Donna Summer Performs "This Time I Know It's for Real" | Letterman

The Queen of Disco performs one of her biggest hits.
(From "Late Night," air date: 6/6/89)
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[@SLEEPTHIEFofficial]

Honestly, she is one of the best pop/soul vocalists of the last 50 years.

[@Graciela775]

The way she be belting, without even breathing properly for over 3 minutes and still exuding PERFECTION lets you know HOW LEGENDARY THIS WOMAN WAS!!! ❤❤❤❤😊😊😊

[@johnwohara]

She had such a wonderful voice.

[@lovewalruss]

what a voice, perfect pitch, RIP Donna!

[@mary5827]

Donna Summer was so beautiful and her voice was just amazing. She sang like an angel.❤

[@arcid63]

What a great live performance. Donna could sing for real!

[@OMGWTFLOLSMH]

Beautiful and extremely talented. Gone way too soon.

[@hinthegroove9740]

Wow! The Band really could play all genres magnificently and Donna, just wow. Then Bartles and James, I had forgot my good memories 😊

[@CassieJazz96]

One of the greatest vocalists ever

[@joecalhoun5303]

No…the greatest vocalist

[@TheRaiderz2010]

She was a stand-in that night when Carole King cancelled her performance on the show... What a great choice and so effortless.❤❤❤RIH Donna.. Love You ♥️♥️♥️

[@anga5107]

yes, I believe she was a rather last minute replacement, because Carole canceled at the last minute

[@romerjusu3804]

I believe this was the first time she sang that song live.

[@TheLanard]

@@romerjusu3804I noticed she flubbed the beginning of the first chorus. She was supposed to sing, “You’d be amazed at how I love you so, and baby….” Didn’t matter, she sounded great, as usual.

[@elizabethdurant3851]

Real, talentosa, exitosa, autentica, asi son los verdaderos artistas

[@kellywittmann1893]

Oh, I so miss this show and this lovely woman.

[@carlosballesteros4670]

I can't believe such a wonderful woman is not here anymore. Everytime I listen to this song i have a powerful feeling of sad for the days that have gone. 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢

[@johncollete675]

One of my favorites!!!

[@Nytecrawler2010]

She makes it seem effortless.

[@brianpearce6537]

Pete Waterman said this was one of Stock Aitken and Waterman's best productions and he said Donna had a voice to die for !! Incredible lady - Love you Donna!!

[@TheLanard]

It’s a GREAT song. Loved it when it first came out. Still love it the same.

[@matthewbrayshaw3313]

Considering she was such a massive star at this point and all the 70s and early 80s club music, she is so understated and unstarry - a real trooper as well as incredibly talented.

[@erics9511]

Of course Donna sounds wonderful since she was an absolute and undeniable talent, but I have to give it to the band for doing their best to replicate a multitracked Stock Aitken Waterman recording in a live setting with just guitar/bass/keyboards/drums and providing the backing vocals at the same time. And apparently on short notice. Wow!

[@privatepenguin3137]

Wow...gone for over 11 years already 😢

[@batmaan10]

Donna Summer was a Superstar

[@Mario2V]

Legend 💟

[@xman777b]

the Disco Queen !

[@johncopeland3826]

Completely effortlessly brilliant was ms Summer . Her surname descrbes her gifts perfectly ...the peak of nature .

[@PaulPaid]

Nice.

[@hallson2917]

WE LOVE U DONNA!

[@soyboy2238]

If I ever need to brighten my day, this will do it.

[@brentgardner5103]

Beautiful lady. RIP

[@judylutz1702]

Gone way too soon. RIP 🙏

[@michael_sterling]

"Oh David" @ 2:42 :)

[@michael_sterling]

Didn't I read that someone canceled and she did this appearance with little to no rehearsal?

[@xtianleon]

Wow I love this performance

[@kevinblackfrench]

The voice !!!

[@phunkylemonade9279]

My mom had all of her records.

[@tyvanhworkout]

That voice ringing loud and clear just like the record; the band and the background sound a bit different, but her vocals are always spot on and either just like the record and in many cases, surpassing the recorded version.

[@MrMarioroberth]

Ella vocalmente era perfecta y se encontro con una banda de exelentes musicos, su interpretacion estuvo en tonos altos y no se sintio incomoda, ella lo hacia facil, no le falto respiracion fue un acople y afinque fabuloso, en esos tiempos musicalmente preponderaba el talento por encima de la tecnologia.

[@douglassmith1872]

What a treasure, we didn't know we had until we lost her.

