The Power of Donna Summer | POP FIX | Professor of Rock

[@dmitryowens]

As a metalhead/metal musician who grew up in the 70's and 80's, I love Donna Summer. Great singer and awesome person - RIP and God bless her soul.

[@JorgeEscobar-s8q]

Donna Summer was the best of the best!

[@howardbroadnax8292]

Jesus ! I never thought in my lifetime I would ever hear her truly get the proper recognition that she deserves. No other song in history has ever made me actually see music. "Mac Arthur Park " no one will ever be able to top that . Bomb vocals, bomb music and arrangement . Her voice and that song, brought me through some very difficult times in my life and I'll never forget it. I always liked music but,that song made me love it ! My Girl always !!!!!

[@happycommuter3523]

Donna Summer was at her chart-topping zenith during my awkward adolescence, and she was one of the first artists I absolutely loved. Even now, I can listen to her music endlessly. What an amazing talent.

[@shanewright2772]

She was a goddess, on a plane of her own.

[@rgrndu]

She could certainly afford her own plane. 😁

[@spencoir1]

Spring Affair still blows me away

[@Buc27blount]

Donna Summer’s album Four Seasons of Love is the first album I ever bought. I always been a big fan of her music. Had a big crush on her too in 1977. R.I.P Donna

[@elizabethhumphries6835]

"Dim All the Lights" - the shift from slow to fast and the way her voice escalates is magic. "On the Radio" is my other favorite not mentioned here - the entire song is a masterpiece.

[@curtismichael4703]

"Dim All The Lights" is one of my top 5. Master vocal performance I love that extended note!

[@aplleyva]

She announced that she e co-wrote that Song with Rkd Stewart in mind to sing. Personal Favorite Song as well

[@rgrndu]

@@aplleyva She wrote all by herself, no co-writer.

[@davidl570]

"You know the moments are right / Turn my brown body white" has to be one of the sexiest lyrics EVER!

[@raeyearnd3260]

@@curtismichael4703 A 8 bar hold in 4/4 time,, even at a fast disco beat is singular

[@albertlee5272]

The world 🌎 is still missing Donna 😢 Summer, there was only one Donna Summer & she will missed 4ever 💕💞💓💗💖

[@thebeardedseeker5633]

i still can't believe she's gone. of all the 70s & 80s icons we've lost over the years none hit me harder than when we lost Donna Summer. my first introduction to her music was when i was 6 years old, her first big hit, Love to Love You Baby, was being played everywhere. being really young I didn't know what all the moaning and groaning was about, i thought some poor lady was getting hurt. so that song scared me. later my mom bought I Remember Yesterday and played it all the time, I think that's when I became a lifelong fan. she had such a beautiful spirit, and she was definitely a trailblazer. i consider her the beginning of the modern female pop star. without her i seriously doubt there would've been a Madonna, or Prince, or Janet, or Jody, and the generation that came after them. thanks for the video. it's nice to see she's appreciated for more than disco.

[@jamesaraujo6296]

Loved your post. Chuckled at your frightened reaction to the moaning and groaning. Cute.

[@caribeandude1]

I remember listening to McArthur Park by Donna Summer back in my college days and remember being blown away by it. Her vocal power and amazing range were undeniable. I mean the woman could sing anything masterfully. I'm so sorry she left us so soon. RIP Donna.

[@wmpetroff2307]

I recall first listening to the entire Mac Arthur Park Suite during dinner at Vista Hills Country Club. The track was gently being played in the background. Every thing seemed so elegant and Donna's voice amazed me. Really a First Class recording.

[@LuisFernandez-ee2ti]

The first time I heard MacArthur Park Suite was like being invited to an exclusive VIP lounge watching and listening to Donna recording it with a full orchestra. Dynamite!

