Donna Summer

Donna Summer, born LaDonna Adrian Gaines, (December 31, 1948 – May 17, 2012), was an American singer-songwriter who had massive hit's during the disco era of the late 1970s.Summer was a five-time Grammy Award winner and the first artist to have three consecutive double albums reach number one on the U.S. Billboard chart.
 
As a devoutly Christian in a lower middle class African-American family in Boston, Massachusetts, she first became involved with singing through church choir groups before joining a number of bands influenced by the Motown Sound.

Returning to the U.S., Summer co-wrote the song "Love to Love You Baby" with Pete Bellotte; music producer Giorgio Moroder convinced her to sing it herself, and it was released to mass commercial success in 1975, particularly on the disco scene. Over the following years, Summer followed this success with a string of other disco hits, such as "Bad Girls", "I Feel Love", "MacArthur Park", "Hot Stuff" and "Last Dance". Becoming known as the "Queen of Disco", she regularly appeared at the Studio 54 club in New York City, while her music gained a particularly large following within the gay community,

Donna Sumeer became A gay icon. Struggling with drug addiction and depression, she subsequently became a born-again Christian.

Diagnosed with lung cancer, Summer died in 2012, at her home on Manasota Key in Englewood after a battle with the disease.

Donna Summer - Macartha Park Music Video