Donna Summer ~ The Sick rumors that she was a man ~ The Queen of Disco deserved much much better!

Donna Summer is the queen of disco! She has broken so many berries and was an elegant and vibrant role model for her time. LaDonna Adrian Gaines, known professionally as Donna Summer, was an American singer, songwriter, and actress. She gained prominence during the disco era of the 1970s and became known as the "Queen of Disco", while her music gained a global following.
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[@KarineAlourde]

“I want a private life, I truly do. I'm not just pretending to want one like lots of celebrities.” -Donna Summer Watch Chaka Khan next kzbin.info/www/bejne/q4LLYqKgmtmZmM0

[@CrystalDatingCoach]

ABSOLUTELY love your Black Starlet Vintage Playlist!!

[@joannjohnson2481]

Donna Summer was married to Bruce Sudano in 1980 . He was a member of a group called Brooklyn Dreams , Donna Summer did duet with Joe Bean Esposito of the group the song was called Heaven knows it came out 1979.

[@grandkhanonizegypt]

SZA can't sing live, Donna could , so 😂

[@NIJEECAPRICORN23]

Kelly Rowland would be perfect to play Donna Summer. My favorite songs are MacArthurs Park, Heaven Knows, Hot Stuff, Bad Girls, Sunset People.

[@ayo_moreno]

I see it!!

[@miriahherzog8326]

Omg I bad boys was so iconic for m. I had her cd when I was 11 or 12, and I also was a little embarrassed to say I really liked three men and a baby. So think of that song when I hear her name.

[@NIJEECAPRICORN23]

@@miriahherzog8326 Bad Girls album is amazing

[@fromlissawithlove]

Omg I was JUST thinking this!!!! They have the same smooth cocoa complexion and the same full beautiful features 😍

[@Ayurveduh]

She would be AMAZING!

[@prometheuspredator7971]

Donna never looked like a man. She was beautiful, slender, and petite. Donna was a beauty and she could have easily been a model, but instead she decided on a music career and i am glad she did. Who ever started that rumor was malicious and jealous about everything that Donna represented her voice and looks, her slender build and petite frame, and her georgous face.

[@janath9118]

Yes, you are right. I agree.

[@songsofsofia]

She did work as a model in Germany I believe. I agree, she was absolutely beautiful 🤩 Inside out ☺️

[@mariusallen3018]

She was a model she did some modeling in Germany

[@perrip2355]

Right! Jealousy is so uncalled for. People can’t handle beautiful black women.

[@DeuceSchnozzle]

You ever look at her shoulders?

[@daughteroftheking2344]

She looked incredibly beautiful and feminine to me. She had chiseled cheekbones and full luscious lips like a 90’s supermodel. And that VOICE!!! Haters gonna hate!

[@siciliansummer]

The music industry was threatened by Donna. She was outselling white rockers and dominating the pop charts. I think she had the best voice in music. She was the first true female superstar that had mass appeal. She was a beautiful woman and of course, that meant she had to be taken down by the people that hated seeing her succeed. Stupid rumors like this plagued her. Also, she started singing Love to Love You, Baby back in concerts starting in around 1999.

[@RP6575most]

I totally agree with you. I think that Diana Ross was a major super star of that era but her rise to fame was gradual while DS was a meteoric rise and I do believe that white rockers resented her powerhouse fame, voice and talent. I remember in school how the white rocker kids who had a very narrow and compartmentalized view of music would try to stigmatize the power of her music and disco in general.

[@BigDapPacino]

Those vultures were trying to find a White Female to replace her with...but Donna had those hits and then you had Grace Jones who popped up when Donna went totally mainstream...even Madonna's early music was cultivated by the dance club in NYC...the extended dance mix...Donna Summer was the best to ever do it!

[@iwasanangryyoungman]

No wonder these jealous white rockers and their fans organized the infamous Disco Demolition Night...a dark day for the US music industry

[@gloriacato7761]

She defintely brought the soul, the sass, the rock to the party. Songs were off the charts.

[@erossinema8797]

Many black artists were outselling them because their music was shit 🤣🤣

[@SZAliaBanks]

her features are popular surgical trends nowadays …

[@KarineAlourde]

Exactly propel pay to look like this now

[@SZAliaBanks]

@@KarineAlourde exactly ! Thank you for recommending Lorry Hill, because most of the procedures she takes about are features that many Black people naturally have (hips, cheekbones, lips, eye shape, chin, etc).

[@desic3274]

They certainly are!

[@brandimoore3020]

Lol she had plastic surgery before she became famous but yes she was gorgeous nonetheless 💕

[@brandimoore3020]

@Gaelle Future Nurse because I saw photos of her before surgery and the changes are obvious.

[@stacys.5367]

Her vocal range was CRAZY!!!!!!

[@tonynegron1927]

🤔 Yes,it was. She is so underappreciated. ☆ Like Dick Clark always said. 🎙 She was my "Diva" D.S.(1948-2012) growing up. ☆ Class of '83!

[@Igboman87]

It was, I loved her long notes!

[@nicole87rivera]

She’s drop dead gorgeous to me. Idk what people were talking about

[@jokuz9133]

Amen. Dominating

[@MzzDiamond100]

I had the honor of meeting Donna Summers in the mid 90’s . I was in my early 20’s working at Neiman Marcus. Ms. Summers was absolutely stunning. One of the most beautiful women I’ve ever seen. Plus her personality was as beautiful as she was. She was 5’7 with heels on so she was over 6ft tall easily. In no way did Donna Summer look like a man. For those who said she did were very jealous of how beautiful she was. Pictures don’t do her justice. Rip. Such a beautiful person gone to soon. ❤️

[@jokuz9133]

Amen. She was as beautiful as any celebrity ever inside & outside. Her dominate beauty was threatening to many of us whites

[@joanellebracht5311]

I grew up in the 70s and loved her. Not once did I ever think she looked like a man AT ALL!! Always feminine and sexy.

