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Thursday, May 17, 2012

''Six Degrees of Vincent D'Onofrio''...Donna Summer...


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LaDonna Adrian Gaines aka Donna Summer was born on December 31, 1948 in Boston, Massachusetts. She was one of seven children raised in a devoutly Christian home and sang in church at an early age. In the 60's, she was influenced by Janis Joplin, dropped out of school and became the lead singer for a band named Crow. In 1968, she auditioned for a role in the Broadway production of 'Hair' but Melba Moore won over her. When the production moved overseas, Donna was offered the role and moved to Germany. While in Germany she learned to speak German fluently. She married an Austrian actor in 1973 and they had a daughter, Mimi. The marriage ended in divorce due to Donna's extramarital affair but she kept her married name of 'Sommer' and changed it to the more English version of 'Summer'. During the 70's, she was a background singer for Three Dog Night and in 1975 came up with the idea for her 'Love To Love You Baby' song. Her inspiration was singing the song as Marilyn Monroe would have. Later in the 70's, Donna became synonymous with the disco sound at the time. She continued to release albums throughout the 80's and 90's. Today, Donna Summer passed away after a battle with lung cancer that she believed was a result of breathing in debris after the 9/11 attacks. Find the connection!

9 comments:

Rose said...

Very sorry to hear of her passing, she had an amazing voice and was a beautiful woman.

JoJo said...

So sad to hear about her passing away. :(

Nantz said...

Love 'Last Dance'.

sullie said...

So sad, she was the backbone to our disco days, RIP!

Anonymous said...

Dance the Night Away!

vikeau said...

RIP Donna, you knew even though I was a rocker, you made disco bearable and oh so dancable.As for the connection I thinking the Velocity of Gary. But I'm really not all that good at the 6 degrees. Debra?

Debra said...

Donna Summer was disco!

2-Donna Summer was in Thank God It's Friday with
1-Jeff Goldblum was in LOCI: Loyalty with
0-Vincent

(And just to make everyone jealous, I got a hug from Vincent last night!)

vikeau said...

Debra I don't know about anyone else but you suceeded in making me jealous. But trust me its the good kind because how cool is that-- to get a hug from Vincent.

Sally said...

So sad about Donna Summer. I liked all her songs, but my favorite album was "Love Trilogy"- which coincidently would go great with a hug from Vincent...