her subsequent producers did not seem to match Gaynor's vocal approach and style as well.

Major mainstream breakthrough

In the next few years, Gloria Gaynor released the albums ''Glorious'' and ''Park Avenue Sound'', but would only enjoy a few moderate hits. However, in late 1978, with the release of her album ''Love Tracks'', she climbed the pop charts again because of her song "I Will Survive". The lyrics of this song are written from the point of view of a woman, recently dumped, telling her former lover that she can cope without him and does not want anything more to do with him. The song has become something of an anthem of female emancipation, and is still a staple of office parties and karaoke nights.

Interestingly, "I Will Survive" was originally the B-side when Polydor Records released it in late 1978. The A-side, a song called "Substitute", then a recent worldwide hit for South African girl-group Clout, was considered more "radio friendly". Boston Disco Radio DJ Jack King turned the record over and recalls being stunned by what he heard. "I couldn't believe they were burying this monster hit on the B-side", says King. "I played it and played it and my listeners went nuts!" This massive audience response forced the record company to flip the songs, so that subsequent copies of the single listed the more popular song on the A-side. King was honored at New York's "Disco Masters Awards Show" for 3 consecutive years (1979–1981) in recognition of his relentless push of the song. The song was awarded the only Grammy Award ever for Best Disco Recording in 1980.

As a disco number, the song was unique for its time by virtue of Gaynor's having no background singers. And, unlike her first disco hits, the track was not pitched up to make it faster and to render Gaynor's recorded voice in a higher register than that in which she actually sang. Most disco hits at the time were heavily produced, with multiple voices, overdubs, and adjustments to pitch and speed. "I Will Survive" had a much more spare and "clean" sound. Had it been originally planned and released as an A-side, it would almost certainly have undergone a substantially more heavy-handed remix. In late 1979, she released the album ''I Have a Right'' which contained her next disco hit, "Let Me Know (I Have a Right)", which featured Doc Severinsen of ''The Tonight Show'' fame, on trumpet solo. 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.

Stateside career

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. The album's singles barely registered on Urban contemporary radio, where disco music remained popular. In 1982, having looked into a wide variety of faiths and religious movements, she became a Christian and began to distance herself from a past she considered to be sinful. She would not release an album in 1982. In 1983, she released an album entitled ''Gloria Gaynor'', in which she rejected disco for mid-tempo R&B; and Pop style songs. The album contained a patriotic song called "America" as well as a new version of "I Will Survive". In this new version of "I Will Survive", she changed the lyrics of the song in order to advertise her new conversion to Christianity. The words "It took all the strength I had not to fall apart" were changed to "Only the Lord could give me strength not to fall apart". The album was not a success in the Pop, Dance or Urban markets. This move proved to be a turn off to all other than her devoted fans.

Gaynor would achieve her final success in the '80s with the release of her album ''I Am Gloria Gaynor'' in 1984. This was mainly due to the song "I Am What I Am", which became a hit at dance clubs, and then on the Club Play chart in late 1983/early 1984. "I Am What I Am" made Gaynor a gay icon. However, her career went into sharp decline following this hit. She mainly made her living outside of the US where there was never any disco backlash. Her 1986 album, ''The Power of Gloria Gaynor'', was almost entirely composed of cover versions of other songs that were popular at the time. The album was ignored, becoming a commercial failure.

Career revival

Gaynor's career received a revitalizing spark in the early and mid 1990s with the worldwide Disco revival movement. During the late 1990s, she dabbled in acting for a while, guest starring on ''The Wayans Bros'', ''That '70s Show'', and ''Ally McBeal'' before doing a limited engagement performance in Broadway's ''Smokey Joe's Cafe''. In 2001 Gaynor performed "I Will Survive" at the 30th Anniversary Concert for Michael Jackson.

Gloria Gaynor returned to the recording studio in 2002, releasing her first album in over 15 years, entitled, ''I Wish You Love''. The two singles released from the album, "Just Keep Thinking About You" and "I Never Knew", both topped ''Billboard'''s Hot Dance Music/Club Play. Both singles also secured moderate to heavy Dance format radio airplay. The latter song also charted #30 on ''Billboard'''s Adult Contemporary chart. In 2004, Gaynor re-released her 1997 album ''The Answer'' (also released under the title ''What a Life'') as a follow up to her successful album ''I Wish You Love''. The album includes her popular club hit "Oh, What a Life".

