Biography

Donna Summer’s lifetime in music was a study in contrasts: The “Queen of Disco,” who was a church-reared gospel singer throughout childhood and wrote most of her own songs; the diva de tutti dive, the first true pop diva of the modern era, who spent her formative years singing in a rock band. She won five Grammys and was the first artist to have three consecutive double-LP albums reach Number One. Donna Summer was born LaDonna Adrian Gaines on December 31, 1948, in Boston. She was one of seven children. Her father was a butcher, and her mother was a ...