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Collection of Donna SummerDonna Summer's title as the 'Queen of Disco' wasn't mere hype - she was one of the very few disco performers to enjoy a measure of career longevity, and her consistent chart success was rivaled in the disco world only by the Bee Gees. Summer was certainly a talented vocalist, trained as a powerful gospel belter, but then again, so were many of her contemporaries.
Of major importance in setting Summer apart were her songwriting abilities and her choice of talented collaborators in producers/songwriters Giorgio Moroder and Pete Bellotte, which resulted in a steady supply of high-quality (and, often, high-concept) material. But what was more, few vocalists could match the sultry, unfettered eroticism Summer brought to many of her best recordings, which seemed to embody the spirit of the disco era perfectly. The total package made Summer the ultimate disco diva, one of the few whose star power was even bigger than the music.Summer was born LaDonna Andre Gaines on December 31, 1948, and grew up in Boston's Mission Hill section. Part of a religious family, she first sang in her church's gospel choir, and as a teenager performed with a rock group called the Crow. After high school, she moved to New York to sing and act in stage productions, and soon landed a role in a German production of Hair.
She moved to Europe around 1968-1969, and spent a year in the German cast, after which she became part of the Hair company in Vienna. She joined the Viennese Folk Opera, and later returned to Germany, where she settled in Munich and met and married Helmut Sommer, adopting an Anglicized version of his last name. Summer performed in various stage musicals and worked as a studio vocalist in Munich, recording demos and background vocals. Her first solo recording was 1971's 'Sally Go 'Round the Roses,' but success would not come until 1974, when she met producers/songwriters Giorgio Moroder and Pete Bellotte while working on a Three Dog Night record. The three teamed up for the single 'The Hostage,' which became a hit around Western Europe, and Summer released her first album, Lady of the Night, in Europe only. In 1975, the trio recorded 'Love to Love You Baby,' a disco-fied reimagining of Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin's lush, heavy-breathing opus 'Je T'aime.Moi Non Plus.' Powered by Summer's graphic moans, 'Love to Love You Baby' became a massive hit in Europe, and drew the attention of Casablanca Records, which put the track out in America.
It climbed to number two on the singles charts, and became a dance-club sensation when Moroder remixed the track into a 17-minute, side-long epic on the LP of the same name.In the wake of 'Love to Love You Baby,' albums (as opposed to just singles) became an important forum for Summer and her producers. The 1976 follow-up Love Trilogy contained another side-long suite in 'Try Me (I Know We Can Make It Work),' and demonstrated Moroder and Bellotte's growing sophistication as arrangers with its lush, sweeping strings. Four Seasons of Love, released later in the year, was a concept album with one track dedicated to each season, and 1977's I Remember Yesterday featured a variety of genre exercises. Despite the album's title, it produced the most forward-looking single in Summer and Moroder's catalog, the monumental 'I Feel Love.'
Eschewing the strings and typical disco excess, 'I Feel Love' was the first major pop hit recorded with an entirely synthesized backing track; its lean, sleek arrangement and driving, hypnotic pulse laid the groundwork not only for countless Euro-dance imitators, but also for the techno revolution of the '80s and '90s. It became Summer's second Top Ten hit in the U.S., and she followed it with Once Upon a Time, another concept album, this one retelling the story of Cinderella for the disco era.Summer's albums were selling well, bolstered by her popularity in the dance clubs, and she was poised to become a major pop hitmaker as well.
Her acting turn in the 1978 disco-themed comedy Thank God It's Friday produced another hit in 'Last Dance,' which won her a Grammy for Best Female R&B Vocal (as well as an Oscar for songwriter Paul Jabara). Doubtlessly benefiting from the added exposure, the double-LP set Live and More became Summer's first number one album later that year. It featured one side of new studio material, including a disco cover of the psychedelic pop epic 'MacArthur Park' that became her first number one pop single early the next year. Her 1979 double-LP Bad Girls featured more of her songwriting contributions than ever, and went straight to number one, as did the lusty singles 'Bad Girls' and the rock-oriented 'Hot Stuff,' which made Summer the first female artist ever to score three number one singles in the same calendar year. Her greatest-hits package On the Radio also topped the charts, the first time any artist had ever hit number one with three consecutive double LPs; the newly recorded title track became another hit, and Summer's duet with Barbra Streisand, 'No More Tears (Enough Is Enough),' became her fourth number one single.At the peak of her success, Summer decided to leave Casablanca, and became the first artist signed to the new Geffen label. Sensing that the disco era was coming to a close, Summer attempted to modify her style to include more R&B and pop/rock on her first Geffen album, 1980's The Wanderer; the album and its title track were both hits.
