Donna Summer - ? Feel Love
Like the King of Pop or the Queen of Soul, Donna Summer was bestowed a title fitting of musical royalty — the Queen of Disco.
"Her records sound as good today as they ever did. That she has never been inducted into the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame is a total disgrace especially when I see the second-rate talent that has been inducted," he said. "She is a great friend to me and to the Elton John AIDS Foundation and I will miss her greatly."
Summer, real name LaDonna Adrian Gaines, was born in 1948 in Boston. She was raised on gospel music and became the soloist in her church choir by age 10.
"I like the Moody Blues, the Beatles and the Rolling Stones as well as Aretha Franklin, Dionne Warwick, the Supremes and Temptations," she said. "I didn't know many white kids who didn't know the Supremes; I don't know many black kids who don't know the Moody Blues." her All Music biography.
Ms. Summer's suicide attempt came at the end of two years of extraordinary success. Her first major disco hit was the overtly sexual 17-minute song ''Love to Love You Baby,'' from the album of the same title, released in 1975. The song, she said, was an effort to imitate the breathy voice and style of Marilyn Monroe. With Mr. Moroder producing and Mr. Bogart, who ran Casablanca Records, guiding her, Ms. Summer released two more albums in 1976, ''A Love Trilogy'' and ''The Four Seasons of Love,'' which solidified her disco and pop audience
Her latest double-disk CD set, The Journey: The Very Best of Donna Summer, was just released. She's also penned a new autobiography, Ordinary Girl: The Journey.
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PHOTOS: Donna Summer | 1948 - 2012
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