No words can describe the enjoyment i have experienced through the years listening to this woman sing her songs
Despite her disco sound lets not even kid ourselves her music was way deeper than the disco sound heard on the radio
Her "I Feel Love" was played on radio stations that spun the rock sound on the turn table
She gained prominence during the disco era of the late-1970s. A five-time Grammy Award winner, she was the first artist to have three consecutive double albums reach No. 1 on the United States Billboard album chart and charted four number-one singles in the U.S. within a 12-month period. Summer has reportedly sold over 140 million records, making her one of the world's best-selling artists of all time
In 2013, Donna Summers was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Despite her disco sound lets not even kid ourselves her music was way deeper than the disco sound heard on the radio
Her "I Feel Love" was played on radio stations that spun the rock sound on the turn table
She gained prominence during the disco era of the late-1970s. A five-time Grammy Award winner, she was the first artist to have three consecutive double albums reach No. 1 on the United States Billboard album chart and charted four number-one singles in the U.S. within a 12-month period. Summer has reportedly sold over 140 million records, making her one of the world's best-selling artists of all time
In 2013, Donna Summers was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Donna Summer’s lifetime in music was a study in contrasts: The “Queen of Disco,” who was a church-reared gospel singer throughout childhood and wrote most of her own songs
She won five Grammys and was the first artist to have three consecutive double-LP albums reach Number One
“Love to Love You Baby” became a huge disco hit and then crossed over to the pop and R&B charts, reaching Number Two on the pop chart and Number Three on the R&B chart
The song was Summer’s U.S. chart debut and first of 19 Number One dance hits between 1975 and 2008 (second only to Madonna)
In 1977, Summer released a concept album, I Remember Yesterday which went to Number Six on the pop chart and Number Nine on the R&B chart
That same year, Summer released another concept album, Once Upon a Time, which was a Cinderella fairy tale
The following year 1978 Summer scored her first Number One hit, a cover of Jimmy Webb’s “MacArthur Park and later that year she also appeared in the disco film Thank God It’s Friday
in the disco film Thank God It’s Friday. Summer won a Grammy for one of the songs from the soundtrack, “Last Dance.”
Donna Summer had one of her biggest years in 1979, when she released the Bad Girls album which featured two Number One hits, "Hot Stuff" and the title track. Another track, "Dim All the Lights,” went to Number Two
The success of "MacArthur Park," "Hot Stuff," "Bad Girls" and the Barbra Streisand duet "No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)" gave Summer four Number One hits in a little over a year
"Hot Stuff" also won her a second Grammy, this one for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance, the first time the category was included
In 1980, Summer switched labels, moving from Casablanca to Geffen. Her first album for Geffen was The Wanderer and title track reached Number Three on the charts
Then, in 1982, she released Donna Summer, which was produced by Quincy Jones and it included another Top 10 hit, “Love Is in Control (Finger on the Trigger).”
She Works Hard for the Money, released in 1983, was Summer’s biggest album since Bad Girls and the album reached Number Nine, while the title track went to Number Three
In 1992, Summer was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
Donna Summer died from lung cancer on May 17, 2012 at 63 years old
She won five Grammys and was the first artist to have three consecutive double-LP albums reach Number One
“Love to Love You Baby” became a huge disco hit and then crossed over to the pop and R&B charts, reaching Number Two on the pop chart and Number Three on the R&B chart
The song was Summer’s U.S. chart debut and first of 19 Number One dance hits between 1975 and 2008 (second only to Madonna)
In 1977, Summer released a concept album, I Remember Yesterday which went to Number Six on the pop chart and Number Nine on the R&B chart
That same year, Summer released another concept album, Once Upon a Time, which was a Cinderella fairy tale
The following year 1978 Summer scored her first Number One hit, a cover of Jimmy Webb’s “MacArthur Park and later that year she also appeared in the disco film Thank God It’s Friday
in the disco film Thank God It’s Friday. Summer won a Grammy for one of the songs from the soundtrack, “Last Dance.”
Donna Summer had one of her biggest years in 1979, when she released the Bad Girls album which featured two Number One hits, "Hot Stuff" and the title track. Another track, "Dim All the Lights,” went to Number Two
The success of "MacArthur Park," "Hot Stuff," "Bad Girls" and the Barbra Streisand duet "No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)" gave Summer four Number One hits in a little over a year
"Hot Stuff" also won her a second Grammy, this one for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance, the first time the category was included
In 1980, Summer switched labels, moving from Casablanca to Geffen. Her first album for Geffen was The Wanderer and title track reached Number Three on the charts
Then, in 1982, she released Donna Summer, which was produced by Quincy Jones and it included another Top 10 hit, “Love Is in Control (Finger on the Trigger).”
She Works Hard for the Money, released in 1983, was Summer’s biggest album since Bad Girls and the album reached Number Nine, while the title track went to Number Three
In 1992, Summer was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
Donna Summer died from lung cancer on May 17, 2012 at 63 years old