Singer was battling cancer
Reports are flooding in that disco icon Donna Summer has passed away at the age of 63 after a battle with cancer.
If the disco era can be said to have one, true icon then that performer is Donna Summer. In commercial terms alone, the singer dominated the playing field notching up chart record after chart record.
Yet Donna Summer was able to match her commercial nous with a palpable sense of Futurism. Hooking up with German producer Giorgio Moroder, the pair injected new technology into American music.
'I Feel Love' turned the music world upside down, establishing synthesisers as a force in the charts and lighting the trail which would lead to House and Techno.
Later taking a break from disco, Donna Summer would remain an outstanding performer during a career which has spanned more than four decades.
Latterly living with her family in Nashville, the singer was recently diagnosed with cancer. Undergoing treatment, entertainment site TMZ reports that Donna Summer sadly passed away this morning (May 17th).
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If the disco era can be said to have one, true icon then that performer is Donna Summer. In commercial terms alone, the singer dominated the playing field notching up chart record after chart record.
Yet Donna Summer was able to match her commercial nous with a palpable sense of Futurism. Hooking up with German producer Giorgio Moroder, the pair injected new technology into American music.
'I Feel Love' turned the music world upside down, establishing synthesisers as a force in the charts and lighting the trail which would lead to House and Techno.
Later taking a break from disco, Donna Summer would remain an outstanding performer during a career which has spanned more than four decades.
Latterly living with her family in Nashville, the singer was recently diagnosed with cancer. Undergoing treatment, entertainment site TMZ reports that Donna Summer sadly passed away this morning (May 17th).
More to follow...
