Originally Posted by Jedikiah:
“Yes, but it's hard not to admit those early successes, were very much pioneering songs, and much different in character to the formulaic processed pop of the Stock, Aitken and Waterman 'hit' factory. The early Donna Summer-Georgio Moroder collaborations set an early template which those electronic influenced artists would feel in awe of, for decades
I think Donna, in common with fellow singers like Martha Reeves, and Jean Terrell, despite being deemed 'the queen of disco', she was perhaps a little underrated, and especially when put alongside someone like Diana Ross, who possessed bags of charisma, both as a person, and as a singer, but who perhaps wasn't possessed with technically the best voice. Diana seemed to get the cream of the best songs both with motown, and for a large spell as a sold artist. However, Diana's more pop/soul voice, as opposed to a richer, and more rootsy gospel soul style, gave her the greater opportunity to crossover to a white audience. Donna, like the others benefitted from Diana immensely, but that did not necessarily prevent her from living in Diana's shadow, which is a shame, i feel. Donna was a great singer right up to her final days. 'Queen Of Disco' is too narrow a term to describe her singing talents.”
I do agree Donna was a great singer I have her 1977 "I remember yesterday" album it has a couple of singles on it apart from " I feel love" " Love's unkind " and " I remember yesterday" was a single as well.
The above mentioned was on the GTO label , I have her " Once upon a time" album on Cassablanca label good tracks including " Rumour has it" " I love you" all Georgio -morroder produced , I also have her " Down deep inside" single ( title theme for " The deep" movie) I know Donna was very talented and had hits before S A W , but I suspect when the hits dried up S A W were there at the right time to raise her profile again!
