NEW YORK - Donna Summer never liked her designation as the Queen of Disco. "I grew up on rock 'n' roll," Summer once said when explaining her reluctance to claim the title. But as disco boomed in the ...
Until I saw Donna Summer a year ago on a Midnight Special with Lou Rawls, I’d viewed her music simply as brilliantly packaged aural sex, nothing too meaty, and, in spite of its implied intimacies, ...
In the 1970s, Donna Summer was the undisputed Queen of Disco, a powerhouse vocal talent and innovative songwriter whose lusty, chart-topping anthems defined a hedonistic era. In private, however, ...
Love to Love You, Donna Summer is not just a documentary, it’s a hymn to the life and times of the indisputable queen of disco. The film conveys Donna Summer’s journey from the gospel churches of ...
Review: "Love to Love You, Donna Summer," premiering on HBO Max on Saturday, uncovers the career of the late singer-songwriter and her life outside of her fame. Donna Summer, the Queen of Disco. After ...
Before Beyoncé, there was Donna Summer, an innocent church girl who catapulted to fame as music’s bad girl and "Queen of Disco" during the hedonistic ‘70s era. But the pop star struggled behind closed ...
Summer, who died in 2012, is the subject of a new HBO documentary, Love to Love You. In 2003, she spoke to Fresh Air about the origins of the hit song from which the documentary takes its name. This ...
Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. When Marcia Hines became a star in Australia, Donna Summer – who grew up with her in Boston – offered her congratulations. But there was ...