DONNA SUMMER WIG RECREATION | ICONIC BRUNETTES

[@liveandmore]

I feel in love with Donna when I listened to I FEEL LOVE back in 1977. I was in sixth grade... and my love only grows stronger. Donna. there will always be a YOU! Love you endlessly!

[@469ka37]

Pam Grier, Gloria Gaynor, Minnie Ripperton, the list goes on and on. Iconic Brunettes honestly opens you up to a wider range of people than blondes.

[@SuZ4242]

Chakakahn Chakakahn Chakakahn 😁

[@גלעדסוירזנסקי]

Audrey Hepburn, Betty Boop, Amy Winehouse, Siouxsie Sioux, Cindy Crawford, Cher, Frida kahlo

[@469ka37]

I love how you pointed out how homophobic and racist the "disco sucks" movement was. It wasn't until I was watching a Todd in the Shadows video about Cameo and how the public was reluctant to trust another black artist that I realized what the real issue with disco was because I personally love disco and didn't understand the hate. It's not that it sucked. Sure, there were bad song i.e disco duck, but that's true of every genre. They just didn't like the main audience for disco.

[@rosechardonnay5351]

It was a very homophobic and racist movement because they felt that gays and minorities were the primary demographic of Disco music even though lots of different people listened to it. Also at that time there was a bit of a stigma against Disco music amongst some people because they viewed Disco as inferior or lower than other forms of music because it was created electronically using synthesizers, drum machines, and mix tapes rather than actual musical instruments. It was commonly referred to as "canned music." It's funny how people's perceptions change because now here we are 40 years later and most music is created electronically nowadays 🤷‍♀️

[@kellygreengables3936]

I never saw the Disco Sucks movement being discussed through this lens. So this video and your comment are super insightful!!

[@beevonerd]

Its still happening tbh. House music etc, the whole dance genre is only awarded to white producers at the Grammys for the most part. But never the artists who influenced them. Very sad to see. For every Diplo and Skrillex, there's a poc they learned from who gets no recognition. 🤷🏿‍♂️

[@Brogrl]

Never thought about this, thank you for your comment. I feel 90s dance needs their dues as well.

[@גלעדסוירזנסקי]

Disco music is so fun! I'm Gen Z but I love older music , especially from the 70's and 80s'

[@uhsaywhatnow]

My father wouldn’t let my mother bring me into the house for the first time til he had a record playing. The song he chose was “Last Dance.” Donna Summer’s music has been in my heart since literally moment one thanks to my dad. 💗

[@zillailluhr]

That is so cute lol

[@kevmagill5163]

Love me some DONNA!!! Thank you for teaching the children about Diva Donna...and giving her the props she deserves in a time that seems to have passed her by.

[@mdksailormoon]

And of course we cannot forget Donna's iconic duet with Barbra Streisand, No More Tears (Enough is Enough)! That song is transcendent! Gorgeous wig styling and history lesson!

[@martha-anastasia]

My first visit to the Disco was in 1978. Coming from a very small town, it was like stepping into Oz. Black and chrome decor, mirror balls and smoke machine and strobe lights. People dressed to the nines...guys in tuxedos, gals in slinky shiny polyester dresses...the height of glamour at the time. Disco never died in the gay clubs... Good times...

[@hollyreilly2035]

I never clicked so fast! I have Donna Summer’s music on my running playlist. I love to hear your history lessons as you style wigs! I remember watching the episode from RPDR in season 13 about the disco challenge and I was screaming at the screen when the queens didn’t know any disco artists! I didn’t live through that era so it’s really interesting to hear about things like the “Disco Sucks” movement and that awful radio DJ who started it.

[@jaded5957]

She had a big UK hit album in 1989 with Another Place and Time produced by Stock, Aitken and Waterman. You should really check it out.

[@robertperez2262]

I loved Donna Summer as aunt oona Also… one of my favorite songs by Donna Summer, aside from the obvious Last Dance, Hot Stuff, etc, is “This is My life”. “When I was young, I used to dream of going far…” I even have a part of the lyrics tattooed on me

[@MrsJHarrington]

Donna Summer was truly a legend. I'm so glad to see you doing her story and you did a fab job on this wig dear Jaymes! Much love to you and Ernie!!

[@RenCres]

My mum loves Donna summer, I grew up listening to her and I love her music too ❤

[@M3Niki]

Omg, I am so freaking excited to see this!! As a fabulous Robert Belcher said, "It's summer time". Also, we're still waiting for that script so Kelly Rowland can play the Queen of Disco.

