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Donna Summer

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ComposerLyricist 1948–2012

Donna Adrian Gaines (December 31, 1948 – May 17, 2012), known professionally as Donna Summer, was an American singer and songwriter. She gained prominence during the disco era of the 1970s and became known as the "Queen of Disco", while her music gained a global following. Born and raised in Boston, Summer dropped out of high school before graduating and began her career as the lead singer of a blues rock band named Crow and moved to New York City. In 1968, she joined the German adaptation of the musical Hair in Munich, where she spent several years living, acting, and singing. There, she met music producers Giorgio Moroder and Pete Bellotte, and released her first album, the European market…

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  • Although Hair featured no big names, it launched the careers of Diane Keaton, Tim Curry, Melba Moore, Donna Summer, Peter Gallagher, Nell Carter, Joe Mantegna, Meat Loaf, Ben Vereen, Cliff DeYoung, and others.ebooks/Hadleigh, Boze/Broadway Babylon - Boze Hadleigh.txt
  • I was working it this week in Times Square. And I mean legit work, not Donna Summer "Bad Girls"-style work.ebooks/Rudetsky, Seth/Seth's Broadway Diary, Volume 1_ Part 2 - Seth Rudetsky.txt

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