[@janath9118]

I agree with you.

[@umarbentley4953]

They come up.with so much of these far fetched stupid rumours of people,they done the same thing with Ciara saying she was a man which she is definitely far far from being one.People who do this are basically insecure,bored and extremely jealous so what do they do to keep themselves validated and important,"the old she looks like a man"accusation.I tell these haters need to grow up and get a friggin life.

[@janath9118]

@@umarbentley4953 You are exactly correct. They are just haters who have jealousy and malice in their minds. All they think of is discriminating or insulting the other persons.

[@c.calliecoleman1531]

There's always going to be some nut with "Rumors". I never once ever thought she was a man, either. If anything she was a woman who knew more than the average woman. She was streetwise, and that's what I liked about her best.

[@donttalktomeyoureannoying8736]

@@umarbentley4953 omg as a child I remember folks saying Ciara was a man. I don’t know why, she looks like a woman lol😅

[@nicolesherman8974]

She was breathtaking beautiful. Before there was Janet and Madonna, there was Donna. Just know that it was a Black woman that brought and popularized EDM, disco, and pop to the forefront.

[@janath9118]

Yes, I agree with you.

[@Nstar365]

They are all Iconic in their own right! 💯

[@arsonhakobyan]

True, true. But I interpret it as that Donna Summer's so amazing that she could even play the man role better than most men. Most definitely more than I can; I promise ya that. And yes, she is drop dead gorgeous, an amazing singer, diva + more.

[@Nstar365]

@@arsonhakobyan play what role as a man?? She don't need to.

[@arsonhakobyan]

@@Nstar365 It has nothing to do with needing to. The "needing to" part has nothing to do with it. It enhances her brand of fun, amusement and pleasure that she can provide (I do not mean this mainly in terms of sex). Folks in America like to make everything boring for some reason, probably just because that is the way for of in which the politics are set up, as it has only gotten worse over time. Disclaimer-I owned all of Donna Summer's albums, had posters of her on my bedroom walls, and I was absolutely aroused by the talk of her being a man. I did not take it over-the-top literally, just that she has got some of the robust features, power jerks in her steps and pulls, plus rough-and-tuck skin, yet that is still femininely smooth and female-scented. There is no question that Donna Summer is way more feminine than say a Whoopi Goldberg, yet she would be better able to protect me from Whoopi, if I was with her, and Whoopi just all of the sudden came at me to land a sucker punch, than the average woman like say a Megan Fox or a Tracee Ellis Ross in such respect could.

[@gsttvodmgz4032]

I am Mexican and since I heard the Donna's 70's hits I started to love her... She is so beautiful, My God!!!... Those eres, face, skin, voice, figure!!!! Just perfect. Love you forever, now in 2023 I still hear your music all the time. Love you Donna. ♥️♥️♥️

[@janetlabradorsosa1558]

I was born and raised in Jersey and partied my disco years at Studio 54 in NYC and was fortunate to have seen Donna Summers perform in Studio... I never, ever heard of the rumors that Donna Summers was a man, she was a beautiful, elegant woman with a very soft spoken voice and will always be remembered as the "Disco Queen" of my era.... We will always love you Queen💋🤓

[@MR-cr7yc]

If she looks like a man I’m truly wondering what do I look like. “Joking” these self haters will never break me. She is breath taking.. just gorgeous!

[@marisadaniela6]

Exactly. Goes to show you can have it all going on, and people will still say what they say. Not always easy to ignore, but worth it.

[@MR-cr7yc]

@@marisadaniela6 I’ve retrained myself to think.. sounds cliche but it’s not me. It’s them!!!

[@corrinnacorrinna5572]

Anyone who thinks she looked like a man needs a prompt visit to their optometrist. She was a beautiful woman.

[@MR-cr7yc]

@@corrinnacorrinna5572 I second that.

[@MyMonkey38]

They say a lot of celebrity women were men and vice versa. 🤷🏽‍♀️ Who knows?! I don’t believe she was a man.

[@traci0133]

She was my Cousin.......I never had the opportunity to meet her in person my Grandmother Did we had a lot of musical artists in the family my Grandmother was great friends with Ella Fitzgerald, , Mary McLeod Bethune and my Grandfather's half Sister was Leontyne Price my uncle went to alot of her concerts, how lucky were they to be connected to these great Goddesses.but my Favorite would be my Grandmother she gave up her jazz career to be a preacher's wife...she sang beautiful music and taught her children how to sing and play the piano for the church .....my favorite Donna Summer's Albums are ALL OF THEM......😅.....👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾💜💜💜💜💯thankyou for this info I never knew ..... you know more than I did about this Fabulous Woman.....much Respect and love....peace💯✌🏾

[@kflo8634]

She's a goddess. I've loved her since I was a kid even though I didn't live through the disco age.

[@pageturningpriestess2859]

She was so beautiful and eloquent. A star from the beginning

[@kayshawnsimmons6822]

I agree. The industry pics people who have experience trama and abuse, people who are east for the to promote and puppet

[@janath9118]

PageTurning Priestess Completely agreed.

