Artist: Donna Summer

Donna Summer(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.Summer continued to record music up until her death in 2012 from lung cancer at her home in Naples, Florida.In her obituary in The Times of London, 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.Summer has been inducted into several musical institutions during her lifetime and posthumously, including the Hollywood Walk of Fame, the Dance Music Hall of Fame and the National Rhythm & Blues Hall of Fame. In 2013, a year after her death, Summer was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In December 2016, Billboard ranked her sixth on its list of the "Greatest of All Time Top Dance Club Artists".In 2025, she was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.