[@MrDonanthony]

This is the best tribute to Donna that I have ever seen! Spot on! Hot Stuff earned Donna the inaugural Grammy in the Best Rock Female Performance category. She would go on to be nominated two more times in that category. Donna was the very first female artist to have two singles in the top 3 of the Hot 100 (Hot Stuff #3 and Bad Girls #2). She would repeat that again a couple of months later with Dim All The lights and No More Tears (Enough Is Enough with Barbra Streisand). Donna, still to this day, is the only recording artist to have 3 straight #1 double albums on the album chart. Donna also had a #1 country hit as a writer when Dolly Parton took the song Starting Over Again to #1 on the country chart (Donna co-wrote the song with her husband Bruce Sudano). In an 18 month period (78-80) Donna had 8 Top 10 hits. It was unprecedented and no other female artist has done it since. Not Madonna, Janet, Whitney or Mariah!

[@curtismichael4703]

The stats don't lie and that is why she is legendary.

[@DeadShred9]

Last Dance was always my fav never got tired of that Groove !!

[@bherrin67]

Love Donna Summer. She’s underrated with the general public, both her music and her far reaching influence. It’s sad that the Rock Hall didn’t induct her until after she passed away. Thanks for covering her. ✌🏻 ☮️

[@davidl570]

She's too good for that joke of a place.

[@Amberbaer469npa]

Everything she sang needs to be preserved for eternity - her influence is felt to this day! Her DOUBLE LP concept albums are timeless classics.....LIVE AND MORE is a masterclass in vocals and crowd control - Once Upon a Time is a dreamy masterpiece of early synth-pop ARTISTRY and BAD GIRLS, every track is magnificent to this day....encompassing rock, pop, gospel, light country, and what would become R&B~! she was truly one of a kind and more than just the Queen of the Disco, she was and is the Queen of all genres to me. Glad that I got to meet her and have fond memories of the woman that she was and the humble and very talented soul that was taken way too soon from this realm....her musical legacy lives on each time we hear a woman since dance music today....she not only opened the doors, she ripped them off the frame and paved the way for every female artist that came after, even if they don't know it...!

[@gotti6969]

AMEN! Donna was the GREATEST! Her voice was truly an instrument that she could "play" to OWN any song in any GENRE! She was a virtuoso yet SO underappreciated!

[@basilrodericks7791]

Thanks for doing Donna justice. Amazing woman.

[@megalopolis2015]

Donna's voice was effortlessly perfect. I Feel Love wasn't just danceable, but took me to a whole other world when I moved with it.

[@cmp401]

''Sometimes Like Butterflies" is my life . WINNER!!

[@tampalasan3787]

One of my favorite Donna Summer song is her cover of ‘Could It Be Magic’. The groove is so infectious, vocals, bass, guitars, drums were so perfect. Great song while driving, try it, it’s a metal to pedal song!

[@wmpetroff2307]

One of my personal favs, too.

[@HumbertoAbed]

The best of the best female singers, top of all them all. I feel love is like the first original mainstream electric dance song. Her greatest hits cassette was permanently on my walkman and used to listen to it full volume. Bad girls, Mc Arthur park, no more tears (WOW), Dim all the lights and a long list of perfect songs. My favorite song from all times, the number one is a Barry manilow cover she did, "Could it be magic" I F%&$G love that song. I met her back in the late 80's when she came to Mexico and stayed at an Uncle's hotel, the Aristos, in Reforma Ave. She signed a poster for me and a cousin which I don't know what happened to it. I remember how beautiful and nice she was. She had a very strong pressence, she was a godess! I couldn't believe I met her. I didn't speak English very well at the time so I asked my cousin to tell her that her cassette was my favorite. She smiled and thanked me. Those 5 minutes are in the list of the highlights of my life.

[@jrodohio]

"I Feel Love" was a huge influence on music to this day. Very forgotten to most people now, but that song is a massive piece on where we've evolved to.

[@EmpressTouch]

The Rollo & Sister Bliss remix was (arguably) one of the best remixes of the 1990's.

[@mikkohohti]

The most powerfull artist ever!

