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Rest In Peace, Donna Summer

incompletejigsawincompletejigsaw 756 Posts
edited May 2012 in Strut Central
This has been a strange collection of days. First MCA, then the hometown hero Chuck Brown died yesterday, and now today it's Donna. This truly is a surprising day, but not for the right reasons. A great singer with an amazing presence about her. So beautiful and commanding on the stage she was. Truly one of the greats. Rest well, Donna.

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  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts
    What the
  • rootlesscosmorootlesscosmo 12,848 Posts
    damn.
  • dj_cityboydj_cityboy 1,483 Posts
    just had someone tell me.....damn R.I.P
  • JimsterJimster Cruffiton.etsy.com 6,960 Posts
    RIP Donna.

    Wow. Shocker.

    The OG Disco Diva?
  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts
    J i m s t e r said:
    The OG Disco Diva?

    If you can find a bigger female dance hit before '75 Love To Love You Baby.

    Themla and Diana are after.

    I'd rank Summer's Voice up there if not better than her contemporaries.
  • Big_StacksBig_Stacks "I don't worry about hittin' power, cause I don't give 'em nuttin' to hit." 4,670 Posts
    batmon said:
    J i m s t e r said:
    The OG Disco Diva?

    If you can find a bigger female dance hit before '75 Love To Love You Baby.

    Themla and Diana are after.

    I'd rank Summer's Voice up there if not better than her contemporaries.

    And on top of all this, she was one of my earliest boyhood crushes. That aside, she was a great singer and her loss is a tragic one for the world of music. RIP Ms. Summer, your music will indeed play on.

    Peace,

    Big Stacks from Kakalak
  • AKallDayAKallDay 830 Posts
    dim all the lights sweet darlin.... RIP to a queen, beautiful and happy singing over electronic masterpieces with perfection
  • facesdfacesd 236 Posts
    The bizness:

  • CinisterCeeCinisterCee 863 Posts
    RIP
  • JahBooGieJahBooGie 92 Posts
    Mad respect to Donna Summer...RIP. One of the main reasons for my love of disco.
  • strataspherestratasphere Blastin' the Nasty 1,035 Posts
    R.I.P. She and Silver Convention were my introduction to disco when I was small.
  • The_Hook_UpThe_Hook_Up 8,182 Posts
    RIP

    The "I feel love" 12" is the only "techno" record I will ever own.
  • AlmondAlmond 1,427 Posts
    They said it really loud, they said it on the air, on the radio whoa OH OH...
    RIP Donna. I'll still be singing along in the car with you.
  • LaserWolfLaserWolf Portland Oregon 11,517 Posts
    RIP. She Works Hard For Her Money.

    RIP Chuck Brown, I did not know. Legend.
  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts
    Btween like 77 and 81 who was really running with her in terms of Black female vocalists?

    Rufus and Chaka Khan? Diana Ross disco era?

    Whitney comes in after her wake.
  • pickwick33pickwick33 8,946 Posts
    batmon said:
    Btween like 77 and 81 who was really running with her in terms of Black female vocalists?

    I want to say Evelyn King and Stephanie Mills, but neither woman had the mass crossover appeal that Donna did.
  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts
    pickwick33 said:
    batmon said:
    Btween like 77 and 81 who was really running with her in terms of Black female vocalists?

    I want to say Evelyn King and Stephanie Mills, but neither woman had the mass crossover appeal that Donna did.

    Those ladies "started" during Summers peak and continued after Summers She Works Hard For The Money.

    Champagne King had Boogie hits. Mills was hanging on in the early 80s.

    Summer had Pop,Disco, and R&B presence. Bad Girls was a big street record.
  • LaserWolfLaserWolf Portland Oregon 11,517 Posts
    Lots of other women from the time, but Donna hit real big and sudden and as Batmon says continued past Eurodisco with stuff that proved she was more than Gorgio Moroder.

