Before Beyoncé, there was Donna Summer, an innocent church ... How many roles do I have to play in my own life?" Privately, Summer was carrying with her the pain of having been sexually abused ...

“It became a defining moment in her life.” Beginning with “Love To Love You Baby,” Donna Summer racked up a string of ’70s hits with producer Giorgio Moroder. Echoes/Redferns All of her ...

Donna Summer hit No. 2 with her breakout single ... “He was a redeeming factor in my life from some of the abusive men that I had chosen to trust, who were not worthy of that trust ...

The juxtaposition between orgasmic writhing and introspective balladry is indicative of Summer’s oft-contradictory life, explored in “Love to Love You, Donna Summer.” The HBO documentary ...

Donna Summer, and how their neighbor Sofia Loren (“Auntie Sofia”) helped her mother achieve work/life balance. There were a few things. My mom passed, and a few years later, I became a mother.

Donna Summer,” which Sudano and Roger Ross Williams directed, Sudano gives fans an inside look into her mom's life and shows the struggles that she faced with stardom. "She was a complex and ...

The life and music of Summer, who passed away in 2012, was most recently celebrated on Broadway with Summer: The Donna Summer Musical, which ran for almost 300 performances. The Gist ...

Donna Summer released “I Feel Love”, a song so revolutionary that Brian Eno declared it “the sound of the future.” With its machine-perfect Moog synthesizers, hypnotic beat, and soaring vocals, the ...

Jeremy Siegel: You’re listening to GBH’s Morning Edition. Donna Summer was larger than life, and the queen of disco is now immortalized in a mural that, fittingly, is also larger than life, like ten ...

“I have a secret life,” she says ... At times, Love To Love You, Donna Summer feels almost too personal, as if Brooklyn Sudano is using the film to work through her relationship with ...

Donna Summer was more than just the amazing voice you heard on the radio. Her daughter Brooklyn Sudano says that Summer was a “multilayered” talent that most fans didn’t know much about.