Dance music would not be what it is today without five-time Grammy winner Donna Summer. Donna Summer is the Queen of Disco. Within a genre that sprouted anonymous voices, Summer, who died on May 17, , was prolific, versatile, and determined. Pushing boundaries, she symbolized a time that her work transcended. Her influence, from Madonna to Beyonce, from the invention of the twelve-inch to the whole of modern EDM, is immeasurable. This website uses cookie data. Read our Privacy Policy for more information. By using this website you agree to our Privacy Policy. Know Before You Go. Free Online Learning Join Support.
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More Images. Please enable Javascript to take full advantage of our site features. Edit Artist. Donna, also known as the 'Queen of Disco' got her stage name from Helmut Sommer 3 , an Austrian actor to whom she was married for two years and with whom she had a daughter, Mimi.
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She died on May 17, at age 63, after a years-long battle with cancer. Her father, Andrew Gaines, was a butcher and her mother, Mary Gaines, was a schoolteacher. From nearly the moment she learned how to talk, Donna sang ceaselessly. She used to go through the house singing, singing. She sang for breakfast and for lunch and for supper. Summer's debut performance came one Sunday when she was 10 years old, when a singer scheduled to perform at her church did not show up. The priest, who knew from her parents Summer's fondness for singing, invited her to perform instead—expecting, at the least, an amusing spectacle. But to everyone's surprise, the voice that bellowed out of Donna Summer's tiny body that Sunday morning was overwhelmingly powerful and beautiful.
She gained prominence during the disco era of the late s and became known as the "Queen of Disco" , while her music gained a global following. While influenced by the counterculture of the s , Summer became the lead singer of a psychedelic rock band named Crow and moved to New York City. Joining a touring version of the musical Hair , she left New York and spent several years living, acting and singing in Europe, where she met music producers Giorgio Moroder and Pete Bellotte in Munich, where they recorded influential disco hits such as " Love to Love You Baby " and " I Feel Love ", marking her breakthrough into an international career. Summer earned a total of 42 hit singles on the US Billboard Hot in her lifetime, with 14 of those reaching the top-ten. She claimed a top 40 hit every year between and , and from her first top-ten hit in , to the end of , she had 12 top-ten hits 10 were top-five hits , more than any other act during that time period.
