LaDonna
Adrian Ganies better known as Donna Summer lost her battle with lung
cancer. Donna Summers was the Queen of the disco era in the 1970s. I
remember going to a night club in 1975 called Disco Odyssey in San
Jose California. Disco Odyssey was a club for 15 years or older,
this was the club to be at back in the day. The DJ would play “Love
to Love You Baby”, “Try Me”, I know We Can Make It”, “Bad
Girls”, “Dim All the Lights”, “On the Radio”, “Hot
Stuff”, “MacArthur Park” which was her first number one hit and
“Last Dance” was the last song the DJ played at the end of the
night. In 1978 Donna Summer acted in a film called ‘Thank God It’s
Friday’. She played a singer who was determined to perform at a
disco club. The song “Last Dance” from the film reached number
three on the Hot 100 chart, which won Donna Summer her first a Grammy
Award. Donna Summer also won her second Grammy for “Hot Stuff”,
for ‘Best Female Rock Vocal Performance’, this was the first time
this category was included. In the 1980s when disco was starting to
fade Donna Summer went to Quincy Jones to produce her next album “She
Works Hard for the Money”, this album took six months to record.
The song “She works Hard for the Money” reached number three on
the US Hot 100 and was nominated for a Grammy. Donna Summer’s music
has been sampled or covered by some of the great artist of our time
like, Madonna, Whitney Houston, Bette Milder, and Diana Ross among
others. Donna Summer will always be known as the Queen of the disco
era. If anyone decides to make a movie about her life I think Kelly
Rowland should be the one to portray her, because she is an
international star like Donna Summers was. R.I.P. Donna Summer you
will be missed, but your music will live on.
LM
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