[@isaiahbing2192]

Definitely Beautiful sexy sultry singer 👨‍🎤 Nuff Said

[@xauceamani]

I feel that people automatically think strong, masculine etc Whenever they hear the word dark skin. That's so damaging, and offensive because it doesn't make room for Black Woman at all, in where they can be seen be as they are which could be dainty, sensual, bubbly, sexy etc Mrs Summer was in her own element. That voices, her sensual allure, her doe eyes , full lips and that smile! Have a good day to anyone who reads this.

[@chrystianaw8256]

So true

[@candyart5067]

Xauce Amani That was the point. She was so gorgeous and talented, jealous people started those nasty rumors to attack her.

[@janath9118]

@@candyart5067 You are right, I completely agree with you.

[@janath9118]

Yes, I agree.

[@ms.bubs4fun506]

Did they say the same thing about Cher? Cher looked like a man!

[@howardbroadnax8292]

I fell in love with her and her voice the first time I heard her. My friends and family all knew that she was my number one. I wasn't very happy in my teen years so I made her my safe place. I'd sit in my room with my headphones on and escape to DONNALAND . Thank you for rescuing me from darkness and depression. Also, thanks for signing my copy of your book. Mac Arthur Park is my favorite, but I ❤️ Love To Love them all.

[@TheRetroWoman80]

This is a beautiful story! Her voice is definitely a healer.

[@fannywood9022]

What a golden voice she shared with the world. God rest her soul, love her music still today!

[@ritapreston3809]

Donna and Barbara Streisand were great friends her duet with Barbara shows how much of a vocal power house she really was.

[@harperstacey9604]

Barbra streisand felt overshadowed by Donna Summer. From Ms. Harper Stacey.

[@lindseycarribean5113]

She was friend also with Sofia loren.

[@jefferybrown2568]

@@lindseycarribean5113 I saw Sofia at one of Donna's concerts.

[@CrystalDatingCoach]

Yes!! "Enough is Enough" with Streisand is one of my favorite songs!!

[@erossinema8797]

@@harperstacey9604 Because Barbra Streisand wasn't known for pop/ rock. She only sang easy listening stuff, which the younger audiences (the ones who buy records) couldn't relate to

[@marig9236]

I agree w you Karine, her features are everything. its slightly pulled back and gives it fierce look.

[@kayshawnsimmons6822]

Yes, absolutely beautiful 😍

[@soleihaennals9855]

Lil mama the rapper.. She has Sharp features.. and she's cute

[@chrystianaw8256]

Her features are actually quite soft

[@HaitianBlackGinger11]

@@chrystianaw8256 very soft.

[@winstonandmargaret7688]

Donna Summer was my teenage crush, everything I use to dream of in a woman. People who make up these sick rumors are sick themselves as well as those who follow them

[@terrytenley9327]

I must say Donna was a living doll.. She was beautiful, could really belt out her songs and her moves were off the chart.. I loved everything she did.. She could, talk to anyone and make you love her.. Her song..she works hard for her money still excites me to no end.. She is gone now but I never forget her till I go too.

[@gigijanae1460]

Leave it to BM to participate in the degradation of their own BW for public entertainment 🙄

[@KarineAlourde]

It’s unfortunate but it’s so amazing how many powerful black men stood up for her constantly too. I think the ones who had mess to say was just jealous that they could never in a million years get a woman that attractive and confident in her sensuality. They were just salty.

[@AQlady10]

A- damn shame!!!-' believing lie's that we know- whom say!!-' nothing!!' Fakes!!'

[@lacecocoa6272]

Facts

[@dajuice3999]

That part!!!

[@Laura-sg6ss]

Indeedd

[@Mimi-ef4mt]

Oh my goodness I LOVE DONNA SUMMER you don’t understand like I’m obsessed with her voice her aura her talent everything about her even her style it’s just so amazing she’s intertwined with the 70s and it makes me sick that people call black women men like I was called that when I was in seventh grade and that damaged me people need to stop being so mean because if someone were to self harm themselves then they act all regretful anyway sorry for the rant thanks for the video💁🏾‍♀️🥰 (hope you pin 📌 )

[@KarineAlourde]

You already know I would 😘 you are speaking facts!! I am disgusted by how they treated her with those rumors and women today who are taller and not the typical standard of femininity. Donna Summer was my first musical girl crush! She always exuded sensuality and soft feminine energy and her voice is like a siren! So ethereal and beautiful! I’m sorry you went through that experience, ignorance one day maybe will cease to exist 🦋❤️✨

[@Mimi-ef4mt]

@@KarineAlourde yeah she’s definition of feminine sexuality I would say that I’m in a better place mentally know I also gotten prettier so only haters can only get mad 🤪 anyway my favorite song from Donna summers also love to love you funny how I heard Beyoncé saying that part of the song first and I searched it up and then I instantly fell in love with Donna summer hehe😌 so thank you Beyoncé🙌🏾👏🏾

[@KarineAlourde]

@@Mimi-ef4mt yes Donna’s version cannot be matched the song is classic 🤌🏽

[@TrishaAyshe]

I still see people try to say that about her to this day, SO ignorant! I always thought she was strikingly beautiful since I was a little girl.

[@lisaellis2593]

@@TrishaAyshe Same!

[@juliealexis7438]

Donna Summer's voice and beauty was GOLDEN standard. This child of the 70's knew it from the get-go!

[@lcestrella]

Donna was such a huge, huge part of my childhood. My mother played her music endlessly. I just love listening to the Four Seasons of Love album, beginning to end, especially the calypso breakdown on Autumn Changes, fire 🔥

[@ixchelvenus4728]

nothing about her face or body does it say manly tf. They where just jealous this woman was GORGEOUS. A beauty icon. Her droopy eyes, her cheekbones, her gorgeous lips. Love it all. and the fashion baby.......

