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Queen of disco Donna Summer dead at 63
It seems almost certain that Donna Summer will be remembered as a great, lost disco queen — a singer who made her impact as the creature of recording studios, producers and the technological innovations that made disco such a divisive art form in its lat from Nashville Scene Read more »
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Donna Summer: appreciation
In a review of disco star Candi Staton’s gig in London earlier this month, I wrote at the end that we should cherish the magic of the 72-year-old while we can. I hardly meant to be prophetic and the news today that Donna Summer, a fellow star of the glit from The Telegraph UK Read more »
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ECHO Entertainment News: David Gest pops in to artist Anthony Brown’s Wirral studio to check on Hendrix ... and brings a disco diva along too
Candi Staton and David Gest with the Anthony Brown painting of Jimi Hendrix he commissioned IT’S not every day you see a 70s disco legend and a wacky I’m A Celebrity campmate wandering through Liscard together, but here’s proof positive that it can happe from Liverpool Echo Read more »
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Candi Staton, Islington Assembly Hall, review
The vagaries of musical fashion are something Candi Staton has seen a lot of during her long career. “I’ve been a blues singer, a country singer, a gospel singer, a soul singer, a disco singer, a house singer,” reflects the unbelievably lithe 72-year-old from The Telegraph UK Read more »
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Candi Staton's marriage pain inspired disco hit
The soul singer is best known for the 1976 hit but reveals the upbeat track came to fruition during one of the darkest periods of her life. She tells TV show BBC Breakfast, "I was going through one of the most horrible divorces at the time. I was going t from Daily Express Read more »
