Donna Smmer has died after a battle with cancer. She was the face of disco music. I have to admit there was a time when I was in junior high school I listened to pop radio and disco music. She was the bad girl who felt love in MacArthur Park. Donna Summer made a lot of people dance. If I had to name a disco singer off the top of my head it would be Donna Summer.
Donna Summer was raised in Boston in a devout Christian family. Her early influnce was Mahlia Jackson. When the 70's came around she became a disco sensation releaseing some of the most widely known disco songs. Try as she may she was always asscoiated with disco no matter how many other styles of music she tried to release. In the 90's she was involved in an anti-gay, anti-AIDS scandel. She eventually sued New York magazine for a piece written about her supposed opinions. Ms Summer's fan base seemed to disappear but in reality gay discos play her music to this day.
Her Last Dance: RIP Donna Summer.
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