Donna Summer: From Gospel to Queen of Disco (Unreleased Interview)

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Winner of five Grammy awards, crowned Disco Queen, pioneer among divas and transgressor on the dance floor: Donna Summer's legacy remains in each of her hits, from "Love To Love You Baby" to "I Feel Love", songs recorded with the producer Giorgio Moroder in the 70s who accompanied her during her entire career. In this exclusive interview, the artist looked back at her long career with satisfaction at what she had learned.
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0:43 I heard God speak to me, "You're gonna be famous"
3:35 on Janis Joplin
5:06 on her nickname "Queen of Disco"
5:50 the social changes from the 60s
8:22 on her time in Germany, when she met Giorgio Moroder and Pete Bellotte, two producers who would have a major impact on the future of her career
10:55 on Hair, the Musical
18:06 on the "Love To Love You Baby" creative process
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@BlondieAndBeyond 4 года назад

Aside from her supernatural talent, Donna Summer really was an exceptional human being. Thanks for sharing.

@juniorchavesopicassodeyahu988 Год назад

I completely agree with this

@gotti6969 Год назад

@@juniorchavesopicassodeyahu988 yes, talented, beautiful, intelligent, humble, funny, down to earth, I could go on and on. She was one heck of a human being! RIP dear Donna!

@Carlybabes 5 месяцев назад

Lovely words ❤

@drmarkcthompson6504 3 года назад

We forget what a huge star she was in the mid to late 70s - she was everywhere and personified that period. During those years, no one else came close to her level of stardom

@moanthonywilliams7422 Месяц назад

As luck would hav it Donna Summer is the soundtrack of my life n when I got the chance 2 tell her dat we both fought back tears she dubbed me "The Poet" I'd written her a poem every yr 4 about 10 yrs running so the last time we saw each other n 2010 she absolutely remembered me n my wrk it's something I'll never forget

@karasays01 4 года назад

Donna Summer is the reason I produce and create music. I love this woman dearly and plan to have a studio room honoring her.

@AdrianChristian 2 года назад

Love that. She influenced my recording career.

@mrkinla Год назад

Yes, please!

@kazkazzie3906 2 года назад

Donna spoke of God speaking to her saying she is going to be famous and to not misuse this, is so profound. God is so good and will always have this profound way of telling you about yourself. Thank you Jesus.

@flossietube2065 4 года назад

My God what a beautiful woman!!!!! She was beautiful when she was young. And I am stunned at how beautiful she was later in her life!!! Miss you Donna!!! Rest in Glory!!!

@user-cf6lv1sj3b 3 месяца назад

she was sooooooooooo beautiful in the "bad girls" era. Her style, her makeups..... god she was already a natural beauty herself

@triadafillos1 2 года назад

Apart from very close relatives, Donna was the one I cried over days. What a heavenly combination of a highly talented artist and a good, solid, down to earth and funny human being...I have admired her as a singer and as the years went on also adored her as a human being. She is being enormously missed.

@phlickster 3 года назад

Donna Summer is still probably one of the most underrated musical talents. Her voice and her songwriting are 100.

@teddylabis6969 3 года назад

She was induced to the rock and roll hall of fame

@enricovankeeken1624 Год назад

@@teddylabis6969 *yet stIll...it´s that label they put on her ...here she explains perfectly what (a) disco rEAlly means*

@briansummers843 Год назад

Patti LaBelle said Donna Summer is underrated with a voice like that referring to her range

@mistermilkman Год назад

She sold over $130 million records & won 5 Grammy's with a net worth of $75 million when she passed on. How is that underrated? She had a phenomenal career & legacy. She was crowned Queen of Disco.

@TimeIdle Год назад

@@mistermilkman Some of us think that she's not respected enough due to her massive pop/disco success and the label of Queen of Disco. Her vocal and musical talent was beyond that label.

@AdrianChristian 2 года назад

She engaged him. He had what appeared to be written questions, but she navigated that interview superbly.

@lunnouxhinds8464 4 года назад

I have to confess I am a Donna Summer junkie. And I always will be.