[@ThebabynerdChannel]

As a kid I was in love with “Last Dance”. I used to cry and spin to that song 😭❤️

[@julioalcaraz5417]

I’ve only shed tears 😭 for 2 celebrities-When John Lennon was shot and when Donna Summer died. I was listening to talk radio 📻 in Los Angeles when suddenly last dance was being played. Hmmm 🤔, why is Donna Summer being played here I asked. Then the disc jockey said-Donna Summer has played her last dance. I still went to work but I was totally numb. I went to a corner and cried 😢. RIP Donna you’re so missed

[@karenmickens1239]

McArthur Park was a masterpiece her vocal range was outstanding and the musical arrangement as well.

[@Majikmind72]

Donna Summer...my first diva! I was born in 72' and grew up playing her albums and hanging them on my bedroom wall! Lol .She shall forevermore be apart of the foundation of my childhood. ❤️ Rest in Peace Queen Donna❤️🙏💖

[@s.n.matias5193]

And a YES for an Arsenio Hall breakdown 🤞🏼

[@kayshawnsimmons6822]

I will definitely be here for it👀🍿☕

[@lorettabyrd1492]

Yes He is a Moran

[@MissPiggy.]

I remember my older sisters dancing to her songs. I love Donna Summer! She was beautiful! She looked nothing like a man! She was gorgeous!!!🥰🥰🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@nikimnray8377]

My favorite singer of all time .every album is amazing, her aura was pure magic and her voice is incomparable, I still listen to her every week ,cant pick a favorite....too many favorites ❤

[@reginaldjohnson5375]

I loved Donna Summers (RIP). I grew up in the 70s, so I grew up on all music, including disco. My actual Aunt Donna could have passed for Donna Summer's twin sister back in the 70s as well! But "Love to Love you baby" and "Last Dance" are my favorites from her!

[@soybeans8139]

I love Donna Summer. My favorite song of hers is I feel love. She was beautiful, and it's sad that the media always try to reduce the beauty that they don't have.

[@marisadaniela6]

I feel love is straight fire. She was just incredible live. Well from what we see in recordings of the performances. She just oozed with star power

[@lynej2011]

Yes! The bottom line is that “others” are jealous. That is the reason we live rent-free in their minds. I need my brothers an sisters to ALWAYS walk with their heads held high.

[@DeidreL9]

Exactly! I feel love is just such a combination of sexy and mystical. I adore her❤️

[@janath9118]

You are right. I completely agree with you. "I feel love" is my favourite song too.

[@jacobk9322]

Donna IS incredible!!! My mother learned English listening to good music on the radio, the 70s and 80s music was her ishhh. She loved Donna, now that mother has gone home I’m now obsessed with Donna. Around the 12 minute mark of love to love you baby when music evolves (gonna love my baby love tonight) draws tears everytime. Those who don’t listen to the extended versions of her songs are really missing out. I remember they used to say that Ciara and Cassie were men 🙄 fuggem. Disco was before my time, I would love a resurgence

[@nolanwinter4711]

First female singer I ever loved. Beautiful WOMAN with an amazing voice.

[@mysteriouswilliams1595]

My favorite song is, She Works Hard For Her Money". YASSSSS she did her thing creating that song. 🎶🎼🎵🎤😀💯❤️ R.I.P. Donna Summer

[@ancient1967]

McAuthur Park is my favorite by Donna Summer. RIP Disco Queen.💐

[@katechipata9934]

Donna’s voice, style, and physique were amazing!! Also gorgeous ❤️❤️❤️

[@bobbyfox3013]

The song that really stood out in my wind was Let's Dance, that song was banging back in the disco era!😎👍🏽

[@karenchandler2921]

"I Remember Yesterday" is one of my favorite songs.

[@michellebutts7859]

Donna Summers was the epitome of a perfectly imperfect beautiful woman! She exuded female femininity through and through! Perfect angular universally renowned editorial bone structure and beauty. If Kelly Rowland doesn't portray her in a biobic that would be foolish! As far as one of my favorite songs by her "last chance last dance For Love" is one of my top songs by Donna Summers, and definitely " hot stuff" as well. Listen timeless innovators rarely get their full bouquet when they are in the physical form. She's receiving them right now don't think her spirit doesn't float around. She's that chick: beautiful, epitome goddess everything💖❤️💖

[@QOB_LovesRocknRoll]

That was quick ! 👏🏽 Donna is about to be my inspiration for my 25th birthday look next week. I'm obsessed with her....what a 70s babe!!!!!

[@KarineAlourde]

Her hair and makeup was ahead of its time

[@karenibarra3568]

Go for it! ☺️☺️

[@prometheuspredator7971]

@@KarineAlourde, Yes, it sure was.