[@kelseyjenna9248]

Ohhhh Kelly Rowland as Donna Summers sounds heavenly. Thank you for putting that in my mind!

[@odiug95]

I love Miss Donna, I Feel Love transports me to another dimension any time I listen to it.

[@גלעדסוירזנסקי]

I love listening to "Hot Stuff" from time to time and I love it. I definitely need to listen to more of her music. She's an icon

[@mevelinah]

I adore Donna and absolutely loved this video. The history channel needs to hurry up and give you your own pop culture series or something! I feel like I've learned so much about the icons and bombshells of the past and present on your channel

[@kelseyjenna9248]

Thank you for bringing it for us brunettes! You look so gorgeous in every shade of hair , it's incredible Jaymes!

[@rosechardonnay5351]

Love Donna Summer! I Feel Love was so ahead of its time and still sounds fresh and futuristic to this day! I would love to see you do Tina Turner's iconic 80s wild mane wig from her Private Dancer era next!

[@RichardMcWolff]

"State of Independence" is one of my favorites from her. It's just magical!

[@edcastrillon787]

Donna had sone hits at the tail end of the 80’s as well with “This time I know it’s for Real” and “Love is in Control @ and my personal favorite from that era “ Love is about to change my heart” if you haven’t listened to it do yourself a favor. It is glorious!❤

[@liveandmore]

I'm listening to ANOTHER PLACE AND TIME as I type this. What a great album that is!

[@robertwhitaker5718]

Enough is Enough..No More Tears with Barbra one of my ALL time faves...flawless.

[@daveandgena3166]

I begged my mom to buy me Donna Summer's Once Upon A Time and Live and More when they first came out. She is so beautiful in the pictures on those albums! I would listen to them for hours. Brian Eno tells the story that David Bowie called him on the phone one day, gushing that he had heard the future of music, and then played him I Feel Love. Damn right!

[@dillonkentworth6718]

That hair is SO GORGEOUS on you, Jaymes. Dark hair in general suits you.

[@jessicawicher]

Jaymes you couldn't be more talented and charming. I'm totally captivated by your videos. Thanks!

[@gingoyalho1400]

Omg how lucky are you to have Disco parents ❤

[@rawkieboo]

Donna summer will forever be in my heart. I remember singing on the radio in the hallways IN ELEMENTARY. My mom would play her CDs while she cleaned the house 😍

[@risenfenix7144]

I LOVE the Once Upon a Time album. The concept album of a disco Cinderella and her absolutely album artwork with her in the white dress. Flawless!

[@djbille4283]

Donna Summer is my favorite music artist of all time so thanks for a wonderful video. For being so young, it’s very impressive how much you know about some of the greatest eras of all time, 50’s, 60’s, 70’s and 80’s. It’s so much fun watching your videos and your commentaries really make them pop. Some of the things you say really crack me up which makes them even better as humor is so important in these times. Keep up the great work!! PS. You have come so far from Season 9 and seriously speaking, you should have won AS8 😌😌

[@JesseGallaghers]

Technically - MacArthur Park was a cover of a Richard Harris hit, so two people popularized that song, but Donna Summer’s version is more iconic and well known.

[@courtneywilliams5565]

Love you Jaymes ❤ Donna summer is an Icon I hope Kelly Rowland plays her in a biopic and shout out to Queen Bey for sampling her iconic hit I FEEL LOVE the first techno song ♥️♥️♥️

[@chrisonYTtour]

So used to seeing you blonde, I forgot how good you look as a brunette… Great episode 💕

[@liveandmore]

Thanks Jaymes Mansfield for this amazing video. You pretty much covered many of Donna's meaningful life events.

[@daviddiscodemon]

SHE IS MY ALL TIME FAVE YES LETS GO

[@nomi.hagen.]

Love Donna Summer 💚

[@Sandra-RC9Gx7]

You look soo much like your Mom in the final result.❤️❤️ Feel those feelings Jaymes! Thank you for giving us the history of the Queen of Disco. Love Donna Summer.

[@majfinan]

Love this look!! I thought that photo was you but then clicked that you said your mum as a teen, wow 😮 you look like twins!! Thank you for paying homage to Donna Summer 💜💜 I adore her!!

[@LostCommenter7]

You with that wavy black hair paired with those polka dots is giving me very Bette Davis in Beyond the Forest! Great video Jaymes!