On September 19, 2005, Gaynor was honored twice when she and her music were inducted into the Dance Music Hall of Fame. She was inducted in the ''Artist Inductees'' category along with fellow disco legends Chic and the late Sylvester. Her classic anthem "I Will Survive" was inducted under the ''Records Inductees'' category. In January 2008, The American Diabetes Association named Gaynor the Honorary Spokesperson of the 2008 NYC Step Out To Fight Diabetes Walk.

More television appearances followed in the late 2000s with 2009 appearances on ''The John Kerwin Show'', ''The Wendy Williams Show'', and ''The View'' to promote the 30th anniversary of "I Will Survive". In 2010, she appeared on ''Last Comic Standing'' and ''The Tonight Show''.

After almost 30 years of its release, Gaynor continues to ride the success of "I Will Survive", touring the country and the world over and performing her signature song on dozens of TV shows. A few successful remixes of the song during the 1990s and 2000s along with new versions of the song by Lonnie Gordon, Diana Ross, Chantay Savage, rock group Cake and others as well as constant recurrent airplay on nearly all Soft AC and Rhythmic format radio stations have helped to keep the song in the mainstream. 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. It's quite an honor."''

Gaynor and her husband have been residents of Green Brook, New Jersey. She is recording a Contemporary Christian album with some new dance singles planned for release later in 2012.

As of early March, Gaynor announced on her official Facebook page that see will be in Warped Tour 2012. She noted, "I am honored to be playing in Warped Tour, trying to bring back classic music to this generation of kids. This is not like Warped Tour to add an old classic artist, but they said it was the right choice for who they had in mind. Gaynor included that she is playing at all 41 concerts.

Discography

Albums

1975: ''Never Can Say Goodbye'' (MGM) - US Pop #25, US R&B; #21

1975: ''Experience Gloria Gaynor'' (MGM) - US Pop #64, US R&B; #32

1976: ''I've Got You'' (Polydor) - US Pop #107, US R&B; #40

1977: ''Glorious'' (Polydor) - US Pop #183

1978: ''Park Avenue Sound'' (Polydor)

1978: ''Love Tracks'' (Polydor) - US Pop #4, US R&B; #4

1979: ''I Have a Right'' (Polydor) - US Pop #58, US R&B; #56

1980: ''Stories'' - US Pop #178

1981: ''I Kinda Like Me'' (Polydor) -US Pop #206

1982: ''Gloria Gaynor'' (Ecstacy) - US Pop #210

1983: ''I Am Gloria Gaynor'' (Chrysalis)

1986: ''The Power of Gloria Gaynor'' (Stylus)

1990: ''Gloria Gaynor '90''

1992: ''Love Affair''

1995: ''I'll Be There'' (Radikal)

1997: ''The Answer'' (Florical)

2002: ''I Wish You Love'' (Bell)

2005: ''Live! At John J. Burns Town Park'' (Instant Live)

2007: ''Christmas Presence'' (Glolo)

Compilations

1977 - ''The Best of Gloria Gaynor''

1982 - ''Greatest Hits''

1994 - ''Reach Out''

1995 - ''I'll Be There''

1996 - ''The Collection''

1998 - ''I Will Survive: The Anthology''

1998 - ''The Gloria Gaynor Album''

2000 - ''20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of Gloria Gaynor''

2001 - ''Ten Best: The Millennium Versions''

2002 - ''I Will Survive''

2006 - ''All The Hits Remixed''

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions
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		-	55	-	-	-
	9	34	1	-	2
		60	-	-	-	14
	-	-	6	-	-
align="left"	98	-	8	-	-
	-	-	-	-	44
	-	-	1	-	-
	98	24	-	-	-
	75	73	-	-	33
1976		-	95	-	-	-
		1	4	1	-	1
align="left"	107	78	-	-	-
		-	16	-	-	-
	42	-	-	-	32
1980		-	-	-	-	-
1981		-	76	-	-	-
1983	align="left"	-	82	-	-	13
1984		-	-	-	-	-
1985		-	-	-	-	-
1986		-	-	-	-	-
1987		-	-	-	-	-
1993		-	-	-	-	5
1997		-	-	12	-	-
1998		-	-	-	-	-
2000		-	-	-	-	67
2001		-	-	1	-	-
2002		-	-	1	30	-
2006		-	-	-	-	-
2008	align="left"	-	-	-	-	-

See also

List of artists who reached number one on the Hot 100 (U.S.)

