  Donna Summer was born Donna
Adrian Ganes In Boston, MA on December 31,
1948. By the late 60s, Donna left home and
performed with the German production of Hair,
followed by Godspell and The Me
Nobody Knows. Donna also began singing
background and releasing demos overseas which
got her noticed by producers. By the 70s,
Donna was on her journey to be named the
'Queen of Disco' with help from producers Giorgio
Moroder, Pete Bellotte, and
Casablanca Records.
Donna released Lady
Of The Night and had her first hit in Europe
with "The Hostage" which topped the
singles charts in Germany, Belgium, and
France.
 Donna released Love
To Love You Baby.
Donna released A
Love Trilogy.
Donna hit the US pop chart and
Top 10 for the first time with "Love To
Love You Baby" and had moderate hits
with "Could It Be Magic" and
"Try Me, I Know We Can Make It."
Donna later said of the creation of the
classic "Love To Love You Baby"
(produced by Giorgio Moroder):
"I told Giorgio that I had an idea for a
song, and I sang the melody to him and he put
down a track. I came into the studio the next
day and he wanted me to put down my vocal,
but I wasn't really prepared, so I ad-libbed,
and that was left on the song. I was goofing
around. I was lying on the floor moaning and
we were all hysterical. It was just too
funny."
 Donna released Four
Seasons Of Love.
Donna was nominated for an American Music Award for Favorite Soul/R&B Female
Artist.
Donna hit the Top 10 with the
disco classic "I Feel Love."
Donna released I
Remember Yesterday.
 Donna released Once
Upon A Time.
Donna had moderate hits with
"Spring Affair" and "Winter
Melody."
Donna won 3 American Music Award for Favorite Disco Female Artist, Favorite Disco Single ("Last
Dance"), and Favorite Disco Album (Live
And More), and was nominated for Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist and Favorite Soul/R&B Female
Artist.
Donna could be seen in the disco
film Thank
God It's Friday.
 Live
And More was released.
Donna topped the Billboard LP
chart for a week with Live
And More.
Donna topped the Billboard Hot
100 chart for 3 weeks with "MacArthur
Park."
Donna had hits through the year
with "Last Dance," "I Love
You," and Rumour Has It."
Donna won a Grammy Award for R&B Vocal
Performance, Female ("Last Dance") and
was nominated for Best Pop Vocal Female
Performance ("MacArthur Park").
 Donna released Bad
Girls.
Donna topped the Billboard LP
chart for 6 weeks with Bad
Girls.
Donna topped the Billboard Hot
100 chart for 3 weeks with "Hot
Stuff."
 Donna topped the Billboard Hot
100 chart for 5 weeks with "Bad
Girls."
Donna hit the Top 10 with
"Dim All The Lights" and with
"Heaven Knows" accompanied by Brooklyn
Dreams.
 Donna released On
The Radio (Greatest Hits Volumes 1 & 2) which became her 3rd
consecutive double LP to hit #1.
Donna topped the Billboard Hot
100 chart for a week with her duet with Barbra
Streisand - "No More Tears (Enough
Is Enough)" (which topped the ARC Weekly
Top 40 for 3 weeks).
 # 9
Singles Artist of the Year
 Donna won 3 American Music
Awards for Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist, Favorite Soul/R&B Female
Artist,
and Favorite Pop/Rock
Single
("Bad Girls") and was nominated for
Favorite Pop/Rock Album (Bad
Girls).
Donna topped the Billboard LP
chart for a week with On
The Radio (Greatest Hits Volumes 1 & 2).
Donna hit the Top 10 with "On The
Radio."
Donna won a Grammy Award for Best Rock Vocal
Performance - Female ("Hot Stuff") and was
nominated for Album of the Year (Bad
Girls), Best R&B Vocal
Performance - Female ("Dim All The
Lights"), and Best Pop Vocal Performance -
Female
and Best Disco Recording (Bad
Girls).
 Donna hit #1 for a week with "On The
Radio."
Walk
Away: The Best Of 1977-1980 was released.
Donna was back with a new
record company (Geffen Records) and back in
the Top 40 with "The Wanderer."
 Donna released The
Wanderer.
Donna hit the Top 40 with "Walk Away."
Donna hit the Top 10 with "The Wanderer."
Donna topped the Billboard
Year-End Charts as the Top Pop Artist
- Female (singles & albums) and Top
Billboard 200 Album Artist - Female.