Not wanting to alienate her core audience, Summer returned to pure dance music on an attempted follow-up; however, Geffen deemed I'm a Rainbow not worthy of release (it was finally issued in 1996). Instead, Summer ended her collaboration with Moroder and Bellotte and teamed up with Quincy Jones for 1982's Donna Summer. 'Love Is in Control (Finger on the Trigger)' was a significant hit, but none of its follow-ups did very well. With producer Michael Omartian, Summer moved back into post-disco dance music and urban R&B with 1983's She Works Hard for the Money; its title track was a smash and became a feminist anthem of sorts. However, with her career momentum slowing, it also marked the end of Summer's prime. Despite winning a gospel Grammy for 'Forgive Me,' Summer's 1984 follow-up Cats Without Claws flopped, as did the 1987 comeback effort All Systems Go. Hiring the British production team of Stock, Aitken & Waterman, Summer scored her last major success with the 1989 Top Ten single 'This Time I Know It's for Real,' from the album Another Place & Time; around the same time, she began denouncing her earlier, 'sinful' disco material.
1991's lackluster, urban-styled Mistaken Identity effectively killed her career momentum, and none of her new '90s albums produced that elusive hit. However, she did make some noise on the dance charts with 'Melody of Love,' from the excellent 1994 retrospective Endless Summer, and reunited with Moroder for the 1997 non-LP single 'Carry On,' which won the inaugural Grammy for Best Dance Recording. Summer subsequently signed a deal with Sony, which primed her for re-establishment with the 1999 greatest-hits live album VH1 Presents: Live and More Encore!; it featured the new song 'I Will Go With You (Con Te Partiro),' which had some success on the dance charts. The energetic and eclectic Crayons, her first proper studio album since Mistaken Identity, was released on the Burgundy label in 2008. Allmusic by Steve HueyAlbum: Lady of the Night (1974)01. Lady Of The Night02. Born To Die03.
The Hostage06. Little Miss Fit08.
Lets Work Together Now09. Sing Along (Sad Song)Album: Love To Love You Baby (1975)01. Love To Love You Baby02. Full Of Emptiness03. Need- A- Man Blues04.
Whispering Waves05. Pandora's Box06. Full Of Emptiness ( Reprise)Album: A Love Trilogy (1976)01. Try Me, I Know We Can Make It02. Intro Prelude To Love03. Could It Be Magic04.
Come With MeAlbum: Four Seasons of Love (1976)01. Spring Affair02. Summer Fever03. Autumn Changes04. Winter Melody05. Spring RepriseAlbum: I Remember Yesterday (1977)01.
I Remember Yesterday02. Love's Unkind03. Back In Love Again04. I Remember Yesterday (Reprise)05. Black Lady06.
Can't We Just Sit Down (And Talk It Over)08. I Feel LoveAlbum: Once Upon a Time (1977)01. Once Upon A Time02. Faster And Faster To Nowhere03. Fairy Tale High04. Say Something Nice05.
Now I Need You06. Working The Midnight Shift07. Queen For A Day08. If You Got It Flaunt It09.
A Man Like You10. Sweet Romance11. (Theme) Once Upon A Time12. Dance Into My Life13.
Rumour Has It14. I Love You15.
Happily Ever After16. (Theme) Once Upon A TimeAlbum: Live and More (1978)01. Once Upon A Time02.
Fairy Tale High03. Faster And Faster To Nowhere04.
Spring Affair05. Rumour Has It06. I Love You07. Only One Man08.
I Remember Yesterday09. Love's Unkind10. My Man Medley11.
The Way We Were12. Mimi's Song13.
Try Me, I Know We Can Make It14. Love To Love You Baby15. I Feel Love16. Last Dance17.