[@charlesdavis545]

That was a wonderful tribute. Thank you for that. Donna was much more than the Disco tag she was labeled as. She ventured into Rock, pop, and R&B. What I loved about her catalog is that it is so varied. She either wrote or cowrite most of her songs. There are just too many songs to pick a favorite; I loved them all, but I will say the ones dearest to my heart are #Ifeellove #ThistimeIknowitsforreal #sheworkshardforthemoney #tryme #lastdance #carryon #hotstuffbadgirls #Idontwanttogethurt. The only negative thing I will say is that the black community never honored her like they did Whitney, Aretha, Gladys, or any of those other phenomenal singers. Before there was Whitney, Celine, or Mariah, there was Donna.

[@frederickleo2386]

So true!! Totally underrated, and one of the sweetest and ethereal voices i've ever heard!!

[@adriennepender673]

Donna’s duet with Barbra Streisand, “Enough is Enough,” is gold standard brilliant. “Walk Away” from her Bad Girls album, is one of my favorites. ♥️

[@dianalewandowski7421]

My mother played that song countless times lol. She loved Donna and babs ❤

[@josegaston6900]

Donna Summer is still alive,God blessed her with incredible talent and she's not gone forever,she lives in us? The fans...

[@rayphelps2129]

My Personal Top 5 ( I agree with your 1 and 2) 1) MacArthur Park 2) I Feel Love 3) Cold Love (I grew up a rocker at heart, still am) 4) State of Independence 5) (a tie) There Will Always Be a You / Sand On My Feet (These two can reduce me to tears in seconds) After that, it's a logjam between all of her classics and some non-released songs.

[@tommy9693]

my favorites just to name a few (IMO 😊) - I love you (1977) - Last dance - Dinner with Gershwin - Bad girls - Heaven knows

[@TimothySmiths]

Talking up Donna summer...wearing a Bauhaus Shirt...gotta love it..

[@heyhuey4429]

Donna Summer got me through that period. She was love personified.

[@RogueWJL]

Up there with the greatest but never placed amongst them. A legend a goddess an icon.

[@davincibarnette]

Thank you. She was SO MUCH MORE THAN DISCO! She changed how other artists approached music.

[@ProdigyBowlersTour]

When I was working top 40 radio in the '70s and '80s, I had the opportunity to have dinner with Donna Summer and her husband as a guest of her record company. I even got to sit next to her at our dinner table. Frankly, I was kinda expecting her to be the sort of diva that her reputation might have suggested. But she was anything but. She was down-to-earth, soft-spoken, polite, smart, funny, kind, and really, pretty much everything you would hope a person to be. I came away from that dinner totally won over and a Donna Summer fan for life. I always liked her music, but was never a huge, huge fan...until that night. Today, looking back, I believe Donna Summer is one of the most underrated female vocalists of the 20th century. I put her in the all-time top ten, easily. What a talent! And what a loss when she left us much too soon.

[@rbk7876]

I've been a percussionist since I was 14, I worked as a door man at a disco in 78, I had a crush on her back in the day . Great talent.

[@senyum76]

Thanks for this awesome tribute to the late Donna Summer. Though she is well known for her dance hits, it's a pity that her softer side in music was largely overlooked too. I am happy to share five of my favorite Donna's ballads, three of which were duets. Had her record company give Donna more support to promote them, these gems would have easily been great hits as well. From Cats Without Claws, the gospel "Forgive Me" thankfully provided her with a well-deserved Grammy for Best Inspirational Performance. From All Systems Go, the wonderful duet with Starship's Mickey Thomas "Only The Fool Survives. From She Works Hard For The Money, a duet with gospel singer Matthew Ward on "Love Has A Mind of Its Own". From the soundtrack of the Sylvester Stallone blockbuster Daylight, "Whenever There Is Love", a duet with Bruce Roberts & finally from the Quincy Jones produced Donna Summer, "Lush Life". RIP Donna !

