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Once upon a time, a young girl stood in front of the parishioners in a Boston church. She opened her mouth to sing, and a huge voice came out – moving the congregation to tears. At that moment the girl heard the voice of God tell her, "You're gonna be famous." From that time on, the girl knew that she was destined for greatness. That girl grew up to become Donna Summer.
Most people know about her hits. Great songs like
"Last Dance," "Hot Stuff," "On The Radio"
and "She Works Hard For The Money." What most people don't
know is that Donna started off as Donna Gaines in a rock band called The
Crow. And that when the band broke up, she left school to be in the
German production of the musical Hair. Once in Germany, there was no
stopping Donna. She was active in musical theater, playing in such shows
as "Showboat," "Porgy And Bess," and "The Me
Nobody Knows." In 1971 she cut her first solo record,
"Sally Go 'Round The Roses."
By 1974, and now going by the name Donna Summer, she was doing a great deal of session work which brought her into contact with producers Giorgio Moroder and Pete Bellotte. Together they recorded "The Hostage," a song which became Donna's first hit in Europe. An album and a few more European hits followed. Then in 1975, Donna recorded "Love To Love You Baby," the song that finally brought her success in America. The rest is history.
Since then Donna Summer has racked up fourteen top ten hits, four number one singles, three platinum albums, five Grammy awards and eleven other Grammy nominations. She is the first female artist to have three number one solo singles in one year ("MacArthur Park," "Hot Stuff" and "Bad Girls") and she is the only artist to have three number one double albums in a row ("Live And More," "Bad Girls," and "On The Radio"). Over the years Donna has proven herself to be a consummate artist and songwriter – she has written or co-written many of her hits.
Hit songs include --
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What Others Say
About ...
Donna
Summer
Billboard:
"She remains in a league of her own, and her voice just gets better with time. It's not easy to continue making music when your career has been so pivotal in the overall shape and direction of a musical genre. Quite frankly, Summer deserves props for bravely stepping before a mike with such daunting standards."
Larry Flick
Washington Post:
"In a genre in which talent was rarely a prerequisite, Donna Summer emerged as disco's only truly talented female vocalist. Her crisp delivery made her an icon of the era and a survivor of disco's swift demise."
Kenneth Carroll
Good Morning America:
"She has got one of the great voices of all time. She survived adversity, adversity being -- she's a huge star in a period of time that overnight went away. She's the only star, really, of the disco scene. And that was a terrible stigma....And [she] managed to move on beyond that."
Dick Clark
Billboard:
"She is the picture of exuberance here, once again affirming why she remains an unmatchable vocalist in the mind of anyone who has ever tripped the club fantastic."
Larry Flick
Billboard:
"She is easily among the most vocal and influential artists the dance community has ever sent into the pop mainstream....[The] Donna Summer Anthology...is testimony to the power she still wields. Listen closely, and you will hear the continued influence her music has on even the most cutting-edge new releases. How many trance jams are direct descendants of "I Feel Love" and "Sunset People"? And let's keep in mind that before Madonna and Erotica there was "Love To Love You Baby" and "Hot Stuff".
Larry Flick
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