![]() ![]() The variety special also featured KC and the Sunshine Band and legendary actor Art Carney. Here, Summer performs “Last Dance” on the 1978 Mac Davis special called “You Put Music In My Life,” which aired on May 11 of that year on NBC. Through it all, she was respected and beloved - across the generations. Stuck with the disco lapel (as if "disco" was something to be ashamed of - and not to mention that one of her biggest hits of the disco era, "Hot Stuff" - and the BAD GIRL album in general - was a Rock N Roll record through and through) she never sustained her peak commercial success despite putting out some stellar work, but with some big hits throughout the 80s, she remained a viable force on the dance charts through the aughts. She empowered you, she broke your heart and she made you dance, sometimes simultaneously. She opened her mouth and sang the melodies, straight, declaratively and with a gale force matched by few. ![]() That voice was eternal - no melisma needed, no vocal pyrotechnics necessary, no fancied runs - that became the métier of wannabe pop divas for decades to come - to annoy. When she passed, it was a total shock because her illness wasn’t public knowledge.ĭonna Summer was one of my musical idols - an icon for all time. The death of one of the great voices of the past 5 decades was silenced by cancer and I was absolutely heartbroken. ![]()
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