This year has already seen so many high-profile losses in the music world: Whitney Houston , Etta James , Don Cornelius and Dick Clark . More recently, Adam "MCA" Yauch . Stax Records' bassist Donald "Duck" Dunn , in the disco realm, singer Belita Woods of the group Brainstorm earlier in the week; as recently as this Wednesday, Chuck Brown , Washington DC's Godfather of Go-Go. And now, Donna [...]
" Summer 77 - I've taped my favourite songs from the charts by holding a mic up to the radio & am now cranking up the cassette on the clunky mono tape recorder on my lap in the back seat of the family Renault 16."I Feel Love" is playing & Moroder's prototechno is gliding & phasing & I'm tranceing out. My Dad stops the car because he thinks there's something wrong with the engine. Donna Summer - you rocked my world ". - Phil The above comment left on the Music Like Dirt Facebook page [...]
This has been a sad few months. I'm posting this behind most other news sources, frankly, because I wasn't quite sure what to say. For most music listeners checking this site - or any other of our type - Donna Summer was before your time, before our times. However, chances are she's impacted each and every one of us, at least to some extent. Donna Summer used to ring about my house, my mom completely unwilling to let go of her period of dominance, much like any of us, sticking loyally to our nineties memories. And what a [...]
Sad news in the music world as disco queen Donna Summer passed away today. As you know we're pretty big fans of italo/disco and when the production of Giorgio Moroder combined with the vocals/sexiness of Donna Summer it was gold (boots). My dad gave me his original greatest hits double album he had of hers, so i know what will be playin for the next couple days.
This one hurts. TMZ reports that the legendary singer and dance-music innovator Donna Summer has died of cancer in Florida. She was 63. Read More...
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