@moonraker30 4 года назад

So am I, thanks to my mom she caught “Summer Fever” when she was expecting me, I became exposed and that was it 😂😝😂

@joecalhoun5303 3 года назад

Me tooo. Love DONNA ❤️❤️❤️❤️

@gotti6969 Год назад

@@joecalhoun5303 So am I, simpy the BEST in everything she did!

@sahirygnobehi6448 4 года назад

The day she passed away. I cried. Y'all don't know how much her Album Once Upon A Time helped me thru so much. Her voice transported me to unknown places. Filled of wonders and beauties. I was angry when BET did not do a special for her. All they did was mention her name. Then that was it. She STILL DESERVE A TWO HOUR SPECIAL.

@victorlatimer1009 4 года назад

I agree as well as an autobiographical film about The Great Queen Of Music Donna Summer ! 💞💞💞💞💞💞💞

@joecalhoun5303 3 года назад

Her best album. I still listen to it all the time and it’s still magical.

@jmdevotion 3 года назад

The day fater she passed away, I've listen "On the radio" and I was sad.... was the last dance on the radio

@shantebarze1068 3 года назад

I agree. I was pissed myself she never got recognition from BET. Her voice is truly amazing, I play certain songs from her, I wished she would have made a Gospel album like when Whitney did Preachers Wife. Her heart an spirit an legacy will live on she is a treasure.

@ask4theupgrade359 3 года назад

“The Donna Summer musical” premiered on Broadway in 2018; which is a huge form of recognition that can serve as source material, not if, but when they [her Family/estate/Hollywood] get around to doing a movie or TV movie /series. However, sometimes these things take years. We finally got a Lifetime tv movie about Mahalia Jackson in April 2021. I remember seeing a great Mahalia Jackson Musical in Atlanta with Jennifer Holliday in the role back in the 90’s that didn’t make it to Broadway. Let’s give the “Queen of Disco” her flowers.

@dampergoldenrod4156 2 года назад

She's very articulate and she speaks well she spent a lot of time around intelligent and artistic people .Donna was from the generation where talent was found it wasn't rigged from inside Hollywood

@seattlejayde 2 года назад

What a REAL person

@jamesdaly9016 Год назад

She’s the Queen of Disco and Queen of Life. ❤

@Lawrence_619 2 года назад

now, she....is one of the very few singers that I always like listening to, in conversation. Because her thought process is always intellectual...she's a thinker. You dont sustain a career in the music industry for well over 40 yrs, without smarts and couth. Chaka Khan is one of her best buddies...and she's said that Donna is fluent in German and Spanish. That doesn't surprise me at all, when you think about how long she lived in Europe before coming back to the States. Donna's death, felt like a punch in the stomach to me..because we all know, she had so much more to give to the industry she made a living in.

@shawnmcvey7789 3 года назад

If you listen closely you can hear her Boston accent. One of Boston's most underappreciated legends.

@JC-yy8iv Год назад

Yes if you listen closely 😂 like how if you listen closely you can hear that Cyndi Lauper has a slight Brooklyn accent

@llw53one Год назад

She has such a beautiful voice. Beautiful speaking and singing voice 💯🎶

@kpitt1204 Год назад

I found this interview randomly, but I never really appreciated Donna’s contribution to the soundtrack of my life until viewing this interview. I bought plenty of her records, but never listened past the surface. I’ve got to go back and listen with a new ear.

@marcomrc1594 2 года назад

What a beautiful, intelligent, articulate, talented human being she was. Can't believe that in 2011 she looked almost like the way she did in 1989 on Arsenio. It's so fascinating to hear her talk about music, art, faith, and I can't wait for the Donna documentary, I can't wait to dive into her multifaceted personality and discover more about the way it reflected on her art. It's almost heartbreaking when she mentioned that she was "still healthy enough" to go on with her career. If you notice, she made a brief pause before saying that, while looking down. She looked like she had already lost a lot of weight, and her face is slimmer compared to early 2011. I believe this interview was shot in the first phase of her illness, (summer/fall 2011) when she was still positive about the outcome of her treatments. Sadly, in 2012 things took a turn for the worse.