[@duromusabc]

Dim All The Lights , MacArthur Park , Let’s Dance, On The Radio, Enough Is Enough , and Bad Girl - classic gems I enjoyed as a little boy (and I still love to listen to today )

[@lionheartroar3104]

THAN YOU for giving Donna Summer her just due. She was an amazing emotive and talented lady....and a beautiful spirit.

[@danooo918]

I do believe (I fell in love), Fascination, My Baby Understands, Bring down the Reign, On The Radio - too many too choose. What a voice , what power, what a range - what a legacy...

[@kentlewis987]

So glad to see someone that gets it. She was a truly great artist who defied categorization. Her passing hit me really hard.

[@ayyjayess2304]

Oooh that voice! If only she had lived long enough to see how integral her great talent is to the everlasting American music catalog. Thanks for covering another musical treasure!

[@GenerationXChick]

So many great things about Donna Summer. I’m actually glad that she was in this separate category - not associated from Mariah, Whitney, Madonna, and Diana Ross. Donna was a performer who made it about the music and not about her ego.

[@wmpetroff2307]

LIke Narada Michel Walden said ''... she PAVED THE WAY ".

[@LuisFernandez-ee2ti]

It’s been said, “There are divas, and then there is Donna Summer”.

[@Brandon-fv5sm]

I remember taking my parents Donna Summer’s record over and playing it on my play school record player. I would sing at the top of my lungs around my room.

[@JuanCOrtiz-zh9zs]

I even shed some tears , I miss The👑Queen so much ‼️

[@SweptAway529]

Also noteworthy amongst her many achievements is that she had three successive number one DOUBLE albums (Live & More, Bad Girls, On The Radio) top the Billboard Top 200 album chart.

[@thomasgraves3030]

I was pleased when Donna resurfaced in 1989 with "This Time I Know It's For Real". She richly deserved her credit for that Top 20 hit.

[@LeeLee19901]

Donna summer is the queen!

[@paulmarkmoffett2320]

Donna Summer and Mahalia Jackson, two voices that transport my spirit.. Incredible!!!...my personal favorite is "fascination"

[@frederickleo2386]

My favorite from that album!! 👍👍

[@jefferybrown2568]

She loved Mahalia.

[@tyvanhworkout]

Fascination is great! It should have been a single but I don't think it was.

[@C137]

She was amazing... one song I always love to hear- On The Radio

[@BrainHooligan]

Good God I cannot agree more with this tribute. I've loved her since I was a young kid. State of Independence always shuts me up.

[@fascinatingpeople8839]

she was the only performer I saw where everyone was standing the whole show ready to dance, one of a kind

[@wmpetroff2307]

Wolf Trap, Virginia indeed at each of her concerts.

[@scottarooni]

I love that you picked "MacArthur Park" as #1, as that is one of my favorite Donna Summer performances. I also love her cover of "Could It Be Magic."

[@wmpetroff2307]

OH man you selected two of her very best ! Bravo!

[@bigbusterjoe]

Thank You! Professor, for showing a lot of love to Donna. I fell in love with her and her music way back in '76. She is musics best kept secret. Either you hear it or you don't.

[@henrikechers9995]

"Last Dance" is just an amazing song

[@mickeynewsome5412]

I absolutely LOVE Donna Summer.

[@DarkSideofSynth]

An absolutely amazing artist, no doubts at all.

[@atrocchia]

From 1975-1980, Donna Summer ruled the radio airwaves. She turned out one hit song after another.

[@PeaceFan1]

My 1st Album that I bought was " Bad Girls " and I ADORE Donna Summer.. she is SOOOO UNDERRATED as a Singer! Her Power, her Passion, Skill, etc. xoxooxoxo

[@larryproctor8234]

Thanks so much for this. I was 14 when I 1st heard Love to Love you Baby on the radio. It blew my mind. Each new album got more and more amazing. Saw her live in 78 then again 08. Her voice had actually got even more amazing. She is one of a kind. Thank you again for profiling her. Their is no Last Dance, we will always be dancing to her music. ❤🌈

[@djstonedog]

My favourite Donna song is "Love's About To Change My Heart". Her high notes near the end of the song give me goosebumps every time.