[@krismckusick332]

Very nice ❤

[@user-py2zy3ed1o]

THE GREATEST SINGER FEMALE OF ALL TIMES A LEGEND🥰🥰❤❤

[@williamrodriguez3606]

Donna Summer: "This Time I Know Is For Real" ¡Que bella y espectacular presentación en vivo, de Donna Summer y su pequeña banda! Chicos, ustedes montan un concierto en cualquier lugar. Los coros en el acompañamiento, les quedaron excelentes. La voz de "La Chica De Las Mil Voces", es tan brillante, fuerte y perfecta, como en sus álbumes.

[@marcosomargarciacalderon2691]

BELLISIMA DONNA SUMMER SIEMPRE .BELLISIMA EN LA ETERNIDAD.. GRACIAS POR TUS BELLAS CANCIONES.

[@user-qk8dq2zd5s]

She was thé BEST

[@koolertrek]

My idol growing up 50 years ago!!

[@elsam160]

Diosa inmortal Donna Summer!! 💯👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@tommylark]

On that night, Carol King was gonna be the guest but she suddenly couldn't make it, so Donna made this performance instead. That means she almost had no rehersal BUT HEY, she was perfect!!! Some people might think that Stock Aitken Waterman songs are easy to sing BUT NOT this one! ONLY Donna could sing this song!! She is absolutely fantastic and I DO miss her dearly.

[@pare4918]

oh, David...lol

[@pattiwhite9575]

Love to dance and clean house to Donna.

[@Kingofhearts3d]

classy woman her voice is as sharp as the golden ages of the 80's

[@jorgefrancocabanillas1088]

dias buenos: eso si .. es muy bueno la bella Dona ........

[@dominicportelli7468]

❤

[@DippyHippie]

Beautiful beautiful Miss Donna….

[@carlosballesteros4670]

😢😢😢😢😢😢😢❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@MichaelMurphy-kj3xf]

Burke High School Legend !!!!! ⭐

[@satanpower6512]

MORPHINE LOVE DION

[@dorothygillespie4466]

Another singer / celebrity gone too soon..😢

[@robertfahr2420]

LIVE vocals

[@crz033]

Live everything!

[@dyo6909]

QUEEEN

[@TaniaEvansmrvain]

Even better than the record … not many singers can do that …

[@ronflatter1235]

Sid and Will were pretty good background vocalists on this, right?

[@rockwhk]

What are their full names? 😮

[@robertotoconas8113]

Sid Mc Ginnis on guitar and Will Lee om bass guitar

[@stevabobic]

Pleeeeease upload Belinda Carlisle DO YOU FEEL LIKE I FEEL. Thank you in advance. Steve.

[@martiemc8398]

🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵🎶🎶🎶➕🎶🎶💃🏻🕺🏻💃🏻🕺🏻💃🏻🕺🏻💃🏻🕺🏻💃🏻🕺🏻💃🏻🕺🏻💃🏻🕺🏻💃🏻🕺🏻

[@nstooge]

OMG…I had such a crush on her when I was a teenager…and I can still see why…

[@Streisand70]

Just amazing as usual, but I found the blonde guitar player with the tight pants a bit distracting!! I'm referring to his 'vocals'!

[@vrvaughn]

Who wore the hair better, Donna or Rick James?

[@S1L3NTG4M3R]

:)

[@charlesdavis545]

5 Grammys

[@robertfahr2420]

Just step up.to.the mic and sing. ❤

[@markbirchette8740]

Gene Simmons once upon a time love.

[@leebrock4783]

They dated?

[@markbirchette8740]

@NZE-nk2kl Ross Cher, 10,00 groupies, Shannon. All the same to me...too many.

[@markbirchette8740]

@NZE-nk2kl No, I meant too many women, not good singers. He was a male slxt! That's what I meant. Surely you're aware of many photo albums of conquests. Ross, Cher and even Tweed till they married. I still wouldn't believe he's faithful for a NY second. Just conquests of a narcissistic greedy chump.

[@Rnyargd]

What’s with the Bartles & Jaymes ad?

[@motorheadforlife9431]

Added nostalgia.

[@ivan_flashback]

please, can you upload an interview with Raffaella Carrá from 10 may 1986? thanks!

[@richardwilson828]

Completely unrehearsed due to stepping in at the last minute when Carole King canceled.

[@bilahn1198]

Lettermen is so tepid. He acts like this is the first he heard of her. This was the eighties and she had long been a huge star.

[@sojournersunrise2290]

=- o