Theme From The Deep (Down, Deep Inside)Album: Bad Girls (1979)CD101. Love Will Always Find You04. Dim All the Lights06. Journey to the Centre of Your Heart07. One Night in a Lifetime08.
Can't Get to Sleep at Night09. On My Honor10. There Will Always Be a You11.
All Through the Night12. My Baby Understands13. Sunset People16. Bad Girls (Demo Version)CD201. I Feel Love (12 Version)02. Last Dance (Promotional 12' Single)03.
MacArthurPpark Suite (12' Single)04. Hot Stuff (12' Single)05.
Bad Girls (12' Single)06. Walk Away (Promotional 12' Single)07. Dim All the Lights (Promotional 12' Single)08.
No More Tears Enough is Enough (12' Version)09. On the Radio (Long Version)Album: On the Radio (1979)01. On the Radio02. Love to Love You Baby03. Try Me, I Know We Can Make It04. I Feel Love05.
I Remember Yesterday07. I Love You08. Heaven Knows09. Last Dance10. MacArthur Park11. Dim All the Lights14. Sunset People15.
No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)16. On the Radio Long VersionAlbum: The Wanderer (1980)01. The Wanderer02. Looking Up03.
Grand Illusion05. Running For Cover06. Who Do You Think You're Foolin'08. Night Life09.
I Believe In JesusAlbum: I'm a Rainbow (1981)01. I Believe (In You)02. True Love Survives03. Sweet Emotion05. Leave Me Alone06. Back Where You Belong08. People Talk09.
To Turn the Stone10. I'm a Rainbow12.
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Walk on (Keep on Movin')13. Don't Cry for Me Argentina14.
A Runner With the Pack15. Highway Runner16. End of the Week18.
I Need TimeAlbum: Donna Summer (1982)01. Love Is In Control (Finger On the Trigger)02. Mystery of Love03. The Woman In Me04.
State of Independence05. Livin' in America06. (If it) Hurts Just a Little08. Love is Just a Breath Away09.
Lush LifeAlbum: She Works Hard For the Money (1983)01. She Works Hard For The Money02. Stop, Look And Listen03. He's A Rebel04. Unconditional Love06. Love Has A Mind Of It's Own07. People, People09.
I Do Believe (I Fell In Love)Album: Cats Without Claws (1984)01. Supernatural Love02. It's Not The Way03. There Goes My Baby04. Cats Without Claws06. Oh Billy Please07.
Maybe It's Over09. Forgive MeAlbum: All Systems Go (1987)01. All Systems Go02. Bad Reputation03. Love Shock04. Only the Fool Survives06. Dinner With Gershwin07.
Voices Cryin' Out09. Thinkin' Bout My BabyAlbum: The Dance Collection (1987)01. I Feel Love02.
With Your Love03. Last Dance04. MacArthur Park05.
Dim All The Lights08. No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)Album: Another Place and Time (1989)01. I Don't Wanna Get Hurt02. When Love Takes Over You03. This Time I Know It's For Real04. The Only One05.
In Another Place And Time06. Whatever Your Heart Desires08. If It Makes You Feel Good10.
Love's About To Change My HeartAlbum: Mistaken Identity (1991)01. Get Ethnic02. Work That Magic04. When Love Cries05. Heaven's Just a Whisper Away06. Cry of a Waking Heart07. Friends Unknown08.
Fred Astaire09. Say a Little Prayer10. Mistaken Identity11.
What is it You Want12. Let There be PeaceAlbum: Anthology (1993)CD101. Love To Love You02.
Could It Be Magic03. Try Me, I Know We Can Make It04. Spring Affair05. Love's Unkind06.
I Feel Love07. Once Upon A Time08. Rumour Has It09.
I Love You10. Last Dance11. Macarthur Park12. Heaven Knows13. Dim All The Lights16.
Sunset PeopleCD201. No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)02. On The Radio03. The Wanderer04. I'm A Rainbow06. Don't Cry For Me Argentina07. Love Is in Control (Finger On The Trigger)08.
State Of Independence09. She Works Hard For The Money10.
Unconditional Love11. There Goes My Baby12. Supernatural Love13.