 # 110
Singles Artist of the Year
Donna hit the Top 40 with "Cold Love."
Donna was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Vocal Performance - Female ("On The
Radio").
Donna hit the Top 40 with "Who Do You Think You're
Fooling."
 # 61
Singles Artist of the Year
 Donna was nominated for 2 Grammy Awards for Best Rock Vocal
Performance - Female ("Cold Love") and Best
Inspirational Performance ("I Believe In
Jesus").
Donna hit the Top 40 with "Love Is In Control
(Finger On The Trigger)."
Donna hit the Top 10 with "Love Is In Control
(Finger On The Trigger)."
 Donna released Donna
Summer.
Donna hit the Top 40 with "State Of Independence."
 # 22
Singles Artist of the Year
Donna was nominated for 2 American Music Awards for Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist and Favorite Soul/R&B Female
Artist.
Donna was nominated for 2 Grammy Awards for Best Rock Vocal
Performance - Female ("Protection") and Best R&B Vocal
Performance - Female ("Love Is In Control
(Finger On The Trigger)").
Donna hit the
Top 40 with "The Woman In Me."
 Donna released She
Works Hard For The Money and was back in the
Top 10 with the title track.
Donna hit the Top 40 with "She Works Hard For The
Money."
Donna hit the Top 10 with "She Works Hard For The
Money."
Donna hit the Top 40 with "Unconditional Love."
 # 81
Singles Artist of the Year
 Donna was nominated for 3 American Music
Awards for Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist, Favorite Soul/R&B
Video ("She Works Hard For The
Money"),
and Favorite Soul/R&B
Female Artist.
Donna won a Grammy Award for Best Inspirational
Performance ("He's A Rebel") and
was nominated for Best Vocal Performance - Female ("She Works Hard For The
Money").
 The video for "She Works Hard For The
Money"
was nominated for 2 MTV Video Music
Awards for Best Female Video and Best Choreography.
Donna hit the Top 40 with "There Goes My Baby."
Donna released Cats
Without Claws.
Donna won a Grammy Award for Best Inspirational
Performance ("Forgive Me").
Donna released The
Summer Collection.
 # 205
Singles Artist of the Year
Donna released All Systems
Go.
 Donna released The
Dance Collection.
 # 77
Singles Artist of the Year
Donna released Another
Place And Time.
Donna hit the Top 40 with "This Time I Know It's
For Real."
Donna hit the Top 10 with "This Time I Know It's
For Real."
 The
Best Of Donna Summer was released.
Donna released Mistaken
Identity.
 The
Donna Summer Anthology was released.
The holiday LP Christmas
Spirit and Endless
Summer: Donna Summer's Greatest Hits were released.
 Donna released I'm
A Raibow.
Donna could be
heard on the compilation tribute to Bruce
Springsteen - One
Step Up, Two Steps Back: The Songs of Bruce
Springsteen.
 Donna won a Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording ("Carry On"
with Giorgio Moroder) from
the compilation NRG
Unlimited 1.
Donna performed in New York at a
benefit for the Gay Men's Health Crisis.
Greatest
Hits was released.
 # 97
Singles Artist of the Year
 VH1
Presents: Donna Summer Live And More Encore was released.
VH1: 100
Greatest Women of Rock & Roll includes Donna at # 37.
Donna hit the Top 40 with "I Will Go With You (Con
Te Partiro)."
 Donna was
nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording ("I Will Go With
You (Con Te Partiro)").
VH1: 100
Greatest Dance Songs includes "Last
Dance" at # 6,
"Love To Love You Baby" at # 63,
"I Feel Love" at # 76,
and "MacArthur Park" at # 89.
VH1: 100
Sexiest Artists includes Donna at # 80.
 The
Millennium Collection: The Best Of Donna
Summer was released.
The
Journey: The Very Best Of Donna Summer was released.
Donna appeared as a guest judge
on American Idol.
# 106 on the Top Pop Artists
of the Past 25 Years chart.
 Donna could be heard on the
compilation LP So
Amazing... An All-Star Tribute To Luther
Vandross with "Power Of Love."
Donna was one of 9 acts
nominated for the Rock & Roll Hall of
Fame.
 Donna topped the Billboard Hot
Dance Club Play chart with "I'm On
Fire."
Donna will release Crayons on May 20th.
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