[@chryssmyth1113]

My favorite Donna Summer song to lipsync to is Summer Fever!

[@Elinacab]

Ahhhhh! I’m so happy you mentioned Selena!! Her disco medley is probably my favorite piece of music ever❤😊

[@kellygreengables3936]

Great episode. The way you explain your research and the backstory of the person is so engaging! I hope that you'll consider doing more iconic hairstyles from famous women of color! Can't wait to see more of the series!

[@eduardoalegriarampante639]

I adore Donna...and love this hair on you !!!!!

[@ushere5791]

mad props to donna summer; mad props to you, jaymes! xoxoxoxoxoxo

[@SuZ4242]

OMG, You Guys! That was my hair in the Disco Era 😍 Lucky enough to have natural curls, so relieved after the straight 60s, lol Jaymes, you favor your beautiful mum ❤️

[@paulfrels3590]

Ps: you gotta do a tribute to Raquel Welch. So Gorgeous, and a Hair Icon

[@emilywarner7707]

Could do the style with one of her wigs!

[@robertwhitaker5718]

You look soo good in the Donna Summer hairstyle.

[@plasticsoul4191]

Jaymes Mansfield sparks joy ❤

[@aprilpatterson8449]

I was listening to "MacArthur Park" recently! My mom loves that song! Thank you for all of the info on Queen Donna 🎂🌧️💔

[@EddVCR]

I must admit I’m ashamed that I don’t know Donna Summers. Now I have to check out all her songs. And you look SO FREAKING BEAUTIFUL in her hairstyle!!!💃🏼🕺🏻

[@VDJVivacity]

I hope an Iconic Brunette will be Janet Jackson. She's got a million iconic brunette hair styles.

[@xanderjames6510]

The world is a better place because Donna Summer once lived here. She is . . . THE Q U E E N of DISCO and beyond reproach who is arguably one of the most important women in history - just ask any Dj, club owner, dancer, Drag Queen, club goer or dance enthusiast. I cannot imagine a world where Donna Summer with Giorgio Moroder behind her and the Bee Gees didn't exist. Between the both of them, the Disco sound was refined, ushering in that particular dance era of which they wrote just about every other song playing on the radio at the time. Nobody has ever held a candle to the Legendary Disco Diva Superstar that she was and nobody ever will. You look really good with the Donna inspired wig recreation, Jaymes. You're just a sexy, swinging brunette that's hot to trot and loves to Disco because she's a party girl extraordinaire. CHEERS!💋

[@PaddyEdwardC]

Donna Summer was a disco legend and a true gay icon. I lover her music a lot Jaymes.

[@thebooknitter]

I love to see you as a brunette and also know more about Donna

[@Bribrig4l]

Yasssss the Iconic Donna Summer, gone way2soon🖤🖤🖤

[@nobody764-j9n]

Iconic redheads! I love Lucy!

[@quantafreeze]

I love this look on Jaymes. Beautiful!

[@glenncheatham1320]

Always loved her music and still do!💃🏻

[@mark902]

i grew up hearing donna summer too. "she works hard for the money" was probably one of my first favorite songs. but she has so many greats. "try me i know we can make it" is probably one of my top ten from donna.

[@deedeel6199]

I’m sure I saw Thank God It’s Friday at the drive in with my parents. A good memory ❤

[@isaiasbalderas9179]

With the passing of another legend 🙏 I’d love to nominate Raquel Welch as the next iconic brunette

[@plantwaif]

You look great as a brunette! More please!

[@wanderotter4667]

That wig is so good on you, makes you look like my italian housewife neighbour Donna down in Jersey.

[@beevonerd]

😂😂😂 you feeling yourself sent me. You better work that wave!! 🖤🌺

[@DeborahStephens-bt5nnGhost]

Iam probably about the age of your parents; 59. I remember disco in Hollywood Ca. and listening to my favorite song . MacArthur Park is melting in the sweet stream.,someone left the cake out in the rain. Thanks Jaymes. 😊😊❤

[@StormingViperX]

7:25 This sent me into orbit!! LMAO 🤣

[@doloressims5677]

I love the movie TGIF! Goofy and fun. And her performance was powerful. So good. BTW your cut crease is popping girl. Love you.

[@alexsudati]

I know that Jaymes is originally a blonde but my god you look STUNNING-AH as a brunette.