All Systems Go14. This Time I Know It's For Real15. I Don't Wanna Get Hurt16. When Love Cries17.
Friends Unknown18. Carry OnAlbum: Endless Summer (1994)01. Melody Of Love (Wanna Be Loved)02 Love To Love You Baby03. Could It Be Magic04. I Feel Love05. Love's Unkind06. I Love You07 Last Dance08.
MacArthur Park09. No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)12. On The Radio13.
Love Is In Control (Finger On The Trigger)14. State Of Independence15. She Works Hard For The Money16. Unconditional Love17.
This Time I Know It's For Real18. I Don't Wanna Get Hurt19.
Any Way At AllAlbum: Live & More Encore (1999)01. MacArthur Park02. This Time I Know It's for Real03. I Feel Love04.
On the Radio05. No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)06. Dim All the Lights07. She Works Hard for the Money08. Last Dance12. Love Is the Healer13.
I Will Go with YouAlbum: Gold (2005)CD101. Love To Love You Baby02. Could It Be Magic03. Try Me, I Know We Can Make It04. Spring Affair05. Love's Unkind06.
I Feel Love07. I Love You08.
Last Dance09. Macarthur Park10.
Heaven Knows11. Dim All The Lights14.
Sunset People15. No More Tears (Enough Is Enough) - Barbra Streisand16. On The RadioCD201. Love Is In Control (Finger On The Trigger)03.
State Of Independence04. She Works Hard For The Money05. Unconditional Love06. There Goes My Baby07. Supernatural Love08. Dinner With Gershwin09. All Systems Go10.
This Time I Know It's Real11. I Don't Wanna Get Hurt12. Love's About To Change My Heart13. When Love Cries14. Melody Of Love (Wanna Be Loved)16.
I Will Go With You (Con Te Partir)17. Dream-A-Lot's Theme (I Will Live For Love)18. You're So Beautiful (Tony Moran Edit)Album: Crayons (2008)01. Stamp Your Feet02. Crayons (Featuring Ziggy Marley)04. The Queen is Back05.
Fame(The Game)06. Sand On My Feet07.
Drivin' Down Brazil08. I'm A Fire09. Slide Over Backwards10. Science of Love11. Be Myself Again12 Bring Down The Reign13. It's Only Love14. I'm A Fire (Baggi Begovic & Soul Conspiracy Mixshow Remix)LaDonna Adrian Gaines AKA Donna Summer (December 31, 1948 – May 17, 2012) Rest In Peace Angel!!!!
Serge Gainsbourg (April 2, 1928? March 2, 1991) was a french poet-songwriter, singer, actor, novelist, painter and director. Gainsbourg's varied style and individuality made him difficult to categorize. Although famous in France for many years, he did not achieve his first No.
1 album until 1979, when he released Aux Armes et caetera more than twenty years after his music career had begun. But since the 1980s, his legacy has been firmly established. Personal lifePersonal lifeHe was born Lucien Ginzburg in Paris, France, the son of Jewish Russian parents who fled to France after the 1917 Bolshevik uprising.
His childhood was profoundly affected by the occupation of France by Nazi Germany, during which he and his family, as Jews, were forced to wear the yellow star and eventually flee from Paris. He had a daughter, Charlotte Gainsbourg, with English singer and actress Jane Birkin; and a son, Lulu, with his last partner, Bambou (Caroline Von Paulus, who is related to Friedrich Paulus). Before he was 30 years old, Lucien Ginsburg was a disillusioned painter but earned his living as a piano player in bars.Daughter Charlotte would later become an actress and singer.Early workHis early songs were influenced by Boris Vian and were largely in the vein of 'old-fashioned' chanson. Very early, however, Gainsbourg began to move beyond this and experiment with a succession of different musical styles: jazz early on, english pop in the 60's, reggae in the 70's, even hip-hop in the 80's.Success began to arrive when, in 1965, his song 'Poup?e de cire, poup?e de son' was the Luxembourg entry in the Eurovision Song Contest. Performed by French teen singer France Gall, it won the grand prize.