@carlperez4300 3 года назад

The Greatest, most underrated singer. What an amazing story of her life. Imagine accomplishing so much fairly young and being able to do it YOUR way the rest of it because you still earn from it . AND keeping your Boston accent! Gotta love that!

@arthemis8215 2 года назад

Underrated? She was inducted into the Rock and Roll of Fame and was a 5-time Grammy winner.

@charleskristiansson1296 Год назад

Donna is not underrated. She is known all over the world. Amazing beauty inside and out.

@PaulPaid Год назад

Boston accent? You're hearing things...😅

@martinwedge7732 3 года назад

Donna was a super talent singer songwriter and an amazing human being. She needed no studio trickery to enhance her voice because she had it all already. Hearing her views on life and her career including the ups and downs shows the insights she had. She knew she had power to influence people and her musical legacy is assured. One of the best of the best for sure xx

@billedwards4285 2 года назад

She was so talented and beautiful, why is there no biopic on her

@kennethshivers6572 Год назад

I've given a comment before on this artist , and would like to add " if she was never called The Queen of Disco , She would be Beautiful enough to be a Queen " in her own time in life .

@JimmieJamOfTheDay Год назад

One of the things I liked about Donna was her humbleness. She said she didn't call herself the Queen Of Disco, but it's nice to be called that. Of course, she pokes fun of herself on her song "The Queen Is Back", but she was very humble. Unlike a lot of female singers who are (or were) self-absorbed and not quite so humble.

@wmw4339 4 года назад

wow...this interview was just a year prior to her transition...she appears to be in great form during this interview...i remember being in shock the morning i heard she passed...it was all too surreal...Donna (has) the best laugh...she makes your heart light up when she laughs (giggles)...she has a sweet soul...you can see it/feel it when she speaks and laughs...many many people (are) naturally drawn to Donna for a reason...she (is) a beacon for goodness...i wish she did this interview (at least partly) in German...Donna (is) an extraordinarily, exceptionally great woman/person...Donna (is) a guiding Light.

@wmw4339 4 года назад

@JudyGaines Judy, are you by chance related to Donna (Gaines) Summer? unfortunately i never got the opportunity to shake Donna's hand or give her a hug during her time on the planet... i really believe that she's still with us in Spirit, though...my friends would make fun of me because i was drawn to Donna at age 14 in the mid 70s...i didn't care because i somehow knew that Donna would eventually become a MEGA STAR as the reigning Queen of Voice (not only disco)...a very smart business woman, a grounded family oriented person, stunningly beautiful with a heart of gold...i know her daughters must really miss her

@mrrichardrogers 4 года назад

Hold on to Peace

@rajandavid 3 года назад

Donna Summer was the most underrated gospel singer in the history of mankind.

@christophermoore4262 4 года назад

GORGEOUS WOMAN SHE WAS AGED VERY WELL

@kentlewis987 2 года назад

More than the Queen of Disco…Donna was a true artist.

@josephrocha142 3 года назад

Beautiful woman and a fantastic singer.

@stonew1927 Год назад

What an interesting arc to her musical career; from gospel, to rock, to theater, to europop, and finally disco queen. Very smart and talented lady. Hard to believe she's already passed on. Rest in Love . . .

@swerzer 4 года назад

Thank you so much for posting this. I've been a fan of Donna Summer from the very beginning and still listen to all of her music to this day. She was an incredible person. RIP Donna

@kenray-visuals-life 4 года назад

I feel the same way @Swerzer. My love for Donna Summer started 1976 and it grew ever since. Everytime I see interviews with her I am stunned by this amazing woman As a person, entertainer, vocalist, artist, mother....I could go on and on...Donna is and was an amazing superstar and persona!!! Wish we need to see more from Donna ( dvds, concerts, etc.) Thank you so much for this upload!

@sadie4me2 Год назад

Such a wise and loving woman. Hope to meet her in heaven.

@alessandrothoth 3 года назад

What a treasure this interview is. Donna is so relaxed and open about subjects. What a nice surprise to find an unreleased interview like this one at this time and age!!! Thank you.