[@benjaminacuna8013]

Would Raquel Welch at times being an Iconic Brunetter or maybe an iconic look from Sofia Loren

[@sb308]

Thank you for this lovely history lesson 💖

[@LuisGarcia-fu4wm]

you look sooo good with brunnette hair!!

[@stormbourbon8379]

While I don't dispute that a big part of the whole "disco sucks" thing was about racism and homophobia, an even bigger part was that it was just played OUT by 1980. It was EVERYWHERE from '76 on, it was in EVERYTHING, and the MOST ridiculous people/groups/things hopped on that bandwagon until the wheels busted off. YES, people still wanted to dance, that's what FUNK and NEW WAVE were for!

[@paulfrels3590]

love, Love, LOVE Donna Summer!!! MARVELOUS voice l. Has a BRILLIANT Christmas 🎄 album, showcasing her Brilliant Voice. PS: I love to blast her music when I do house work, and dancing with my Vacuum.

[@mack.s8494]

Miss Patti Labelle's over the top stage hairstyles over the years!!

[@paulfrels3590]

Your mama SO pretty 😍

[@charlesgervin714]

You are an incredible historian!

[@davecsaszarable]

Thanks so much for schooling us!

[@RingoRoad]

Love this, I hope we can eventually see Janet Jackson and/or Missy Elliott done for this series

[@AR-gg2su]

I wish I was old enough to have been at the disco clubs. Love the music. I always thought it was strange she would do a 360 on her music and gays.

[@JazzBlue345]

I’m waiting on iconic redheads

[@robertwhitaker5718]

I love the Icon series and watching you weave your magic on wigs inspires me to style my Monster High and Barbie dolls. Thanks. Could you do a series on fashion doll hairstyles. Please and Thank you. God Bless. Robby

[@L30M00N]

“Hot Stuff” is the pre-Grindr anthem.

[@kenken6550]

I remember reading that Donna Summer was anti-gay and I had to stop listening to her. I LOVE Donna. There's Barbara, Donna, Gaga. When I finally heard HER say she didn't say that hateful nonsense and showed how she performed with gaysv and drag queens, I immediately put Gratest Hits II on! When she died, I was standing in my kitchen and cried. I had never gotten sad like that over someone I didn't know.

[@quantumpalmtree]

Now I just want to see Jaymes with a Rick James Unity era wig

[@lindapyattgardiner160]

Love Donna Summer!!!! I would like to see you re-create Audrey Hepburn's Breakfast at Tiffany's hair style. I have tried but failed miserably 😔

[@nileswilson577]

Love,Love, loved her. Love to love you, was playing the first time I walked in to a gay club. I will never forget that, the next morning I went to the record shop and bought my first Donna Summers 😁. I thought I was so cool 😜

[@tinytit859]

PRETTYYYYY

[@gboyx3]

Ok miss jaymas I love love love love Donna summer. MacArthur park ovah

[@FOTOJADAMOstudio]

Jenny Berggren from Ace of Base performed State of Independence with Donna Summer in 2005 with Art of Noise in Belgium.

[@adammocaby2636]

It was a huge loss to lose her so early. I was obsessed with her version of "I will go with you" which is originally an operatic song but she made it her own.

[@landosan5553]

Can you please please please do dita von teese.

[@nathankuhns]

Come for the hair. Stay for the icon knowledge.

[@twilson951]

Stunning

[@Amberlovesu541]

OMG I loved it you should do Elizabeth Taylor next

[@vickibellanova397]

She and I share the same birthday. Dec 31st. Love your videos!!

[@eduardoohmygod]

THALIA! Also Joan Jett, Amy Winehouse, Diana Ross, Penelope Cruz

[@digitpixel9198]

Can you please do Lisa Left Eye Lopes? She has so many cool hairstyles and her story I one I think people of today should hear about. 🙏🏼

[@RivaG]

Thanks James- loved how you were feeling your mother in this hair style- Donna was a great singer- way better than Diana Ross- sorry, not sorry. Hoping more POC are brought to the children💗💗💗

[@tropiclush89]

Yuhua, saving drag one queen at a time!

[@emilywarner7707]

I'd like to see Joan Collins-maybe that messy updo 80's bun thing. She's got history to talk about.

[@thomashold8493]

PLEASE DO FRAN DRESCHER AS FRAN FINE!!!! A TRULY ICONIC BRUNETTE

[@antoniobroccoliporto4774]

Please do a Connie Frances wig recreation…iconic of the 60’s….to honor the Canadian Italian chanteuse!