List of artists who reached number one on the U.S. Dance chart

List of number-one dance hits (United States)

List of number-one hits (United States)

References

External links

Official website

Gloria Gaynor interview

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birth date	July 30, 1950
birth place	New York City, New York, U.S.
occupation	Actor, musician
genre	Rock, Soft Rock
goldenraspberryawards	Worst Original Song1985 ''Rambo: First Blood Part II''for the song "Peace in Our Life"
years active	1976–present
parents	Frank Stallone Sr., Jackie Stallone
relatives	Sylvester Stallone (brother)Sage Stallone (nephew) }}

Frank P. Stallone, Jr. (born July 30, 1950) is an American actor, singer/guitarist and Golden Globe and Grammy Award-nominated songwriter. He has appeared in many Hollywood films and television. He is the younger brother of Sylvester Stallone.

Early life

Stallone was born in New York City. He is the younger brother of Sylvester Stallone and the son of Jacqueline "Jackie" Stallone (née Labofish), an astrologer, former dancer, and promoter of women's wrestling, and Frank Stallone, Sr., a hairdresser and an immigrant from Castellammare del Golfo (province of Trapani, Sicilia, Italy).

In his teen years he went to Lincoln High School in Northeast Philadelphia. Frank Started his career around the time of high school singing on street corners and making money with his guitar.

Career

1980s to 1990s

Stallone has worked as a singer in the tradition of American big band jazz and popular music, in a vocal style reminiscent of his idol Frank Sinatra. He tours with his own orchestra under conductor Paul Vesco, and has also worked with conductors Sammy Nestico and Billy May. Stallone has released a number of albums, including ''Day In Day Out'' with Sammy Nestico (1991; A1 Records: FSTCD1) and "Close Your Eyes" with Billy May (1996; Coolnote).

Stallone wrote and performed "Far From Over" for the 1983 film ''Staying Alive''. The song was released mid April 1983. The song peaked at #10 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming his only major pop hit. The song was nominated for a Golden Globe award for Best Original Song from a Motion Picture and a Grammy Award for Best Album of Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television Special.

A self-titled album soon followed from RSO, in the style of 1980s pop. The album featured a slightly remixed (and abridged) version of "Far From Over" as well as the song, "Darlin'," which peaked at #81 on the Billboard Hot 100 in May 1984.

In the mid-1990s, Stallone became the subject of a running gag on ''Saturday Night Live'', during its "Weekend Update" segment hosted by Norm Macdonald. During each episode, Macdonald (at some point in the mock-newscast) would read a legitimate news headline, then would propose a question asking the cause of that news, which would always be answered by, "You guessed it—Frank Stallone." At that moment, a publicity photo of Stallone would appear on the screen behind Macdonald. Example:

2000s

Stallone is also an amateur boxer and appeared as a boxing consultant on the NBC reality television series ''The Contender'' in 2005. Frank Stallone has appeared on the Howard Stern Radio and TV show on several occasions. During one appearance on the Howard Stern Show, Frank Stallone had a boxing match with TV reporter Geraldo Rivera; Frank Stallone won the bout.

In 2007, he appeared as himself at a meeting of 'Siblings Anonymous' in the film ''Fred Claus'' (see cast list).

In 2008, he embarked on a tour with his own Frank Stallone Band, which features himself on lead vocals and rhythm guitar.

Stallone was a contestant on Hulk Hogan's Celebrity Championship Wrestling, a new reality competition series on CMT that follows 10 celebrity contestants as they are trained to be professional wrestlers. He was the second celebrity eliminated and was also eliminated in the second episode.

He has also appeared in a fourth season episode of ''Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!'' where he sang about how he was going to turn his fictional daughter's bedroom into a computer room and kick her out of the house.