@rgrndu 4 года назад

I was always impressed by the sheer volume of music she put out in the 70’s. From ‘75 to ‘79 she released seven albums, three of those were double albums. I’d love to hear her talk about her & Gorgio’s creative process & how they accomplished writing & producing so much great music.

@winstonwalford5471 Год назад

Donna Summers was above underrated. She was a Mega 🌟 Queen of pop.

@TsetsiStoyanova 3 года назад

Absolutely amazing story

@joecalhoun5303 3 года назад

Her book is awesome

@williamjamesayers7719 2 года назад

What a precious individual that music lost, no matter how long ago, she's still the queen of disco.

@zanna90 4 года назад

What I enjoyed about this interview?? She was never conceded but what she had did! Still respected who was before or after her. Never out to prove who she is. She just did it!! True 👑!!

@milesclarke6592 3 года назад

Wow just wow!! May she rest in heaven!

@scottdorsey8220 3 года назад

Loved Donna Summer, Aretha Franklin and Chaka Khan in the 70's and 80's when modern music was best!

@Ninafan68 3 года назад

Oh boy, how I love and miss that wonderful woman. The best tone I have ever heard. Love to love you, Donna!

@charleskristiansson1296 Год назад

What a truly superhuman lady. She loves humanity. Gorgeous lady.

@carlosmatta5947 Год назад

I so glad this video was suggested to me! I love Donna Summer!!!

@micheladerry5681 Год назад

a spiritual woman. Great singer and great woman. I miss her so...

@dancarrow3480 3 года назад

This is one of the best interviews I seen by her.

@antd8259 Год назад

That’s a divine calling. I truly believe that some people are meant to do certain things. What she said about god telling her that she was going to be famous and telling her not to misuse her powers. Just amazing

@faberking Год назад

I love you Donna, I love your music. You are a wonderful Person♥️♥️♥️♥️

@doreenlybrand6728 2 года назад

She's fascinating.😍

@josephperez3435 3 года назад

Donna Summer, always and forever the QUEEN!👑🎼🎶🎤💖🌹

@superdougie10 2 года назад

A true artist, not wanting to be pigeon holed into any genre.

@romerjusu3804 4 года назад

I love how she switched from English to German 😂🤪😉

@laurencebrooks7699 Год назад

A great humble person with phenomenal talent....miss her!

@grahamsimpson4084 4 года назад

Love donna incredible singer

@David-mn2mp Год назад

Donna was an absolutely beautiful person inside and out. I miss her presence and her voice. RIP Angel

@thaddaeus5 3 года назад

Wonderful interview! I love how she switches in & out of German. Had no idea of that part of her past. Danke!

@giyawilbourn7143 3 года назад

In addition to my previous comment, it seems the music industry tried to make Donna be someone she didn't want to be. But, she made a statement that she was going to be herself no matter what. Hopefully, she was not sacrificed.

@OKDUBB 3 года назад

Bless, one of my favourite Divas on earth. RIP legend lady 💜💜

@josephperez3435 2 года назад

May 17,2022-Marks the 10 year anniversary of the passing of DONNA SUMMER, R.I.P your Highness, thank you so much for all of your beautiful songs. You will always and forever live on in the hearts of all your fans! 🎼🎶👑💖🌹💿🎤

@joenissan Год назад

What an amazing talent she was. She’s the soundtrack of the late 70s and 80s

@giyawilbourn7143 3 года назад

I don't know much about Donna Summer, but what I do know is that she was very confident & eloquent in speech. A very beautiful person inside & out. She seemed like a loving person & Kelly Rowland reminds me a lot of her. She could play her. 🔌♣️💃

@hansm8289 3 года назад

La reina

@josephperez3435 3 года назад

Donna Summer:Queen of Disco. Celia Cruz:Queen of Salsa. La Lupe:Queen of Latin of Latin Soul. 3 Queens 3 legends, gone but not forgotten.👑👑👑🎤🎼🎶🌹💖💖💖

@coppola9885 Год назад

The queen! She was and is still the best female singer! 🙏🙏

@mrkinla 2 года назад

Donna Summer really impressed me the first time I saw her live at Pine Knob in Michigan. Everyone was like, "OMG She sounds better than her records". Although I always considered her lovely, she was definitely right in that the public saw her talent and heard her voice first, which overrode any thoughts about her weight gain. She left a wonderful legacy. Her voice and music gave me so much pleasure.

