Donna Summer
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I was really sad when Donna Summer passed away because I wanted to make a record with her. But I don't like to make versions of hits by artists no longer with us. It's like touching something sacred.
It was a chillout bar. The floors were polished. She was really outstanding. Down there was Trader Jack's. You'd meet friends in the Sunset and go in there. They'd play Michael Jackson, Donna Summer. You never wanted to sit down.More quotes »
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Donna Summer dead at 63
Summer , The Queen of Disco who ruled the pop charts through the '70s with Last Dance and Hot Stuff, died this morning after a battle with cancer, her family told the Associated Press. She was 63. Summer brought a model's style and a booming, gospel-trained Read more »
Around the web
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On the Charts: John Mayer Knocks Down Adam Lambert
LOSER OF THE WEEK: Stars: they keep dying. Whitney Houston, Levon Helm, Adam "MCA" Yauch, Donna Summer, Robin Gibb, Donald "Duck" Dunn, Doc Watson – it's really getting sad out there. But the ghoulish reality of the record business is that all this death 3:45 PM from Rolling Stone Read more »
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Donna Summer Paintings Are Hot Stuff, Chelsea Gallery Tower Wars With Condos, and More Must-Read Art News
— The Donna Summer Art Boom : The Jack Gallery in Las Vegas wasted no time jacking up the prices for the late Disco Queen's lithographs , which are now selling for almost twice their original price of $550. The gallery, which is currently planning a memo 10:07 AM from ArtInfo Read more »
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TMZ Founder Jim Paratore Is Dead at 58
Jim Paratore, a founder of TMZ--the site which consistently beats everyone to the punch when it comes to reporting celebrity deaths--has apparently died of a heart attack at the age of 58. Say what you want about TMZ, Paratore created a site and news out 10:06 AM from The Atlantic Read more »
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EU Measures Underway to Freeze Assets of Yemen's Ex-Leader, His Family
[Yemen Post] Europe started measures to freeze assets of Yemen's ex-president President-for-Life Ali Abdullah Saleh ... Saleh initially took power as a strongman of North Yemen in 1977, when disco was in flower, but he didn't invite Donna Summer to the i 12:05 AM from Rantburg Read more »
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Bullish Life: Should You Slow Down Your Career for a Guy?
Let us hear today from a writer I have renamed Donna Summer, singer of the 1983 hit, “She Works Hard for the Money.” I changed a few details, but not many, because a lot of this email is about horses. What am I supposed to say — Donna’s training llamas? from The Gloss Read more »
