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.
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 |