    For disco divas Anita Ward and Gloria Gaynor were right up there.
    Also Sylvester.
  • LaserWolfLaserWolf Portland Oregon 11,517 Posts
    Sister Sledge.

    Chic

    Taste Of Honey

    I'd say Labelle was running with her.
    Their big disco hit was '75.
    They never really followed that up on the disco scene and '77-'81 were not their big years.
    Still I think the presence of Labelle, the 3 vocalists, was big at that time, and no one can question their greatness*.

    Sorry those are all groups.
    Anita Ward and Gloria Gaynor are too one hit/novelty to really make the list.



    *Though I am sure someone will.
  • The_Hook_UpThe_Hook_Up 8,182 Posts
    My Third grade teacher hung a "On the Radio" poster in the classroom one day and we listened to some Donna. She was a big fan. I loved third grade.
  • pickwick33pickwick33 8,946 Posts
    LaserWolf said:
    I'd say Labelle was running with her.
    Their big disco hit was '75.
    They never really followed that up on the disco scene and '77-'81 were not their big years.
    .

    LaBelle (the group) actually disbanded in 1977.
  • LaserWolfLaserWolf Portland Oregon 11,517 Posts
    pickwick33 said:
    LaserWolf said:
    I'd say Labelle was running with her.
    Their big disco hit was '75.
    They never really followed that up on the disco scene and '77-'81 were not their big years.
    .

    LaBelle (the group) actually disbanded in 1977.

    That would explain why they fell off.

    None of the individual vocalists made big noise during those years.
  • LoopDreamsLoopDreams 1,195 Posts
    Man, Donna too. Such a sexy lady.

    Lung Cancer's evil...bad stats. It took a colleague of mine a few months back. My dad had his stomach removed 3 wks ago: stomach cancer. Makes you stop taking shit for granted real fast.
  • pickwick33pickwick33 8,946 Posts
    LaserWolf said:
    pickwick33 said:
    LaserWolf said:
    I'd say Labelle was running with her.
    Their big disco hit was '75.
    They never really followed that up on the disco scene and '77-'81 were not their big years.
    .

    LaBelle (the group) actually disbanded in 1977.

    That would explain why they fell off.

    None of the individual vocalists made big noise during those years.

    Sure didn't. Sarah Dash had minor, fringey success as a disco diva. Patti LaBelle had a few hits in that period, but her career as a Quiet Storm staple doesn't really start taking off until well into the eighties. And Nona Hendryx was trying to make it as a black rock star - which meant that she was ignored by both white and black radio.
  • BurnsBurns 2,227 Posts
    Played this last night. Italo disco vibes as fellow strutter Bassfever described. Very cool tune

  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts
    pickwick33 said:
    LaserWolf said:
    pickwick33 said:
    LaserWolf said:
    I'd say Labelle was running with her.
    Their big disco hit was '75.
    They never really followed that up on the disco scene and '77-'81 were not their big years.
    .

    LaBelle (the group) actually disbanded in 1977.

    That would explain why they fell off.

    None of the individual vocalists made big noise during those years.

    Sure didn't. Sarah Dash had minor, fringey success as a disco diva. Patti LaBelle had a few hits in that period, but her career as a Quiet Storm staple doesn't really start taking off until well into the eighties. And Nona Hendryx was trying to make it as a black rock star - which meant that she was ignored by both white and black radio.

    Patti S/T in 77 had You Are My Friend. In 79 Music is My Way of Life.
    but yeah she didnt crossover until the 80s.
  • staxwaxstaxwax 1,474 Posts


    This Serve tribute was cool - despite the babyarm coming out of Donna's hair.
  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts
    For all the accomplished i wonder if she get nominated to The Rock n Roll Hall of Fame when her disciples get mentioned.

    That whole Disco Sucks shit is some real bullshit.

    Dont get me wrong.....im not superfan but she put in work, and led the way for all the 80s Divas.

    I bet Whitney gets in before Donna.

    And i dont give the HOF that much credo in the first place.
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