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Dec 31, 2023 · Today, Donna Summer is mostly remembered for an incredible string of hit songs and chart-topping double-albums that helped introduce the world to disco and electronic dance music in the...
- 17 min
- 'Spring Affair'
- 'could It Be Magic'
- 'I Feel Love'
- 'Heaven Knows'
- 'Last Dance'
- 'On The Radio'
- 'No More Tears
- 'Dim All The Lights'
- 'Love Is in Control
- 'This Time I Know It's For real'
Taken from her concept album, “Four Seasons of Love,” the song uses spring – obviously – as the metaphorical companion to a budding relationship. Singing primarily in her upper range over swirling strings, Summer didn't land in the Billboard top 40 with this one, but like most of her hits from the era, she still commanded the dance charts.
It was bold of Summer to unveil her version of the sweeping Barry Manilow ballad just a few months after his arrived. The intro evokes the breathy cooing already synonymous with Summer after “Love to Love You Baby” as her voice delicately dances over the disco groove. Her version inspired a Take That rendition in 1992, and earlier this year, rapper...
A companion of sorts to “Love to Love You Baby,” the spongy, futuristic sounds from the Moog synthesizer almost upstage Summer with somewhat dizzying circular note patterns. Though minimal in lyrical content, the song is rightfully noted as a pioneering entry in the electronic dance music canon.
Summer shares the spotlight with New York R&B-dance outfit Brooklyn Dreams, specifically singer Joe “Bean” Esposito, who echoes her vocals with his own rumbling sexiness. The brass breakdown mid-song injects more texture than usually heard in a disco bauble, while Summer’s voice, as usual, soars. (Summer married the band’s keyboardist Bruce Sudano ...
Still the ultimate choice for any finale – wedding reception, high school reunion, radio station format change – Summer’s contribution to the “Thank God It’s Friday” soundtrack not only glides, but rollicks as she makes her plea (“Will you be my Mr. Right?”). The escalation from ballad to heart-pumper is deft, with a lone synth note the perfect seg...
An endearing piano-rooted melancholy (“I never told a soul just how I've been feeling over you”) that throws off its sadness after about a minute to get to its simple, groove-infested thesis: music is the ideal outlet when pining for a lost love.
The heady duo of Summer and Barbra Streisandeasily could have devolved into a melisma-packed migraine. But instead of competing, the pair is playfully dramatic, fooling the listener into thinking this is going to be a Broadway-esque ballad before the pulse kicks in and the diva fireworks begin. Of course, they’re singing in fed-up unison at the sam...
Streaking guitars slowly entice before the pumping heartbeat arrives to accompany the libidinous undercurrent (“Dim all the lights sweet darling, ‘cause tonight it’s all the way”). A prominent bass line and staccato keyboards steer the song midway through, and coupled with the vocal effects on Summer’s voice, coat it all with a funky sheen. It's al...
There’s a reason this treasure sounds like an outtake from a Michael Jackson record – it’s written by Jackson gurus Quincy Jonesand Rod Temperton and produced by Jones. Spidery guitar riffs, layered background vocals and rhythmic thumping injected the song with a sound redolent of its era.
Her last notable chart showing is a slight stylistic departure as it features the defining sound of ace British producers Stock Aitken Waterman (who helped break Rick Astley). But the song kept Summer relevant on MTV, where she enticed a new generation six years earlier when “She Works Hard for the Money” rotated steadily among other major hitmaker...
- 1 min
- Melissa Ruggieri
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Oct 26, 2022 · Donna Summer, the ethereal and visionary singer who took disco music into progressive territory during the ‘70s, passed away in 2012. The "I Feel Love" star received a posthumous Lifetime Achievement Award on Saturday — and her husband Bruce Sudano and their three daughters were there to collect it.
Sep 30, 2021 · Last Dance (1978) The disco cash-in movie Thank God It’s Friday is understandably forgotten these days, but its soundtrack featured one of Summer and Moroder’s greatest creations, which ...