[@andylocke1195]

I had a massive crush on this beautiful lady when I was 18yrs old, when we lost this Amazing woman I was absolutely gutted, rest in peace Donna 😪

[@alvarogarcia6319]

Your commentary was excellent!!! I was there! I was born in 1960! So when LTLYB Came out in 1975-1979 I went from 15yrs old to 19yrs old. In High School I was class of 1978. And as Latinos and Disco WAS ON THE POP CHARTS!! Like RAP-HIP/HOP IS NOW! That's all you heard on the radio. And that's ALL WE HAD WAS A RADIO!!! AND VINYL, CASSETTE & 8TRACK TAPES! Donna Summer was our "BEYONCE"! She was my first concert at 16yrs old. And every time she had a tour she would to Miami my town. I would see her comes twice! She is my favorite SINGER STILL OF ALL TIME. from 1976-2009 I saw her in concert over 50X. Her voice is operatically trained in Vienna. She has the Guinness book of world record longest note held on a top ten peak at #2 song: for 17Seconds for " DIM ALL THE LIGHTS! She loud and effortlessly with ease & a breathing control uncanny unnoticeable, what a pair of lungs. When singing MacArthur Park(My favorite) And the duet with Barbra Streisand was a vocal powerhouse of Female Capacity never heard before or anything like it afterwards! Called NO MORE TEARS/ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. l have everything she has ever recorded all 19albums & special Dance Remix & Ballads & Ballad movie themes & she wrote original gospel Songs on compilation albumsl of course I have to have them! She made my teenage 20s & 30s & 40s VERY HAPPY! Her last mini performance was in 2010 with DAVID FOSTER. & FRIENDS "THE HIT MAN" a DVD& CD. IT IS EXCELLENT! One last thing that bugs me. There has always been Dance Music since the beginning of time! And every decade. But it was called a different name. And didn't dominate the pop charts like the 70s&80s & middle America resented it! I LOVE YOU DONNA FOREVER! PROBABLY SINGING TO THE LORD NOW! Sincerely yours, AL Garcia from Miami.btw you're style of commentary is very pleasant to the listener! Thought about having your own show or Journalism!

[@roter13]

I remember that I first found out about her when watching "Family Matters" when I was like 7 or something. She started singing "Last Dance" and I was hooked.

[@tiffanyfraser5568]

same here lol

[@Mimi89_7]

Omg sameeeee one of my favorite episodes I’m 33 now

[@msoddballz5763]

Me too. She really impressed me. All eyes were on her.

[@HWolfeIII]

I remember that episode, She played Steve Urkel's cousin, great performance by Donna.

[@scoobysnax8127]

Beautiful, talented and iconic. Always thought she was so glamorous and attractive, even as a kid.

[@wm8498]

That was a great bio girl! Thank you so much for this :) I LOVE Donna and always have. Her music has been a HUGE part of my life...through my good times and bad. I NEVER believed those stupid rumors about what she supposedly said about our LGBTQ community either. It's sad how she's still doesn't get her just recognition as a true artist and singer because she could literally sing just about anything and had many other talents. She broke many barriers. She was just a REAL talent and a great personality; a real girl and I miss her :(

[@kayshawnsimmons6822]

Donna Summer was a force during the disco area. As a kid of 8 I remember seeing She Work's Hard For The Money video and I thought this is a representation of my mom, working long hours and going to school. Donna Summer thank you for the love you gave in your music

[@fortyshorty2459]

🥹🙏🏽❤️‍🩹

[@ZoraNH.dusttracks1891]

I didn’t know people accused her of being a man…She was absolutely beautiful. It’s upsetting, because as you noted it still happens today. There are a group of KZbinrs who like to do videos claiming certain black female celebrities are actually male (Serena Williams, Angela Bassett, Michelle O…). Serena Williams has been attacked via the media as well…very hurtful. I don’t understand the agenda, but it’s unfortunate. But just with any lie, that’s what spreads and many people want to believe that. I remember reading The Narrative of Sojourner Truth, and she too was accused of being a man…In order to prove she wasn’t, she showed her breast at one of her speaking events, and reminded those men that her breasts were what fed their children. Sad…she shouldn’t have had to prove anything…no woman should.

[@QueenofBluntTruth]

They do with Ciara and Megan thee stallion too

[@sansanchez2465]

She was absolutely & amazingly beautiful. No masculine features are portrayed here. Kash Doll favors her in certain pictures. What a beauty!😍 Very sad of what she endured though.💙💙💙🙏🏽🙏🏽

[@cathyburton5960]

My all time favorite Donna Summer was, "Bad Girls." And I would like to see a piece on Arsenio Hall. I really enjoy all of your stories!

[@valenciaperkins7775]

Donna Summer is one of my favorite childhood singers... absolutely love so many of her songs 🎵 ❤ 😍 💕

[@mercsaint4846]

Donna, Ciara, Meg (and others) why is it always black women accused of being men?

[@flazeda8743]

In the US it is but in Europe it often touches white women too I believe.

[@mercsaint4846]

@@flazeda8743 Not often, I’m from Europe and in France a black woman singer was always accused of being a man

[@flazeda8743]

@@mercsaint4846 I'm french too and here it happened more to white women imo ( singer Sheila, comedian Amanda Lear, tennis woman Amélie Mauresmo). Who's the black female singer who was called a man here? I don't think I heard about it.

[@masehoart7569]

Flaze Da If it touches white women more here in Europe - which I doubt - than only due to the sociodemographic situation - from my teens onwards, my "authentic" femininity was questioned .., and later I learnt that this is not an unusual experience for Black girls who grow up in Germany .., it's like Black in a female version can't be tolerated - it has improved a little but not much ... it's a strategic attack motivated by envy...

[@flazeda8743]

@@masehoart7569 I was thinking about french white women celebs saying "here it happens more to them" since I was answering to a comment about a black woman singer in France after saying I was french but maybe it wasn't clear and I should have precised it.

[@eddycurtis3448]

She was my angel and my queen! The beauty, talent, inner strength, and voice was incredible beyond compare. There will only be one Donna Summer!