(The song was covered in English as 'A Lonely Singing Doll' by British teen idol Twinkle.) He arranged other Gall songs and LPs that were characteristic of the late 1960s psychedelic styles, among them Gall's '1968' album. Another of Serge's songs 'Boum Bada Boum' was entered in by Monaco in the 1967 contest, sung by Minouche Barelli; It came 5th.In 1969, he released what would become his most famous song in the English-speaking world, 'Je t'aime. Moi non plus', which featured simulated sounds of female orgasm. The song appeared that year on an LP, 'Jane Birkin/Serge Gainsbourg'. Originally recorded with Brigitte Bardot, it was released with future girlfriend Birkin when Bardot backed out. While Gainsbourg declared it the 'ultimate love song,' it was considered too 'hot'; the song was censored in various countries, and in France, even the toned-down version was suppressed. Even the Vatican made a public statement citing the song as offensive.
Its notoriety led it to reaching no. 1 in the UK singles chart. A long-standing rumor maintains that Gainsbourg and Birkin were actually having sex during the recording session (asked about it in an interview, Gainsbourg answered that if this was true, the song would have lasted longer than 4 minutes).The seventiesHis most influential work came near the start of the seventies with Histoire de Melody Nelson, released in 1971. This concept album, produced and arranged by Jean-Claude Vannier, tells the story of a Lolita-esque affair, with Gainsbourg as the narrator and Jane Birkin as the eponymous English heroine. It features prominent string arrangements and even a massed choir at its tragic climax. At the time, sales were poor, but the album has proven influential with artists such as Air, David Holmes and Beck.In 1975, he released the album Rock Around the Bunker, a rock album written entirely on the subject of the Nazis. Gainsbourg used black humour, as he and his family suffered during World War II.
While a child in Paris, Gainsbourg himself had worn the Yellow badge as the mark of a Jew.The next year saw the release of another major work, L'Homme? La T?te de Chou (Cabbage-Head Man), featuring the new character Marilou and sumptuous orchestral themes.In Jamaica in 1978 he recorded 'Aux Armes et cetera,' a reggae version of the French national anthem 'La Marseillaise', with Robbie Shakespeare, Sly Dunbar and Rita Marley. This song earned him death threats from right-wing veterans of the Algerian War of Independence who were opposed to certain lyrics. Shortly afterwards, Gainsbourg bought the original manuscript of La Marseillaise. He was able to reply to his critics that his version was, in fact, closer to the original as the manuscript clearly shows the words 'Aux armes et c?tera.'
For the chorus.The next year saw him in the new look of Gainsbarre, officially introduced in the song 'Ecce Homo.' Final yearsIn the 1980's, approaching the end of his life, Gainsbourg became a regular figure on French TV. His appearances seemed devoted to his controversial sense of humour and provocation. He would frequently show up drunk and unshaven on stage.
Perhaps his most famous incident came when, on Michel Drucker's live Saturday evening show with the American singer Whitney Houston, he exclaimed, 'I want to fuck her.' During this period he released Love On The Beat and his last studio album, You're Under Arrest, (which saw him adapt his style to the hip-hop genre), as well as two live recordings. His third and last Eurovision Song Contest entry came in 1990 with the French entry 'White and Black Blues', sung by Jo?lle Ursull.
It came second in a tie with Ireland. His songs became increasingly eccentric in this period, ranging from the anti-drug 'Les Enfants de la Chance' to the duet with his daughter Charlotte called 'Lemon Incest (Un zeste de citron).' The title of the latter demonstrates Gainsbourg's love of puns (another example is 'Bowie, Beau oui comme Bowie').Discography:1958: Du Chant? La Une!1959: Serge Gainsbourg N?21961: L'?tonnant Serge Gainsbourg1962: Serge Gainsbourg N? 41963: Gainsbourg Confidentiel1964: Gainsbourg Percussions1968: Initials B.B.1968: Bonnie And Clyde ( with Brigitte Bardot )1969: Jane Birkin-Serge Gainsbourg1971: Histoire de Melody Nelson ( with Jane Birkin )1973: Vu de l'ext?rieur1975: Rock around the bunker1976: L'Homme?
T?te de chou1979: Aux armes et c?tera1981: Mauvaises Nouvelles Des?toiles1984: Love on the Beat1987: You're Under Arrest.