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Donna Summer
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Born December 31, 1948Died May 17, 2012 (63 years)
Donna Summer (born LaDonna Adrian Gaines; December 31, 1948 – May 17, 2012) was an American singer, songwriter, and actress. She gained prominence during the disco era of the 1970s and became known as the "Queen of Disco", while her music gained a global following.
Influenced by the counterculture of the 1960s, Summer became the lead singer of a psychedelic rock band named Crow and moved to New York City. In 1968 she joined a German adaptation of the musical Hair in Munich, where she spent several years living, acting, and singing. There, she met music producers Giorgio Moroder and Pete Bellotte, and they went on to record influential disco hits together such as "Love to Love You Baby" and "I Feel Love", marking Summer's breakthrough into international music markets. Summer returned to the United States in 1976, and more hits such as "Last Dance", her version of "MacArthur Park", "Heaven Knows", "Hot Stuff", "Bad Girls", "Dim All the Lights", "No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)" with Barbra Streisand, and "On the Radio" followed.
Summer amassed a total of 42 hit singles on the US Billboard Hot 100 in her lifetime, with 14 of those reaching the Top 10. She claimed a top-40 hit every year between 1975 and 1984, and from her first top-ten hit in 1976, to the end of 1982, she had 12 top-ten hits (10 were top-five hits), more than any other act during that time period. She returned to the Hot 100's top five in 1983, and claimed her final top-ten hit in 1989 with "This Time I Know It's for Real". She was the first artist to have three consecutive double albums reach the top of the US Billboard 200 chart and charted four number-one singles in the US within a 12-month period. She also charted two number-one singles on the R&B Singles chart in the US and a number-one single in the United Kingdom. Her most recent Hot 100 hit came in 1999 with "I Will Go with You (Con te partirò)". While her fortunes on the Hot 100 waned in subsequent decades, Summer remained a force on the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart throughout her entire career.
Summer died on May 17, 2012, from lung cancer, at her home in Naples, Florida. She sold over 100 million records worldwide, making her one of the best-selling music artists of all time. She won five Grammy Awards. In her obituary in The Times, she was described as the "undisputed queen of the Seventies disco boom" who reached the status of "one of the world's leading female singers." Moroder described Summer's work on the song "I Feel Love" as "really the start of electronic dance" music. In 2013, Summer was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In December 2016, Billboard ranked her sixth on its list of the "Greatest of All Time Top Dance Club Artists".
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Influenced by the counterculture of the 1960s, Summer became the lead singer of a psychedelic rock band named Crow and moved to New York City. In 1968 she joined a German adaptation of the musical Hair in Munich, where she spent several years living, acting, and singing. There, she met music producers Giorgio Moroder and Pete Bellotte, and they went on to record influential disco hits together such as "Love to Love You Baby" and "I Feel Love", marking Summer's breakthrough into international music markets. Summer returned to the United States in 1976, and more hits such as "Last Dance", her version of "MacArthur Park", "Heaven Knows", "Hot Stuff", "Bad Girls", "Dim All the Lights", "No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)" with Barbra Streisand, and "On the Radio" followed.
Summer amassed a total of 42 hit singles on the US Billboard Hot 100 in her lifetime, with 14 of those reaching the Top 10. She claimed a top-40 hit every year between 1975 and 1984, and from her first top-ten hit in 1976, to the end of 1982, she had 12 top-ten hits (10 were top-five hits), more than any other act during that time period. She returned to the Hot 100's top five in 1983, and claimed her final top-ten hit in 1989 with "This Time I Know It's for Real". She was the first artist to have three consecutive double albums reach the top of the US Billboard 200 chart and charted four number-one singles in the US within a 12-month period. She also charted two number-one singles on the R&B Singles chart in the US and a number-one single in the United Kingdom. Her most recent Hot 100 hit came in 1999 with "I Will Go with You (Con te partirò)". While her fortunes on the Hot 100 waned in subsequent decades, Summer remained a force on the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart throughout her entire career.
Summer died on May 17, 2012, from lung cancer, at her home in Naples, Florida. She sold over 100 million records worldwide, making her one of the best-selling music artists of all time. She won five Grammy Awards. In her obituary in The Times, she was described as the "undisputed queen of the Seventies disco boom" who reached the status of "one of the world's leading female singers." Moroder described Summer's work on the song "I Feel Love" as "really the start of electronic dance" music. In 2013, Summer was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In December 2016, Billboard ranked her sixth on its list of the "Greatest of All Time Top Dance Club Artists".