[@runawayslave3486]

Fairy tale high. When I first heard it I cried. It reminded me of my childhood. I absolutely LOVE Donna Sommer. Looking forward to dancing with her on planet disco💃💃💃💃💃💃

[@zaireking4598]

She was so beautiful and so iconic. May she rest in peace. 🙏💕

[@zabeth11173]

Donna Summers is a beautiful women. I loved her voice as a child and up. I couldn't ever mistaken her as a man in any form. She is just an Elegant looking woman.

[@renatacantore3684]

Thank you for your Exceptional biography of The goddess Donna Summer. I am so pained to hear that She had endured so much suffering in her life. So Not Fair. I never believed those evil sick rumors attributed to her. I Will Always Love Her.❤♥️🌹🔥🏆🙏🏽🙏💔🦄

[@jamespresident6577]

She's absolutely beautiful Kelly Rowland could play her in a biopic

[@juliehernandez80]

I love that clip where she sings “Love to Love You Baby” in German. So beautiful. Love her voice. My favorite songs are “I Feel Love”, “Bad Girls”, “On The Radio”, “Last Dance”. She has songs for all my moods.

[@MONEYAINTATHANG100]

BAD.

[@josephinemoten345]

I adored her. We were born weeks apart. I felt a kinship with her. My favorite song was Cant Get To Sleep At Night. It was so sad when she passed away.

[@ondgo2Terry]

I'm a huge Donna Summer fan. Thanks for doing this. My favorite song is 'I Feel Love', I played that record constantly all the time. When I was in high school, other students would tell me that she was a man, and of course, I dismissed those rumors. When she passed away, I cried. I literally felt like I had lost a family member. May she forever S.I.P 🙏🏽❤ 🕊

[@latoyadale5747]

Donna Summer was a beautiful, stunning, and talented woman with her own style! RIP♥️

[@harrietyounger6118]

I don't see a single "male"feature on her face. I would say she "female" features. Dainty and soft features.She has a look of the Nefertiti bust. If people thought she was manly the rest of us don't have much hope.

[@dionneking8]

Donna went to Germany after the crime she auditioned for "dionne" in the musical hair.... in order to save her life her parents let her go to Germany.... she did many musicals and sang jingles fell for helmoth Sommer and had mimi:)

[@masehoart7569]

Yes, she was the most successful artist here in Germany in the late 70's - I love to love you baby and I feel love coined the European Disco sound. She was absolutely one of my teenage role models - the other one was Grace Jones ...

[@mwmann3684]

Spring Affair was the Bomb‼️ It came out, just as I was being sent to Germany, in late 1976. She was based in Munich, in the State of Bavaria (München, Bayern). Married Helmut Sommer, father of Mimi. After the divorce, she anglicised, the German name, Sommer to Summer. I bought that 1st album, released in the U.S.(Love To Love You-late 1975) (1st album, in Europe, was "Lady of the Night") ; and the poor photography and German-styled make-up, DID make her seen like a drag queen ; HOWEVER, the subsequent albums & the Ebony Magazine coverage of her and family, including an almost identical younger sister, removed all doubt‼️ She and Mimi were on the cover of Ebony. She later married, Italian, Bruce Sudano.... father of her other children. He's the policeman, on the album cover of the "Bad Girl" double album. She had an operatic voice. Learned German quickly & was a member of the Munich Light Opera, after appearing in the German-language, hit stage play "Hair". Those early albums displayed German make-up artistry and German fashion couture. On my free weekends ; I headed south to München, because of Donna Summer & Silver Convention (their hits "Fly Robin Fly" ..... "Dancing In the Aisles of a 747", etc ). That's where she and her producer, Giorgio Moroder, were based. The Club Cadillac & The Yellow Submarine (club shaped like an actual submarine‼️ We both returned to the USA, about the same time, early 1978. I remember, that she sang a few bars of "Love To Love You, Baby" for Dick Clark, on American Bandstand, IN GERMAN‼️👍 She was Sooooo versatile❗ Check out her 2008 album " Crayons"..... she even sings the blues, but, "I'm A Fire" & "Drivin' Down Brazil" 🔥 Not to forget the 1982 hits "Finger On The Trigger & State of Independence"‼️‼️‼️ Hidden platinum masterpieces..... CHECK THEN OUT ❗ That last album, "Crayons" shines ; because, she was already deathly ill ; but, you won't hear it, in her artistry‼️👍💪💔🙏 Munich is my favorite big European city ; because, of DONNA SUMMER‼️♥️ Rest In Paradise.

[@ninna11]

Can someone explain me what crime did she commit?

[@dionneking8]

@@ninna11 she committed no crime.... she witnessed one as a teen and for her safety went to germany...this is where she became a star sadly her record label Casablanca stole millions from her and she sues winning triumphantly she signed to david geffen Donna a born again Christian says its adam and eve....not adam and steve but I love you anyway her boss David Geffen calls the media and says donna summer says aids is GODS punushment towards gays and lesbians this was career assassination at the hands of geffen himself a gay man that hated donna summer and tried to destroy her Donna summer would paint and her paintings are exspensive and have sold she left the label and moved on to better

[@chrystianaw8256]

@@ninna11 she didn't commit a crime, she witnessed one. And the perpetrators of the crime wanted to harm her for testifying against them.

[@MsMadison24]

My favorite song from her is 'Woman in me". I always have to listen to it multiple times when I listen to it. I came across that song in my adulthood and fell inlove with it.

[@broddablack5290]

I loved the duet with Barbra Streisand, No more tears

[@jeniferprince1613]

A beautiful soul and talent we've lost. My fave was Working the Midnight Shift not sure if it was a medley of an album side, but she sung it with emotion. 💐💐💐💐🤗

[@deewoo2776]

Donna Summer was an artist of several firsts. ⭐ 1st artist to have 3 #1 consecutive Double Albums. ⭐1st female artist to have 3 #1 songs in a 12 month period. ⭐1st female and 1st Black female to win the Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a female. (Hot Stuff) Just to name a few. I've been a fan since 1976. I have her entire catalog including some hard to find singles. I miss her so much.

