One of the eras conquering heroes, donna summer, receives a stage mounting of her. At the height of kiss mania, criss almost literally had to fight girls off with a stick. The journey was released in the uk on the back of her appearance on the tv special disco mania which celebrated the 1970s disco era and saw summer. Ladonna adrian gaines december 31, 1948 may 17, 2012, widely known by her stage name based on her married name donna summer, was an american singer, songwriter and actress. Donna summers disco was as radical as punk music the. Criss book is wonderfully sleazy and graphic even for a rockstar memoir.
The memoir of kiss drummer peter criss is endearingly. An informative book, charting the entry point, chart peak and fall out of the charts, of all of donna summer s top 40 hits, both singles and albums in the major territories she conquered in her long career. Donna summer lyrics 206 song lyrics sorted by album, including hot stuff, bad girls, she works hard for the money. Mostly 70s disco classics redone by contemporary uk acts like gerri halliwell, v, girls aloud, the coronation street girls, and westlife. Donna summer hot stuff and bad girls discomania youtube. Mcanuff was nominated for a tony award for best director in 2006 for his work on jersey boys, which won the best musical tony that year for the show based on the story of.
The official facebook page of donna summer curated by her family in celebration of her life. A donna summer musical heads to broadway the new york. The discography of american singer and songwriter donna summer features seventeen studio albums recorded between 1974 and 2008, two live albums and a large amount of. Great songs like last dance, hot stuff, on the radio and she works hard for the money. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Donna summer was known s the queen of disco, but what set her far apart from the other disco divas of the way was the facts that donna actually had a powerful singing voice, rich and able to interpret the music beyond its constraints, and the material she wrotechose suited the times and her persona to a t.
Also features donna summer, the queen of disco on 2 tracks, including a brilliant duet with westlife. Donna summer the complete hits collection 1991, cd. Disco returned dancing to the forefront of pop music, and it did so with a verve. Boneym, vanmccoy, donna summer, kc and the sunshine band and many more. Donna summer disco music artists corporate event booking. The summer jam of 20 is a disco inferno full of bright guitar shimmer, robot comeons. Donna summers love to love you baby 1976 typified this approach with its. Summers peerless hit singles love to love you baby and i feel love made her the bestknown of all 70s disco divas. Submit donna summer discomania no more tears youtube. D onna summer will be remembered as the queen of disco, but in fact her best records transformed not just dancefloors but the course of pop music. This concert film captures the disco legend donna summer performing over a dozen of her most popular tunes including on the radio, she works hard for the money, macarthur park, and hot stuff. Westlife, jamelia, kool and the gang, neil fox, liberty x, girls aloud. A flock of divas is circling broadway, and the first one to land will be donna summer. The donna summer musical is headed to broadway earlier than expected.
She gained prominence during the disco era of the late 1970s and became. Donna summer may insist shes a performer, not a disco performer, but in the end her audiences get what theyve paid to see. My dad had this album when we were kids, and unfortunately it got ruined when it rained in our dining room. She was a girl from boston with a voice from heaven, who shot through the stars from gospel choir to dance floor. Anyhow, i always loved this cd and was so happy that i was able to find it on amazon. Ladonna adrian gaines, 31 december 1948, boston, massachusetts, usa.