@cjhepburn7406 Год назад

Praise indeed. Who sounds better than their studio recordings these day? ❤

@richardnorman425 4 года назад

Great interview. Never saw an interview of her where she really spoke about who she was as a person and not a star.

@mysisterpatty.8495 Год назад

What a VERY nice lady. She was pretty, talented, and had an INCREDIBLE voice. GOD bless you Donna. Rest in peace.❤️❤️❤️

@curtismichael4703 4 года назад

A very insightful interview. I love that Donna refused to be pigeonholed into singing only one style of music.

@charleyyoung262 3 года назад

Her disco music has always been the best. She is really the queen of disco having made so many hits in the genre. I am still discovering her music. It's like she has limited edition songs around. Her other music is good but she really dominates disco with so many songs in the genre.

@rsmith7912 4 года назад

What a fabulous interview with Donna. Thanks for sharing. She was my favourite female singer from LTLYB onwards throughout her amazing career. Some people forget how huge of a star she was in the 70's. I thought she was very polite with the interviewer who obviously wasn't that experienced at his job & where others might not have been so patient. I was so lucky to meet her when she released her autobiography at a book signing in London & it truly was a magic moment. I had with me the photo of her black Marilyn pose which the record company had sent to me when I was a teenager. She signed the book & photo for me which I totally treasure. I have that part of her & I still do feel love. A very special lady sadly missed.

@Thetruuuuuth 7 месяцев назад

I was lucky enough to see Donna live in London. OMG!!!!!! Her voice was incredible 😮 She could sing ANYTHING. After watching this, she was also really intelligent. RIP Queen of Disco.... and sooooooo much more ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏💖

@dampergoldenrod4156 2 года назад

She said she listened to Jefferson airplane albums Donna was part of the psychedelic sixties and she spent time in Europe she had a very different life from most other black women

@davemartin6610 3 года назад

I love it I've never noticed it before her Boston accent the way she pronounced alter, I love her such an important icon in music history.

@darkanser 3 года назад

On her first American album, she had some tracks that sounded like Country. And they were good!!!

@blkant06 11 месяцев назад

I’ve always thought she could have been a country singer

@miss.phyllisreneefoster9547 Месяц назад

WE LOVE MS DONNA SUMMERS AND HER MUSIC I LOVE A LOT OF HER SONGS. SHE IS A QUEEN, AND HER MUSIC WILL LIVE ON IN ME AND IN MY HOUSE GOD BLESS HER SOUL AMEN

@vitokaleidoscopemusicbis9362 4 года назад

The Divine Queen what we miss ❤️🙏

@toddanthony6664 3 года назад

She left us way too soon.

@ashwinidesai4051 2 года назад

That's trueeeeeee!

@GeneofIsis 2 года назад

Wonderful!

@christopherliverman8333 4 года назад

Nice to know she was a believer

@philipmarshall8443 4 года назад

Beautiful, beautiful lady. Thank you for sharing this.

@333dv_ 4 года назад

hasnt aged a DAY

@lazarolopez3022 4 года назад

great interview. great talent

@stangrim8156 4 года назад

loved donna

@rahphunk 3 года назад

What a wonderful story!!!!

@timbrooks4119 2 года назад

I loved donna I was at the disco with my leather pants dancing to her music and yes I felt like I lost something special when she died I moved to Nashville with my son she is buried there I put flowers every anniversary of her death I told my son I want to be cremated and my ashes dumped on her grave and I told him if I'm not on top of donna in the afterlife I will haunt him 😂

@lunnouxhinds8464 4 года назад

Thank you to the person who posted this.

@1derfullBeast 4 месяца назад

I love, that Donna throws some german words(she lived several years in Munich, was part of the musical "Hair", met Goirgio Moroder and married a man called Sommer) in for the german interviewer!😊

@songsofsofia 4 года назад

I would like to know when this interview was recorded. She is my all time favorite singer, so I'm very thankful you posted this. Such an honest and genuine person. I just can't stop loving her!