[@DyMoNdJewellissa]

I have to say Thank You Ms. Karine Alourde!!! Your videos are so amazing. From the research you do to provide facts. Your delivery is modest and thoughtful. I am a huge fan of Old Hollywood. The movies the fashion the style the glitz and glam. And I am a sucker for scandal . Your channel gives that and much more. Bravo👏🏽Bravo👏🏽Bravo!!! Now I am just for the first time watching this Donna Summer video 😮Shocking it should be since I have watched so many of your videos. Some even two, three if not more times. I literally binge on your videos on my day off🤗 I just finished watching this video. As usual amazing job👍🏽. It would be wonderful if you did a update video on Donna Summer. You bring those unknown or forgotten stars to life again. It opens the door to new generation of fans. Donna Summer deserves that. I watched the Donna Summer Documentary Love to Love You last night on HBO. OMGoodnessss !!! What a huge factor in the music industry. This doc was done by her daughter. It reminded some of this ICONIC WOMAN. To the rest it gave a face to music and fashion of today. I could go on and on🤣Instead Thank You and Please Please if you haven't already. Watch the Love to Love You Donna Summer Doc on HBO. Now Im going to watch a few of your videos til I have to get ready to handle business. All the Best and God Bless.💛💛💛

[@rubychew6535]

I lover Donna's music. There was a lot of creativity in her songs.

[@mimi_j]

Yep calling Ciara a man, Wendy smh so sad

[@KarineAlourde]

For the longest they did that to Ciara and she didn’t even remotely resemble a man smh 🤦🏽‍♀️ I remember when people used to say that.. how ignorant

[@purplelove3666]

@@KarineAlourde but they will never call Kaytlin jenner a man!!. And I oop.

[@mimi_j]

@@purplelove3666 no they won’t…they’d give her women of the year without even full transition. Oop 😬

[@AngelicaxKleopatra]

@@mimi_j that was so disgusting to me, it devalue us as women and everything we biologically have by calling men who idintify themselfs as a "woman" REAL WOMEN. To me that is insane calling caitlyn a woman of the year while cait still had a weener 🤦🏻‍♀️🙄🤡

[@mimi_j]

@@AngelicaxKleopatra facts, there’s women that lose their life trying to bring other life into this world or almost lose their live I. Order to do so. That’s insane and beyond brave seeing as how modern medicine still hasn’t figured out how to make deliveries safe somehow. There’s women (myself) who suffer physical and mental pains due to things like PCOS and the struggle with infertility with this amongst other reasons. Women who have cancers in their ovaries, wombs, breasts…women who still have to be apart of society after being m*lested, r worded or SA at work and yet are still S shamed. No I’m sorry, this society thinks it’s empowering but it’s in fact so belittling imo. And because this society is nuts, me stating these points does NOT mean that I condone violence to anyone for who they are or what they identify with.

[@chyeannevojet7664]

I'm so happy this beautiful queen was divested back then🥰🥰😘😍

[@devinelivelive3713]

No one can play her. Leave her alone. Let her rest in peace. A sweet soul.

[@jb2736]

I loved Donna Summer's music, her vocal range was phenomenal. I remember those dumb rumors about her possible being a man, I wondered what was wrong with these people. Donna Summer was obviously a very curvey sexy beautiful woman.

[@desic3274]

She was a stunningly beautiful and incredibly talented woman. I remember seeing her when I was as a little girl. She was like a goddess to me. The most incredible notes came from her mouth and it seemed like it took no effort. She was a game changer! 💐💐💐💐💐💐

[@dionneking8]

David Geffen whom was angry at Donna during her time on his label started that rumor

[@KarineAlourde]

Wow what an ass hole!! I’m glad she didn’t let it phase her at all. She just kept on putting her foot on our necks with real music!

[@dionneking8]

@@KarineAlourde I want to thank you for this video Donna summer creator and queen of disco music is so pure and wonderful her mezzo soprano voice gave this world 19 successful albums (two failures with geffen one produced by Quincy Jones) this is the woman I love despite my birth being 20 years too late she made the way for kylie minogue, dannii minogue Robyn s Janet jackson, she also was the first artist to make a double album as well as her songs love to love you baby try me I know we can make it both being almost 20 min she created what we call an extended single from tear filled eyes I thank you 💖💖💖💖💖💖💜💘💛💥💫💓❤💞💗💚💟💝🖤💙🎶

[@blueberryburg7513]

That man is the devil!! He’s known for ruining black artists careers!

[@dionneking8]

@@blueberryburg7513 yup he made Donna work with Quincy Jones to make her sound more black he also told her at one point he hated the album and couldn't wait to be rid of her after her 2 album stint on geffen she took a break and began to paint her paintings are exspensive

[@jimmyjoejeeter2366]

@@blueberryburg7513 He dated Cher, I think they were each others beard?

[@saundrag8849]

I saw her on stage, she was one of my favorite singers.

[@marianneperez6767]

Donna Summer was a great singer and a great entertainer! She had a broad ranging audience. She had a huge white and latino following! She was beloved by most everyone.

[@krystalleebailey3844]

Her voice is amazing, I'm obsessed with her daughter as well! SO talented!!

