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lorrdarlin

Jul 07, 2025 11:27pm

DISCO WITH DONNA SUMMERS , "ON THE RADIO".............HAD TO TRY IT!!<img src="https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2012/05/17/donna_summer1_custom-f5fe42b26ad2ab66dc4f38989245299983edf99f.jpg?s=1100&c=50&f=jpeg" alt="Donna Summer, The Queen Of Disco, Dies At 63 : The Two-Way : NPR">Donna Adrian Gaines (December 31, 1948 – May 17, 2012),<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donna_Summer#cite_note-2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[2]</a> known professionally as Donna Summer, was an American singer and songwriter. She gained prominence during the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disco" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">disco</a> era of the 1970s and became known as the "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_of_Disco" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Queen of Disco</a>", while her music gained a global following.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donna_Summer#cite_note-The_Times2-3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[3]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donna_Summer#cite_note-bbc_tribute1-4" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[4]</a>Born and raised in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Boston</a>, Summer dropped out of high school before graduating and began her career as the lead singer of a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blues_rock" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">blues rock</a> band named Crow and moved to New York City. In 1968, she joined the German adaptation of the musical <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hair_(musical)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Hair</a> in Munich, where she spent several years living, acting, and singing.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donna_Summer#cite_note-biography1-5" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[5]</a> There, she met music producers <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giorgio_Moroder" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Giorgio Moroder</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Bellotte" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Pete Bellotte</a>, and released her first album, the European market-only <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_of_the_Night_(album)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(35, 53, 102);">Lady of the Night</a> in 1974. Following the recording and European release of the groundbreaking disco anthem, "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_to_Love_You_Baby_(song)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Love to Love You Baby</a>", she signed with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casablanca_Records" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Casablanca Records</a> in 1975, where it was released in North America. In the US, the single became her first top five hit on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Billboard Hot 100</a>, peaking at number 2 in 1976. Summer's first three Casablanca albums — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_to_Love_You_Baby_(album)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Love to Love You Baby</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Love_Trilogy" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">A Love Trilogy</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Seasons_of_Love" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Four Seasons of Love</a> — all went gold in the US and led to her informal title "First Lady of Love" in the popular music media. Her fourth Casablanca release, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Remember_Yesterday" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">I Remember Yesterday</a> (1977), boosted the top ten US and number one UK hit, "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Feel_Love" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">I Feel Love</a>", which has since been hailed as one of the most important records in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pop_music" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">pop music</a> history.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donna_Summer#cite_note-RS-6" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[6]</a> After recording much of her first six albums in Munich with Moroder and Belotte, Summer and the producers relocated to the United States,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donna_Summer#cite_note-dw-7" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[7]</a> where Summer would continue to record successful singles such as "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last_Dance_(Donna_Summer_song)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Last Dance</a>", <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacArthur_Park_(song)#Donna_Summer_version" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">MacArthur Park</a>", "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heaven_Knows_(Donna_Summer_song)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Heaven Knows</a>", "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_Stuff_(Donna_Summer_song)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Hot Stuff</a>", "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bad_Girls_(Donna_Summer_song)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Bad Girls</a>", "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dim_All_the_Lights" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Dim All the Lights</a>", "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_More_Tears_(Enough_Is_Enough)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)</a>" with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbra_Streisand" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Barbra Streisand</a>, and "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Radio_(Donna_Summer_song)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">On the Radio</a>".