[@jimmydaves]

I think this was one of her very best songs. Recorded in 1989 - her vocals are powerful and pure. If it had been released in the late 70's, it would have been just as big as MacArthur Park.

[@dan74695]

I don't know whether I like the LP version or the PWL 7" version more kzbin.info/aero/PLqiZ-ikph3MlNUVxNzxZDcJdHNdnTQCzz

[@sandramilfort9261]

She is so underrated even amongst Blacks. She was a Goddess 🙌🏾 Love your channel. Keep on the good work👏🏾

[@CubanoLA]

Her concept album Once Upon a Time is very underated. Is a Cinderella story with great music and arrangements

[@rubyred93chev]

_Favorites: Dim All The Lights / I Remember Yesterday / Summer Fever / Fascination / Cry Of A Waking Heart. Having seen her perform 'live' on three separate occasions, I have to honeslty say her voice was incredibly powerful and far more beautiful beyond than what the studio captured. Her last vocal performance 'live' for David Foster and Friends was the October before she passed. The song was 'On The Radio', and even though the ravages of having lung cancer and seeing a much thinner Donna, she sounded great(like always). May her spirit live through us every time we listen to her music._

[@LPJISKOOL]

Donna is my favorite singer of all time! She sang flawlessly whether it was on stage or in the studio. She really preserved her voice and even after being diagnosed with lung cancer, her performances still sounded amazing! I have so many favorite Donna Summer songs but my top 5 are Melody of Love, Sentimental, MacArthur Park, On the Radio, and my number 1 is Last Dance! Actually Last Dance is my favorite song of all time, I don’t know what it is about that song but I never get tired of listening to it. I can listen to it 24/7 and still not get tired of it.

[@mikeydan]

well done, as usual... thanks, Adam. she was IT.

[@ordepm9868]

'On My Honor", ''Lucky" and ''Sunset People" are big favorites of mine!!

[@elbroder5555]

Thank you! Great detail of the School of Music of Donna Summer. R.I.P. Missing her greatly! Donna Summer is the Voice.

[@SWSimpson]

When Donna Summer recorded MacArthur Park, she recorded it in ONE TAKE. My favorite Donna Summer - It's Only Love, I'm Free, Forgive Me (Live), and You're So Beautiful, Sometimes Like Butterflies, and of course MacArthur Park and I Feel Love, and EVERYTHING off of the Bad Girls album (it was a rock album, it was incredible. The balads on that record were amazing, unusual, and Donna!) We were alone in a studio and she started to sing Dreams by Fleetwood Mac. My jaw dropped, because she suddenly transformed from Donna, our funny client, to DONNA SUMMER, the Legend and my favorite singer. She noticed the look on my face and asked if I knew the song. I said, Yes, would you sing it again? And she did! Just for me. She was my friend, my Mother, My Sister, and even my Fairy Godmother. When I die, I look forward to hearing Donna sing LIVE and IN PERSON again... When she sings in the Spirit World, she can bend the universe.

[@robbygee2539]

I Feel Love was wayyyy ahead of its time. My favorite Donna Summer song.

[@frederickleo2386]

Sooo agree... it is pure brilliance

[@romerjusu3804]

It was on the album I Remember Yesterday . It goes from big band era and continues to rock and ballads. The last song is I Feel Love , meant to be The Future 🤩🤠👍❤️

[@shielakay]

Last dance has always been my fav

[@411fritz]

I never truly appreciated her vocals until I heard her version of Nether Lands on the Dan Fogelberg tribute album. Stunning

[@mvracing3]

Scott .Rice. She died not too long after that performance... 😢. Brilliant swan song! Gone way too soon ... 😢

[@JimmieJamOfTheDay]

That's a long time before appreciating her vocals because she's had songs way before the recording and release of "Netherlands" where she sounds just as great, vocally.