[@rondanorman4741]

You should hear Mimi sing! She sounds like her Mother. In A Hot Summer Night with Donna Summer (1983HBO) DVD CONCERT, you get a pretty early view of Mimi's abilities, but just as well all three of her daughters sing,and have been tremendously blessed to this day in the Entertainment industry.

[@TheeFlyGirlTee]

Hey Karine, if you are familiar with the show "My Wife & Kids," Donna's daughter, Brooklyn Sudano (as Vanessa, Junior's girlfriend and baby's mom) was on that show! When you mentioned Bruce Sudano's name, I was like hmm, that sounds familiar and yeah, that's who she is! Just a fun fact!

[@TheeFlyGirlTee]

@@MzYumYum yep 😊😉

[@rondanorman4741]

Her other daughter Amanda Sudano Ramirez is also a huge rising star in her own right now with the traveling singing duo of her (Amanda and her husband) of the group JOHNNYSWIM. And yes new music is out.

[@louisestyles879]

Donna Summers was always an attractive beautiful and charismatic woman. It's hard to know that she went through all that she went through. She was an iconic sex symbol back in the day. Everyone loved Donna Summers back in the day.

[@2107tonyface]

Donna Summer made me the person I am today. Her music & passion taught me to love with passion, respect others and to dance with expression and happiness. My favourite of her tunes is ' Lucky ' . We lost a lovely lady in the Queen of Disco. Love always 💖 xXx

[@robinmiller7142]

I love her so it’s hard to pick a favorite, but it’s probably “On the Radio.” Great video as always.

[@ms.bubs4fun506]

My favorite too!

[@harperstacey9604]

Heaven knows was my favorite Donna Summer song. From Ms. Harper Stacey.

[@donttalktomeyoureannoying8736]

That’s my favorite!!!

[@dionneking8]

I have all of her albums Donna became a born again Christian and set love to love you baby free

[@apollozero]

No she still performed it. I was lucky enough to see her before she died.

[@dionneking8]

@@apollozero yeah she did but for many years she didnt when she got saved

[@bigolebot]

The worst thing she ever did

[@JimmieJamOfTheDay]

Actually, I think she's sang it a few times later in a different context. Like, towards her love towards her fans. She even made a remake of it for a perfume commercial: Loverdose. KZbin it.

[@dionneking8]

@@JimmieJamOfTheDay yes she did return to the song most christians have to realize that sex is a gift a beautiful powerful gift and it's needed!! but in donnas time a girl wasn't supposed to admit that yearning for the touch of a man when Donna told her parents she auditioned for hair her dad slapped her all he knew was no child of his was gonna be naked around white folk had she not witnessed a crime and needed protection she never would have been in Germany

[@EveningEuphoria]

I’ve always been fascinated with her and her music since I started discovering her towards the end of my teen years back in 2016. My favorite songs are Rumour Has It, Sweet Romance, and All Through The Night.

[@ezmereldagerard6999]

Donna Summers is so gorgeous with a stunning unique voice! Loved ❤ her magical songs and vocals! The pipes on this beautiful Queen 👸 are amazing! To think she started out singing disco background vocals that did not display the range of her unique voice and incredible vocal range when she started out. Her music 🎶 🎶 🎶 🎶 is enchanting as is this gifted multi-talented artist 🧑‍🎨

[@KeithGreenshields]

Arsenio Hall was the best show on the planet then and still. He rocked it!

[@erikam8179]

Bad girls is def one of my favs 💜✨ The queen of disco, she was so beautiful i can’t believe people really made up that rumor.

[@sandraatkins2539]

That was a great song.

[@darlenegoodwin]

Great album too!

[@janath9118]

Yes, that's right.

[@bugpeterson1960]

Last Dance and MacArthur Park. Yes! Two of my favorites amongst others. I love love love Donna Summer!! Thank you for this!

[@l01j99]

Piano in the Dark is my favorite song of Donna Summers.

[@Way2Savvy]

Wow she was truly gorgeous. I must admit I never had much of an interest in her or the disco era but growing up my mother would casually mention her as being the “it girl” of the 70s. This is such a revelation to me and to know she went out that way is shocking. She deserved her flowers and then some

[@dwmusic147]

Thank you for doing Miss Donna Summer!! I always felt like she doesn’t get the recognition she deserves ❤️❤️ Also, I would like to see a Arsenio Hall video!

[@colstonlchinese]

My tied favorites songs by her are Love to Love You Baby and Bad Girl! Thank you for doing this tribute on this talented and beautiful singer!

[@RP6575most]

Donna was amazing and fresh from the on start . Hearing Love to Love You in 1975 was so new and breathtaking that it just blew everybody away, even those people that swore they hated it. It was not a song to be ignored!! My favorite songs by her are mostly her early disco albums. I can still listen to her first five albums constantly to take me out of a funk or if I’m in the mood to dance. She did a version of Andrea Boccelli’s hit, Con te Partiró in the 2000s that I find truly beautiful and the voice is still in tact. That’s what’s so amazing about her, that her voice always remained so pure and expressive and the emotion that she transmits through her songs is so poignant. As for the Adam and Steve controversy, if it’s really a rumor then shame on the person who created it because that really hampered her career from continuing in the same force that it began. It coincided at a time where she became a born again Christian and those people were so heavily opposed and vocal against the LGBTQ+ community that by not addressing it, it seemed like she was complicit. It was hurtful and perceived as a betrayal to a community that so worshipped her. She waited way too long to address that and when she finally did, it seemed dishonest.

[@caid733]

Never change the background music! It fits the aesthetic of your vids so good. Its so familiar and yet so refreshing everytime I hear it! I love your videos