Summer Queen Shorts
Description: Donna Adrian Gaines (December 31, 1948 – May 17, 2012), known professionally as Donna Summer, was an American singer and songwriter. She gained prominence during the disco era of the 1970s and became known as the "Queen of Disco", while her music gained a global following. Born and raised in Boston, Summer dropped out of high school before graduating and began her career as the lead singer of a blues rock band named Crow and moved to New York City. In 1968, she joined the German adaptation of the musical Hair in Munich, where she spent several years living, acting, and singing. There, she met music producers Giorgio Moroder and Pete Bellotte, and released her first album, the European market-only Lady of the Night in 1974.
Description: In Germany Donna Summer met music producers Giorgio Moroder and Pete Bellotte, and released her first album, the European market-only Lady of the Night in 1974. Following the recording and European release of the groundbreaking disco anthem, "Love to Love You Baby", she signed with Casablanca Records in 1975, where it was released in North America. In the US, the single became her first top five hit on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number 2 in 1976. Summer's first three Casablanca albums — Love to Love You Baby, A Love Trilogy and Four Seasons of Love — all went gold in the US and led to her informal title "First Lady of Love" in the popular music media.
Description: Influenced by the counterculture of the 1960s, Summer became the lead singer of a psychedelic rock band named Crow and moved to New York City. In 1968, she joined a German adaptation of the musical Hair in Munich, where she spent several years living, acting, and singing. There, she met music producers Giorgio Moroder and Pete Bellotte, and they went on to record influential disco hits together such as "Love to Love You Baby" and "I Feel Love", marking Summer's breakthrough into international music markets. Summer returned to the United States in 1976,[6] and more hits such as "Last Dance", her version of "MacArthur Park", "Heaven Knows", "Hot Stuff", "Bad Girls", "Dim All the Lights", "No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)" with Barbra Strei
Description: Carmen Miranda, the Brazilian Bombshell, was one of the first original pop icons. She made all of her own floral/fruit hats, wore platform heels in the 1940s, and was imitated by Mickey Rooney, Jerry Lewis, Lucille Ball and Daffy Duck among others. Just check your Chiquita banana sticker to see her influence on pop culture.
Description: A silhouette of a queen wearing a crown in blue is positioned to the left of stylized letters 'PBS'. The 'P' and 'S' are orange, while the 'B' is green. Each letter contains a black eye design. Below these letters, the words 'PARTY BARONESS SUMMER' are displayed in white text.