During the 2009 second season of the ifc show "Z Rock" Frank Stallone is featured throughout the episode "mini Kiss".

In late 2009, he was added to the cast of '':The Smoking Gun Presents: World's Dumbest...'' on truTV. He remains in cast as of the 2011 season, the show airs Thursday nights at 9/8 central.

He performed a one off show, "Let Me Be Frank With You" at the Forum Theatre in Melbourne, Australia, which was organized by Hamish and Andy on the 18th of August 2010.

Discography

''Let Me Be Frank With You'' (2010)

''Songs From the Saddle'' (2005)

''In Love In Vain'' (2003)

''Frankie and Billy'' (2002)

''Stallone on Stallone – By Request'' (2002)

''Full Circle'' (2000)

''Soft and Low'' (1999)

''Close Your Eyes'' (1993)

''Day in Day Out'' (1991)

''Frank Stallone'' (1985)

Singles

"Far From Over" (1983) (#10 Billboard Hot 100)

Filmography

''Z Rock'' (2009) .... Himself

''Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!'' (2009) .... Himself

''Fred Claus'' (2007) .... Himself

''Rocky Balboa'' (2006) .... diner patron

''Taken by Force'' (2006) (filming) .... Schultz

''Angels with Angles'' (2005) (post-production) .... Elvis Presley

''Hitters'' (2002) .... Spilotri

''Get Carter'' (2000) (cameo) .... guy at funeral

''Doublecross On Costa's Island'' (1997) .... Marty Moretti

''The Good Life'' (1997)

''Ground Rules'' (1997)

''Strange Wilderness'' (1997) .... Old Man

''Total Force'' (1997) .... Jack O'Hara

''Billy Lone Bear'' (1996)

''The Garbage Man'' (1996)

''Public Enemies'' (1996) .... Alvin Karpis

... aka ''Public Enemy #1''

''Lethal Cowboy'' (1995) .... Frank

''Taken Alive'' (1995) .... Marty Moretti

''Tombstone'' (1993) .... Ed Bailey

''Return of the Roller Blade Seven'' (1993) .... Black Knight

''The Legend of the Rollerblade Seven'' (1992) .... The Black Knight

''Hudson Hawk'' (1991) .... Cesar Mario

''The Roller Blade Seven'' (1991) .... Black Knight

''Terror in Beverly Hills'' (1991) .... Hack Stone

''Lethal Games'' (1990) .... Mac Richards

''Masque of the Red Death'' (1990) .... Duke

''Ten Little Indians'' (1989) .... Capt. Philip Lombard

... aka ''Death on Safari''

''Easy Kill'' (1989) .... Frank Davies/Alex Anderson

''Order of the Eagle'' (1989) .... Quill

''Prime Suspect'' (1989) .... Gene Chambers

''Heart of Midnight'' (1988) .... Ledray

''Killing Blue'' (1988) .... Jack Miskowski

... aka ''Midnight Cop ''

''Crossing the Mob'' (1988) (TV) .... Anthony D'Amato

''Fear'' (1988) ... Armitage

...aka ''Honor Betrayed''

''Take Two'' (1988) ... Ted

''Barfly'' (1987) .... Eddie

''Outlaw Force'' (1987) ... Grady Purella

''The Pink Chiquitas'' (1987) ... Tony Mareda Jr.

''Savage Harbor'' (1987) ... Joe

...aka ''Death Feud''

...aka ''Raggedy Anne''

...aka ''Slammers''

''W.A.R. Women Against Rape'' (1987) ... Walter Taggert

...aka ''Death Blow''

...aka ''I Will Dance on Your Grave: Lethal Victims''

''The Road to Freedom: L. Ron Hubbard and Friends'' ... Himself

''Rambo: First Blood Part II'' (1985) ... singer ("Peace In Our Life")

''Staying Alive'' (1983) ... Carl

''Hotline'' (1982) ... Barnie

''Rocky III'' (1982) ... singer

''Rocky II'' (1979) ... singer

''Paradise Alley'' (1978) ... singer

''Rocky'' (1976) ... streetcorner singer

References

External links

The Official Frank Stallone Website

Adam Carolla Interviews Frank Stallone, August 2009.

The Frank Effect

Tom Green Live interview with Frank Stallone

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