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Filmography
| 2024 | Yacht Rock: A Dockumentary · as Self - Presenter, 1980 Grammy Awards |
| 2023 | Love to Love You, Donna Summer · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2022 | Turn It Up: Ascending to a higher level · as Self |
| 2022 | |
| 2022 | |
| 2022 | Beauty · as Self |
| 2022 | La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2021 | |
| 2021 | The Sparks Brothers · as Self |
| 2021 | Greatest Hits of the 70s · as Self |
| 2019 | Diana Ross, suprême diva · as Self |
| 2019 | High energy: Le disco survolté des années 80 · as Self - Singer (archive Footage) |
| 2018 | Bad Reputation · as Self |
| 2016 | Soundbreaking (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2015 | Songs to Have Sex To · as Self |
| 2013 | Donna Summer: Hot Stuff · as Self |
| 2013 | The 2013 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony · as Self - Honoree |
| 2013 | The 55th Annual Grammy Awards · as Self - In Memoriam |
| 2012 | God Save the Queens (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2012 | The Joy of Disco · as Self |
| 2011 | Queens of Pop (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2011 | Platinum Hit (TV Series) · as Self - Guest Judge |
| 2011 | Hit Man Returns: David Foster & Friends · as Self |
| 2008 | The Wendy Williams Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2007 | Best of Night of the Proms Vol. 2 · as Self |
| 2006 | America's Got Talent (TV Series) · as Self - Performer |
| 2005 | Donna Summer: Live · as Self |
| 2004 | Sex 'n' Pop (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2004 | On Air With Ryan Seacrest (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2004 | Tavis Smiley (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2002 | The Wayne Brady Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2002 | American Idol (TV Series) · as Self - Guest Judge |
| 2002 | |
| 2000 | BBC Breakfast (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2000 | |
| 2000 | VH1 Divas 2000: A Tribute to Diana Ross · as Self |
| 1999 | The Queen Latifah Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1999 | 100 Greatest Women of Rock & Roll · as Self |
| 1999 | 1999 MLB All-Star Game · as Self |
| 1999 | Donna Summer: Live and More... Encore! · as Self |
| 1999 | Where Are They Now? (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1998 | Hollywood Squares (TV Series) · as Self - Panelist |
| 1997 | Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's · as Self |
| 1997 | Behind the Music (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1996 | The Rosie O'Donnell Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1996 | E! True Hollywood Story (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1993 | A '70s Celebration: The Beat Is Back · as Self |
| 1993 | Eurotrash (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1993 | Late Show with David Letterman (TV Series) · as Self - Musical Guest |
| 1993 | |
| 1993 | GMTV (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1992 | Later... with Jools Holland (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1992 | Rhythm Divine: The Story of Disco · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 1992 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1991 | Maury (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1990 | The Word (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1990 | Intimate Portrait (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1989 | The Arsenio Hall Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1989 | The 6th Annual American Cinema Awards · as Self |
| 1988 | This Morning (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1987 | Showtime at the Apollo (TV Series) · as Self - Guest Host |
| 1987 | Biography (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1986 | The Oprah Winfrey Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1986 | Women in Rock · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 1985 | |
| 1984 | Donald Duck's 50th Birthday · as Self |
| 1984 | The 56th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Performer |
| 1982 | Wogan (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1982 | Na sowas! (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1982 | Late Night With David Letterman (TV Series) · as Self - Musical Guest |
| 1982 | Champs-Elysees (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1981 | Entertainment Tonight (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1981 | Wetten, dass..? (TV Series) · as Self - Musician |
| 1980 | Solid Gold (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1980 | America's Top 10 (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1980 | The 22nd Annual Grammy Awards · as Self |
| 1980 | The Donna Summer Special · as Self |
| 1979 | The 51st Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Performer |
| 1979 | The Music for UNICEF Concert: A Gift of Song · as Self - Performer |
| 1975 | Good Morning America (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1974 | Dinah! (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1973 | Don Kirshner's Rock Concert (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1972 | Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1972 | The Music Shop (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1972 | Pebble Mill at One (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1972 | The Midnight Special (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1971 | Soul Train (TV Series) · as Self - Musical Guest |
| 1964 | Top of the Pops (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1963 | Festival de Viña del Mar (TV Series) · as Self - Musical Guest |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1959 | Grammy Awards (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1954 | Disneyland (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1954 | The Early Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1952 | American Bandstand (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1952 | Today (TV Series) · as Self |