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Donna Summer

Donna Summer was the Queen of Disco in the 1970s with a pop/dance/rock sound that was a hybrid of American soul and European synthesizer based music. Summer's musical career was launched on stage in Munich, Germany, in productions of Hair and Porgy & Bess. In Germany, she hooked up with producers, Giorgio Moroder and Pete Bellotte, and delivered the orgasmic "Love to Love You Baby" which brought her worldwide fame. Summer was the first female artist to garner back-to-back multi-platinum double albums and the first female artist to incorporate synthesizers as well as the first artist to create an extended play song. Musically, she diversified into pop and rock, while career-wise, she appeared in the disco dud, Thank God It's Friday (1978), for which the song, "Last Dance" won an Academy Award for Best Song, as well as numerous American TV music specials.


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Born:
Dec 31, 1948 In Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Movie/TV Credits:
20
First Appeared:
In the series The Grammy Awards 1959-11-29
Latest Project:
Movie La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président 2022-01-07
Known For
Poster of Donna Summer: Live
Poster of Donna Summer - Live and More Encore!
Poster of A Hot Summer Night with Donna
Poster of Van Oekel's Discohoek
Filmography
Movie La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président Self (archive footage) 2022-01-07
Movie High Energy: Disco on Amphetamines Self - Singer (archive footage) 2019-02-19
Movie Disco Europe Express Self - Singer (archive footage) 2019-09-15
Movie Hit Man Returns - David Foster & Friends Self 2011-03-11
Movie Best of Night of the Proms Vol. 2 Self 2007-01-01
Movie Songs From the Neighborhood: The Music of Mister Rogers Self 2005-01-01
Movie Donna Summer: Live Self 2005-01-01
Series The Early Show Unknown 1999-11-01
Series Where Are They Now? Unknown 1999-06-07
Movie Donna Summer - Live and More Encore! Self 1999-12-21
Movie Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's Self 1998-06-19
Movie Rhythm Divine - History of Disco Music Self (archive footage) 1992-09-20
Series Family Matters Unknown 1989-09-22
Movie A Hot Summer Night with Donna Self 1983-10-23
Movie The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's Self (archive footage) 1980-01-04
Movie Thank God It's Friday Nicole Sims 1978-05-19
Series Van Oekel's Discohoek Unknown 1974-05-30
Series Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest Unknown 1972-12-31
Series Disco Unknown 1971-02-13
Series The Grammy Awards Unknown 1959-11-29