May 18, 2012

Donna Summer: Queen Of Disco Dies At 63

The New York Daily News reported:
Donna Summer died Thursday morning after succumbing to a long battle with cancer, TMZ.com reported. She was 63.

Born in Boston on New Year’s Eve 1948, Summer came to define the sound of late ’70s and early ’80s radio with hits including “Last Dance”, “Bad Girls” and “She Works Hard for The Money”.

LaDonna Adrian Gaines (December 31, 1948 – May 17, 2012[1]), known by the stage name Donna Summer, was an American singer/songwriter who gained prominence during the disco era of the 1970s. She had a mezzo-soprano vocal range, and was a five-time Grammy Award winner.[2][3] Summer was the first artist to have three consecutive double albums reach number one on the US Billboard chart, and she also charted four number-one singles in the United States within a 13-month period.

Year’s ago she released this hit–
“She Works Hard for her Money”

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