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R.I.P. - Donna Summer
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starga...@gmail.com
May 17, 2012, 6:17:40 PM5/17/12
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Perhaps she should have been inducted into R&RHOF while living, too. I'm sorry she had to suffer....I did not like her initial claim to fame (Love to Love You Baby)...but with later hits she impressed and made herself worth while. Probably was a nice person if you met her, I guess...
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/18/arts/music/donna-summer-queen-of-disco-dies-at-63.html?_r=1&hp
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/18/arts/music/donna-summer-queen-of-disco-dies-at-63.html?_r=1&hp
Robbie
May 17, 2012, 6:50:54 PM5/17/12
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On 17/05/2012 23:17, starga...@gmail.com wrote:
> Perhaps she should have been inducted into R&RHOF while living, too. I'm sorry she had to suffer....I did not like her initial claim to fame (Love to Love You Baby)...but with later hits she impressed and made herself worth while. Probably was a nice person if you met her, I guess...
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> http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/18/arts/music/donna-summer-queen-of-disco-dies-at-63.html?_r=1&hp
More than anyone else it was Donna Summer who got me into disco music in
> Perhaps she should have been inducted into R&RHOF while living, too. I'm sorry she had to suffer....I did not like her initial claim to fame (Love to Love You Baby)...but with later hits she impressed and made herself worth while. Probably was a nice person if you met her, I guess...
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> http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/18/arts/music/donna-summer-queen-of-disco-dies-at-63.html?_r=1&hp
a big way from 1977 onwards.
'I Feel Love' is still an excellent track and one that I still play
quite regularly. And at her peak she released a large number of singles
and albums - I've counted 10 albums (9 in the US, the UK got an extra
album in 1978 when she switched labels and her old label released a best
of album) and at least 23 singles in the period 1976 to 1980. Some of
the albums were double albums and a couple were triple albums. That is
quite some output.
--
Robbie
Dean F.
May 17, 2012, 10:27:50 PM5/17/12
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Donna Summer was the only disco star talented and versatile enough to
keep having hits in the post-disco era. By 1980, the likes of Gloria
Gaynor and the Bee Gees were gone from the Top 40 but not Donna
Summer.
Rest in peace, dear lady.
keep having hits in the post-disco era. By 1980, the likes of Gloria
Gaynor and the Bee Gees were gone from the Top 40 but not Donna
Summer.
Rest in peace, dear lady.
The Bloomfield Bloviator
May 17, 2012, 11:57:30 PM5/17/12
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On May 17, 10:27 pm, "Dean F." <soulexpr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Donna Summer was the only disco star talented and versatile enough to
> keep having hits in the post-disco era. By 1980, the likes of Gloria
> Gaynor and the Bee Gees were gone from the Top 40 but not Donna
> Summer.
The Bee Gees had a top 40 hit in both 1981 and 1983, and then a top
> Donna Summer was the only disco star talented and versatile enough to
> keep having hits in the post-disco era. By 1980, the likes of Gloria
> Gaynor and the Bee Gees were gone from the Top 40 but not Donna
> Summer.
ten hit in 1989.
KC and the Sunshine Band had a top 20 hit early in 1984.
Tavares had a top 40 hit in 1982.
Shalamar had top 40 hits in 1983 and 1984.
Dean F.
May 18, 2012, 4:52:23 PM5/18/12
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On May 17, 10:57 pm, The Bloomfield Bloviator <Savo...@aol.com> wrote:
> The Bee Gees had a top 40 hit in both 1981 and 1983, and then a top
> ten hit in 1989.
Their '81 and '83 hits peaked at #30 and 24 respectively. Hardly
> The Bee Gees had a top 40 hit in both 1981 and 1983, and then a top
> ten hit in 1989.
comparable to what they had achieved in the '70s. As for their '89
hit, I seem to recall that it was an AC ballad, not a dance record.
> KC and the Sunshine Band had a top 20 hit early in 1984.
> Tavares had a top 40 hit in 1982.
> Shalamar had top 40 hits in 1983 and 1984.
By the way, you forgot "The Second Time Around," a top ten hit in 1980.
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