[@411fritz]

@@JimmieJamOfTheDay Being a "Disco Sucks" kid of the 70's, I never really paid attention

[@JimmieJamOfTheDay]

@@411fritz I kinda' get that.

[@lamusiclover2264]

Just remember that when she recorded "Netherlands", (one of her last recordings) she had STAGE 4 Lung Cancer, and still sounded better than any singer alive in perfect health.

[@jedjules1952]

You guys did an amazing job. Thank you for this.

[@tyvanhworkout]

Love, love, love, love Donna Summer! She is amazing and she is terribly underrated because she has one of THE best voices in any music genre and is hardly ever mentioned as a great vocalist. It's a travesty! She's right up there with Whitney Houston, Barbra Streisand, Arerha Franklin, Mariah Carey and Celine Dion but you hardly ever hear her mentioned even though she was a huge superstar during her time who truly ruled the late 70s and early 80s. I'm with you on McArthur Park! The McArthur Park Suite (which includes "Heaven Knows" and "One of a Kind") is an amazing opus; not only my favorite Donna song but one of my all time favorites period!! There are you many to mention but love "I Love You," "Hot Stuff/Bad Girls," "Fascination," her live version of "Don't Cry for Me Argentina," and a lot of later material like "Melody of Love," "I'm a Fire," "I Will Go With You'," "Dinner With Gershwin," "Lush Life," and so many more! As you can see from the list, many were album cuts that were not hits or single releases.

[@billgz7841]

Thank you for the wonderful tribute to this outstanding vocalist. She is one of a very few people that I cried upon hearing of her passing. Her music shaped my youth and will be listening to her library of electrifying tunes for the rest of my life.

[@newtonduck1]

Saw her in concert twice in the 90s and 00s. Her voice blew me away. She was incredible. Love your videos!

[@ashleydaniel8481]

Winter Melody, for those cold Canadian winters.

[@JLJMedia]

Thank you for this. You are amazing.

[@l.t.w8985]

Now I get why she's in the Hall of Fame. Awesome. I love Disco and being from the Boston area she was very special to so many of us. I saw her in concert on the Boston Harborside concert venue right on the water. Was really a great concert. Professor of rock you talk about all the songs and bands that I love. I love your channel. Benny mardones an into the night and then talking about aha and now Donna Summer. Keep up the good work. I love this channel

[@bsquared4604]

in 1999.

[@showforelderly2547]

I remember yesterday, last dance, power of one, sunset people and the wanderer - each of them so unique

[@kevincournoyer7319]

My favs 1st Last Dance 2nd Dim on the lights 3rd Could it be magic 4thMac Gathers Park 5th. Hot Stuff. 6th The way we were. 7th On the radio. 8thlove to love you baby. 9th Heaven Knows 10thBad Girls

[@pauloc3188]

You are Brilliant!! and yes this Brilliant!! apart from having one of the most powerful voices ever this Lady was the most versatile singer I have ever heard in this planet! Thank you for letting the world know that she was so much more than just a Disco singer. Love and Peace, P

[@rolandlangstaff8536]

I love her song bad girls i saw her at the C.N.E. 1979 and boy i was happy to hear her disco music .

[@gxl5892]

I love "State of Independence". Sting said this song is in his top 5 favorite songs.

[@robertcarter5746]

You are truly well informed! Thanks so much for your passion filled an articulate video!

[@HitItMusicNL]

Thank you for honoring Donna Summer. My favorite Donna Summer track is 'State Of Independence'. I missed that in your Top 5 ;-)

[@humanbeing1675]

Gone too soon. RIP Donna.

[@BroadwayLatinBear]

You already have had my heart with this channel but now you’ve surpassed yourself by giving proper praise to my first favorite singer. Macarthur Park made me a diehard fan at 7 years old. I would have included her song from Thank God Its Friday, With Your Love....it’s fire! Some of my faves are There Will Always Be A You, I Love You(Live & More), Sometimes Like Butterflies, Forgive Me, The Dream Never Dies, Lucky, Our Love, Sunset People, Mystery of Love, Loves About To Change My Heart, Summer Fever.

