Donna Summer

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Donna Summer (born LaDonna Adrian Gaines on December 31, 1948) is an American singer/songwriter who gained prominence during the disco era of the 1970s. She has a mezzo-soprano vocal range, and is a five-time Grammy Award winner. 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 thirteen-month period.

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Paul Katz: The Musical Bliss of Levi Kreis' Imagine Paradise

Source: The Huffington Post  |   Jun 19 2013, 11:51am CDT

Every once in a while, I hear a brand new album and it feels as though I've been listening to it for years. I know I've never heard the music before, but it is so good -- so perfect -- it's as if the songs have always ...

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Snooki, JWOWW + Other Celebs Reveal Their Favorite Pride Songs

Source: MTV Act Blog  |   Jun 18 2013, 5:30pm CDT

Last night’s TrevorLIVE annual event in NYC brought on a collaboration of entertainers and advocates in support of the organization's lifesaving work for LGBT youth and I was there to ask the stars about...music! Attendees included "America ...

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Source: 17 Dots  |   Jun 18 2013, 11:48am CDT

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Source: The Huffington Post  |   Jun 18 2013, 8:57am CDT

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Songs of Summer playlist

Source: Boston Herald  |   Jun 18 2013, 4:13am CDT

It's nice to see Donna Summer’s legacy is alive and funky. The candidates for Song of the Summer mine '70s and '80s dance pop — good stuff to dig into for sunshine season jams. Naturally there's a country(ish) song and indie ...

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Winding through walk-in closet of ‘Women Who Rock’

Source: The Seattle Times  |   Jun 17 2013, 7:34pm CDT

Billie Holiday wore a fox stole that still had the heads on it. Lady Gaga learned to play on a stand-up piano. And Madonna? Awful handwriting. Just a few of the revelations at the “Women Who Rock: Vision, Passion, ...

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Grammy nominated guitarist Joe Taylor to perform at the Mary C. in Ocean Springs

Source: Gulf Live  |   Jun 17 2013, 11:02am CDT

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From Bono and Bob Geldof to Ed Sheeran and Will I Am, is the protest song a blessing or a pain?

Source: Wales Online  |   Jun 17 2013, 12:45am CDT

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