In 1969, she issued the single "If You Walkin' Alone" on Philips Records. In 1968, Summer released (as Donna Gaines) on Polydor her first single, a German version of the title " Aquarius" from the musical Hair, followed in 1971 by a second single, a remake of the Jaynetts' 1963 hit, " Sally Go 'Round the Roses", from a one-off European deal with Decca Records. She briefly toured with an ensemble vocal group called FamilyTree, the creation of producer Günter "Yogi" Lauke. Within three years, she moved to Vienna, Austria, and joined the Vienna Volksoper. She eventually became fluent in German, singing various songs in that language, and participated in the musicals Ich bin ich (the German version of The Me Nobody Knows), Godspell, and Show Boat. She landed the part of Sheila and agreed to take the role in the Munich production of the show, moving there in August 1968 after getting her parents' reluctant approval. Summer stayed in New York and auditioned for a role in the counterculture musical, Hair. After a record label passed on signing the group since it was only interested in the band's lead singer, the group agreed to dissolve. In 1967, just weeks before graduation, Summer left for New York City, where she joined the blues rock band Crow. Burke High School where she performed in school musicals and was considered popular. Summer's performance debut occurred at church when she was ten years old, replacing a vocalist who failed to appear. Her father was a butcher, and her mother was a schoolteacher. She was raised in the Boston neighborhood of Mission Hill. LaDonna Adrian Gaines was born on December 31, 1948, in Boston, Massachusetts, to Andrew and Mary Gaines, and was third of seven children. In December 2016, Billboard ranked her sixth on its list of the "Greatest of All Time Top Dance Club Artists". In 2013, Summer was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In her obituary in The Times, she was described as the "undisputed queen of the Seventies disco boom" who reached the status of "one of the world's leading female singers." Moroder described Summer's work on the song "I Feel Love" as "really the start of electronic dance" music. She sold over 100 million records worldwide, making her one of the best-selling music artists of all time. Summer died on May 17, 2012, from lung cancer, at her home in Naples, Florida. While her fortunes on the Hot 100 waned in subsequent decades, Summer remained a force on the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart throughout her entire career.
Her last Hot 100 hit came in 1999 with "I Will Go with You ( Con te partirò)". She also charted two number-one singles on the R&B Singles chart in the US and a number-one single in the United Kingdom. She was the first artist to have three consecutive double albums reach the top of the US Billboard 200 chart and charted four number-one singles in the US within a 12-month period. She returned to the Hot 100's top five in 1983, and claimed her final top-ten hit in 1989 with " This Time I Know It's for Real". She claimed a top-40 hit every year between 19, and from her first top-ten hit in 1976, to the end of 1982, she had 12 top-ten hits (10 were top-five hits), more than any other act during that time period. Summer amassed a total of 32 chart singles on the US Billboard Hot 100 in her lifetime, including 14 top ten singles and four number one singles. Summer returned to the United States in 1976, 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 Streisand, and " On the Radio" followed. 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. In 1968, she joined a German adaptation of the musical Hair in Munich, where she spent several years living, acting, and singing.
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. 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. LaDonna Adrian Gaines (December 31, 1948 – May 17, 2012), known professionally as Donna Summer, was an American singer and songwriter.
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