[@dep1701]

“I Feel Love” was a revelation when it came out in ‘77, and has remained one of my all time favorite songs, but one of my other favorites is another synth heavy, non-single track from the “Bad Girls” album; “Lucky”. Over a Moroder electronic beat, Donna sings a song about going out looking for love and the empty feeling that often results afterwards. Melancholy and dance-y simultaneously.

[@andreaf.6572]

At the height of American Idol , every great female singer was compared to Whitney Houston. I always compared them to Donna Summer. Look up her version of Oh Holy Night from Solid Gold in the early 1980’s. My favorite version of all time. I heard it as a kid and never forgot it. She knows when to hold back - singers don’t know how to hold back for additional effect. Watch how she handles the microphone... That makes her singing all the more powerful!!! ❤️❤️❤️

[@henrythegreatamerican8136]

The problem with Whitney Houston is she never wrote any of her big hits. She was just the voice behind the songs. Same with Pat Benatar. While I enjoy a few songs from both of them, I wouldn't call them musicians. They were great singers. They were the American Idols of their generation. They definitely had vocal talents and good looks to go with it....

[@HitItMusicNL]

@@henrythegreatamerican8136 It doesn't matter who wrote the songs, as longs as the songs were good. Donna Summer co-worte many of her classics, but she didn't co-write some of her biggest classics like 'Last Dance', 'MacArthur Park', 'Enough Is Enough', 'Hot Stuff', 'State Of Independence', 'Sunset People', 'The Woman In Me', 'Protection', 'Who Do You Think You're Foolin'', ''Cold Love', 'I Don't Wanna Get Hurt', 'Breakaway', 'Carry On', but she made the songs her own when she sang them. Same goes for Whitney Houston, who also deserves all the recognition she can get. She was no less than the great Donna Summer. I like a great song sung by a great singer. It doesn't matter who wrote the song, as long as it is good and does the perfomer justice.

[@JimmieJamOfTheDay]

I don't have an issue with Whitney but the thing that for me that puts Donna above Whitney is the fact that Donna could change up her voice. She could sound different from one song to the next and sometimes you wouldn't even know it was her. Whitney sounded the same. Not a bad thing. She sang in the same voice wonderfully. However, I liked Donna mixing it up by getting in character and vocally acting the lyrics out not necessarily as herself.

[@johngenzale3422]

I remember seeing the solid gold episode when it first aired. Donna summer was my favorite singer and when she sang O Holy Night I was blown away. I never forgot it. It would rerun every year for a few years, then no more. Once KZbin came around decades later it was one of the first things I searched for

[@andreaf.6572]

John Genzale same- I was so excited to find it on KZbin

[@l.t.w8985]

You and I think alike so much. MacArthur Park is just about my favorite Donna Summer song . Lot of memories would that particular song. MacArthur Park cake out in the rain. Strangest lyrics of any disco song.

[@Summerfan69]

Donna Summer continues having number ones into the Dance Charts , songs such as ‘Melody of Love’ #1 Club Play of 1994, ‘I will go with You’ 1999, ‘I’m a Fire’ 2008 & last #1 dance song before passed away ‘To Paris with Love’ 2010

[@omargine9738]

5 decadas seguidas con # one

[@pmjeterjr]

Thank you for such a wonderful Review... She Truly was an underrated singer by the industry! One of my favorites was The Wanderer both album and single.

[@zanna90]

I had the pleasure to see her 2 times. Just as good as ANY vocalist of any era. Always made you feel welcomed no matter who you are. Most UNDERRATED vocals I ever heard. TY!

