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Line 1: {{~~work~~creator}} [[File:summer.jpg\|~~frame~~thumb\|350px]] {{quote\|''"Mommy, what's wrong with the lady on the record? Why is she moaning? Is she hurt?"''\|A Last.FM user on "Love to Love You Baby". Presumably, this is what he said when he first heard the song.}} Line 8: She was the [[Fan Nickname\|Queen of Disco]]! Oh, but so much more. LaDonna Gaines was born in Boston and originally trained as a gospel singer before becoming successful in [[RRhythm and Bblues]] and [[~~Po P~~Pop]] as well. Her big break came when she met producers Giorgio Moroder and Pete Bellotte, who managed her for the rest of [[The Seventies]], and recorded the single "Love to Love You Baby" (1975). She made several concept albums before reaching her peak with ''Bad Girls'' (1979), a double album that mixed [[Rock and Roll]], [[Funk]], [[Blues]], [[Soul (Music)\|Soul]] and [[Electronic Music]] to massive success. She soon broke from disco. After the 1970s, she had success with songs such as "She Works Hard for the Money" and "This Time I Know It's for Real", although she never recaptured her former glory. Her last album, ''Crayons'', was released in 2008. Line 15: ---- {{creatortropes}} ~~=== Summer's music and career provide examples of these tropes: ===~~ * [[But Not Too Black]]: [[Averted Trope]], possibly due to her gaining fame in the [[Blaxploitation]] era. * [[Breakaway Pop Hit]]: "Last Dance" from ''Thank God It's Friday'', in which she both acted and sang. * [[Career Resurrection]]: Her single "Bad Girls" brought her back in the limelight in mid-2004, thanks to ''[[Arrested Development (TV series)\|Arrested Development]]'' and Portia DeRossi's pole dancing. ** There was also a brief one in the late 90's, thanks to [[The Full Monty]] and its use of "Hot Stuff." * [[Concept Album]]: Donna made a few of these during the Seventies and Eighties. ''Four Seasons of Love'' was a short album detailing the stages of a love affair like the changing of seasons, ''I Remember Yesterday'' is an homage to music though the ages to the present and future, and "Once Upon a Time" as a whole tells a modern version of the Cinderella story Line 25 ⟶ 24: * [[The Immodest Orgasm]]: In "Love to Love You Baby". * [[Incredibly Long Note]]: "Dim All the Lights" holds the record for the longest note held in an American Top 40 pop hit, at 16 seconds. * [[Intercourse ~~With~~with You]]: She's mostly remembered for these kinds of songs, as it was the theme for some of her biggest hits. * [[Signature Song]]: "Last Dance". Line 32 ⟶ 31: [[Category:The Seventies]] [[Category:Musicians]] [[Category:Donna Summer]]▼ [[Category:Music]] [[Category:Pages with working Wikipedia tabs]] ▲[[Category:~~Donna Summer~~{{PAGENAME}}]]