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Donna Summer was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and she was only 19 when she flew to Munich, Germany, to appear in the German production of the controversial musical, Hair. Donna went on to appear in several other stage shows, including Porgy And Bess and Godspell, before she sang a few songs for a producer who was looking for new voices: Giorgio Moroder. However, it wasn't until early 1975 that Donna came up with the one line that would change her life: 'I'd love to love you.' Moroder immediately had Donna cut what she thought was a three minute demo of Love To Love You, which he took to the MIDEM music festival. Here he met Neil Bogart, founder and owner of Casablanca Records, who liked the demo so much he took it home with him and played it at a party - over and over again, such was the demand. After sitting on the demo for a while, Bogart contacted Moroder - and asked for an extended, twenty minute version of the song. And Bogart insisted the only person who could sing the song was whoever had sung the demo. So Love To Love You Baby was born - and Donna was on her way to becoming an international superstar. This is the story of Donna and her music...
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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book is not about Donna Summer really.
Donna Summer: For The Record is just a data of her recordings and its informative. The book surely marketed only to her hard core fans and the writer has done his part. Its nice to see her albums, singles, posters and other images in the book. Due to POD publication, its all in black and white.
However this is a selection of 'cut & paste' work from other books, magazines, newspaper articles that have been published on Donna Summer. No bibliography and no indication where it was taken from. For fans that may not have Donna Summer title books (only three published at this time) may think it is an original work but 90% of the text, for example for 'PART2: The Albums' chapter was taken from other books and smartly put together - looking like an original. Still the book is not expensive, so its up to you as a fan if you wish to treat yourself, like I said nice to see images of albums & singles in the book :-)
Donna Summer: For The Record is just a data of her recordings and its informative. The book surely marketed only to her hard core fans and the writer has done his part. Its nice to see her albums, singles, posters and other images in the book. Due to POD publication, its all in black and white.
However this is a selection of 'cut & paste' work from other books, magazines, newspaper articles that have been published on Donna Summer. No bibliography and no indication where it was taken from. For fans that may not have Donna Summer title books (only three published at this time) may think it is an original work but 90% of the text, for example for 'PART2: The Albums' chapter was taken from other books and smartly put together - looking like an original. Still the book is not expensive, so its up to you as a fan if you wish to treat yourself, like I said nice to see images of albums & singles in the book :-)
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28 July 2011
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If you're a Donna Summer fan this a must have book. It chronicles all her records and even the biggest fan will find out something they didn't know before.
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Donna Summer: For The Record
21 Feb 2012
Format:Paperback
This book is not about Donna Summer really.
Donna Summer: For The Record is just a data of her recordings and its informative. The book surely marketed only to her hard core fans and the writer has done his part. Its nice to see her albums, singles, posters and other images in the book. Due to POD publication, its all in black and white.
However this is a selection of 'cut & paste' work from other books, magazines, newspaper articles that have been published on Donna Summer. No bibliography and no indication where it was taken from. For fans that may not have Donna Summer title books (only three published at this time) may think it is an original work but 90% of the text, for example for 'PART2: The Albums' chapter was taken from other books and smartly put together - looking like an original. Still the book is not expensive, so its up to you as a fan if you wish to treat yourself, like I said nice to see images of albums & singles in the book :-)
Donna Summer: For The Record is just a data of her recordings and its informative. The book surely marketed only to her hard core fans and the writer has done his part. Its nice to see her albums, singles, posters and other images in the book. Due to POD publication, its all in black and white.
However this is a selection of 'cut & paste' work from other books, magazines, newspaper articles that have been published on Donna Summer. No bibliography and no indication where it was taken from. For fans that may not have Donna Summer title books (only three published at this time) may think it is an original work but 90% of the text, for example for 'PART2: The Albums' chapter was taken from other books and smartly put together - looking like an original. Still the book is not expensive, so its up to you as a fan if you wish to treat yourself, like I said nice to see images of albums & singles in the book :-)
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