Donna summer a&e biography marilyn monroe

American singer (1948–2012)

Musical artist

Donna Adrian Gaines (December 31, 1948 – May 17, 2012),^[2] known professionally as Donna Summer, was an American singer and songwriter.

Marilyn Monroe cult sees her as full of tragic consciousness—a quality so at odds with her movie roles that to the modern viewer, the contradictions.

Marilyn Monroe cult sees her as full of tragic consciousness—a quality so at odds with her movie roles that to the modern viewer, the contradictions.

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Readers with longer memories will recognize a lot of other names in the book: Natalie Wood, Clint Eastwood, Kim Novak, Donna Summer, Loretta.

It was the mids in America, and these two center-stage stars of their day – Joe DiMaggio and Marilyn Monroe – had the nation's full attention.

She gained prominence during the disco era of the 1970s and became known as the "Queen of Disco", while her music gained a global following.^[3][4]

Influenced by the counterculture of the 1960s, Summer became the lead singer of a psychedelic rock band named Crow and moved to New York City.

In 1968, she joined a German adaptation of the musical Hair in Munich, where she spent several years living, acting, and singing.^[5] There, she met music producers Giorgio Moroder and Pete Bellotte, and they went on to record influential disco hits together such as "Love to Love You Baby" and "I Feel Love", marking Summer's breakthrough into international music markets.

Summer returned to the United States in 1976,^[6] and more hits su