@christopherliverman8333 4 года назад

Songs of Sofia she died 2012 so probably not too long before

@russnoe4603 3 года назад

2011

@collinmichaelkahn3918 7 месяцев назад

Thank you for this interview. She was great. What a swell gal. I was born in 83. So kind of missed her major heyday. But I love what she says about how, to her, art is art and artists are artists and all the silly distinctions and ways in which the public tries to limit art and its creators with genre and sub-genre classifications. If the music is good the people will come, from all walks of life. My dad was a hardcore crust-punk who maintained his counter-culture edge through his whole life. He was the last person you’d look at and think, “Now this man must love Donna Summer,” but he did. And he taught me early just why she was/is so revered. The voice man. When you have chops like Donna did, you can (and should) sing it all. Gone too soon. Rest in power.

@neilprincedj 2 года назад

what a great interview. so good to hear her speak so candidly on everything and make so much sense. it's heartbreaking to know she passed away just a year later. not a week goes by without me listening to donna. that beautiful crystal clear powerful voice that soars through her music was truly a gift. i'm so glad i got to cherish her in my lifetime.

@NYCgirl927 4 года назад

Beautiful soul.

@thekaliko 3 года назад

she's my first favorite ♥️

@JimmieJamOfTheDay Год назад

👍 She's my first favorite and still is.

@feminineone9610 3 года назад

Thank you sooooo much for this post!!! I can’t get enough of her.. truly special Lady🥰🥰🥰.. her birthday is coming up soon 12/31 or 30 not sure 🥰🥰🥰

@charlesdavis545 4 года назад

Such a candid interview for a legend. I love how Donna explains her music, letting people know she's versatile and not just a Disco act. She was Madonna before Madonna was.

@curtisstroud3 3 года назад

*Queen of disco Cher is the goddess of pop

@poncho4777 3 года назад

Madonna is the queen of pop. Donna summer isn’t relegated to just disco. Cher is cher and even she wouldn’t want that moniker.

@keepinitkawaii 3 года назад

@@curtisstroud3 i thought that was Madonna

@curtisstroud3 3 года назад

@@poncho4777 My apologies, your right. Her title is in fact "goddess" of pop 😆. I'm very close to Pauly and I can assure you, cher really doesn't mind the title and finds it hilarious

@curtisstroud3 3 года назад

@@keepinitkawaii I'm sorry.....who? 🤣

@hermit7903 2 года назад

Great interview!

@NeuriMercedes 3 года назад

Amazing interview. Sing for the heaves Donna. ❤️

@victorlatimer1009 4 года назад

Thanks so very much for this poignant & bittersweet upload! It's as if HEAVEN opened a portal glimpse at. Our sweet beautifully gifted magnificent Donna !💞 Oh my heart, within wich your melodious masterpieces reside , DONNA YOU MAKE OUR HEARTS SING ! 🎶💞 & STILL LOVE CRIES ! 🎼💞 YOU LIVE ON THROUGH YOUR MUSIC IN OUR 💕 WE 💘 YOU DONNA! OUR 💘 WILL LAST FOREVER!

@JorgeHernandez-yr2xr 4 года назад

Thanks for post and share this wonderful interview with our diva !

@SignedMedia 4 года назад

Thank you for your comment! Have you watched this interview with Aretha on artists as Aretha Franklin, Madonna or, Beyoncé? ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE--9Z_o2-mzNU.html :)

@calicomoonchild 4 года назад

So insightful in places. I don’t get why the interview was held back.

@user-pp2qm7lc9b 3 месяца назад

Donna Summer e uma cantora Maravilhosa.Sou sua fã. Ana.❤❤❤❤❤

@gxl5892 4 года назад

Thanks for posting this great interview. Wonderful, beautiful Donna!

@susanagranados2556 Месяц назад

What a intelligent lady and beautiful inside /outside human being. Great natural voice n talent. Beloved by the world. She demonstrated God n family were the most i mportant things in her life than being a super star fame. Thank you for being a special human being. You live in our hearts and loved forever.