[@tshouse2782]

Her vocal on McArthur Park (the extended version), is stellar. A song with the worst lyrics ever is a song she absolutely nailed! It's so good you ignore the awful lyrics. She was fantastic, my favorite female singer. What other singer could pull off "Love to love you"?? Only Donna

[@ryangreen2469]

Great presentation you gave. I was privileged to see Donna 3 times in concert, 1977- a most memorable night she performed over 2 hours with two encores / 1978 at Universal Amphitheatre in the audience recording of her ..Live and More double album..so magical ! And 1979 her colossal hit album - Bad Girls. She was such a gifted artist, and is very much missed. Donna will forever be a legend in the recording industry... RIP Songbird .

[@curtismichael4703]

I'm green with envy!😜 I would had loved to have been at any one of those concerts.

[@408SPLKINGS]

Dam, lucky you ! what great memories for you.

[@kojoharrison630]

She was the origins of everything Modern Music had/has to offer in terms of her voice resonance and range which is second to none. The reason why Donna Summer was in a league of her own is because she could sing anything and gave every song its own style; its own character. Donna could sound like anyone from Rod Stewart to Bruce Springsteen to Tina Turner to Aretha Franklin. She covered many Genres of Music. Easily the best Female vocals the Music World has ever heard in terms of Style and range.....but Donna Summer was NOT about her 'Ego' but rather about the Music. She just wanted to Stylize every song and sing it too. I would advice everyone to get into Donna's entire body of work starting from 'Love To Love You Baby'...

[@frederickleo2386]

Well said!!! Love it!!

[@kojoharrison630]

@@frederickleo2386 Thank you Frederick Leo!! It is the truth though, isn't it? It really describes how she was in terms of her personality and how she applied herself to her work. She was NOT a 'ShowGirl' like Madonna ('Mad Donna') or Kylie Minogue who really don't have the vocals or its power but rather compensated with their stage shows (Image). Donna Summer didn't need to move at all but her voice moved everyone and everything. She didn't need to put on a Spectacular show but no one could touch her voice. They only tried to emulate. Her Music and singing style were way ahead of their time. Take great care Frederick Leo and stay safe please : -))

[@frederickleo2386]

@@kojoharrison630 yes,yes i agree. She was beautiful and a marvelous talent.... her voice did all the "showing off". On top of that she was also humble, funny, and spiritual. Ive been a fan since the age of 5! Such a brilliant songstress with an ethereal voice... i miss her dearly, but am so happy she left us with these deep impressions and fabulous music to last for years!! Im glad you share the love too... thanks for the well wishes, you take good care too 👍👌😊

[@sebastian19739]

Phenomenal artist. Trail blazer and versatile. Superstar Donna Summer!

[@JaySmith-wo3di]

I absolutely loved this. Thank you! This is the tribute she deserved.

[@curtismichael4703]

Great segment on one of the greatest female vocalists of all times. Back in the day Donna Summer was to me what Beyonce is to her beehive fans. My top 5 are LAST DANCE, DIM ALL THE LIGHTS, LOVE IS JUST A BREATH AWAY, BAD GIRLS, FASCINATION.

[@MrDonanthony]

Awesome that Love Is Just A Breath Away is in your top5. It's my favorite song of Donna's.

[@curtismichael4703]

@@MrDonanthony Donna's vocals soar on this track and along with that infectious groove, makes it one of my favorites.

[@MrDonanthony]

@@curtismichael4703 It should have been a single. I would have released it as the first single.

[@curtismichael4703]

@@MrDonanthony I think it could have become one of her standards if it had been released as a single.I remember gravitating torwards it instantly. Did you list your top 5? I know you're a true dedicated fan because you realize just how awesome The Wanderer album is!

[@MrDonanthony]

@@curtismichael4703 I agree. With a great video, it would have been a smash. And she co-wrote it! My top 5: 1. Love Is Just A Breath Away 2. The Woman In Me 3. On The Radio 4. Looking Up 5. I Feel Love

[@victorsimpson4487]

A great vocalist and a beautiful woman. RIP Donna Summer.

[@SABOREAME68]

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Donna Summer was and is a vocal genius. In addition, wrote most of her own songs. Needless to say, the moment one hears Donna's first note on any given song you know is the incomparable & unforgettable "Donna Summer" rip.