LaDonna Gaines began singing in a church choir in her hometown of Boston. However, US singer became famous in Europe when they came in contact with the Italian producer Giorgio Moroder. The combination of Donna's soulful vocals and synthesizers Moroder produced a new musical by: disco. That she was a major influence on later styles such as synthpop and indirectly house. Donna Summer scored a string
… of hits including The Hostage (1974), Love To Love You Baby (1976), I Feel Love (No. 1 in 1977), Bad Girls (1979) and State Of Independence (No. 1 in 1982). It gives her the title "Queen of Disco" on. In her later albums Summer moves more in the direction of the music from her childhood (soul, gospel) and turns off more of her old sexual repertoire. Summer dies in 2012 at 63 years of cancer.more
