The 1977 album I Remember Yesterday, another concept album, found the Summer/Moroder/Bellotte team combining the Disco sound with musical elements of the past, present and future. Time magazine reported that 22 orgasms were simulated in the making of the song, and some of the music press dubbed Summer "the first lady of love." Two successful, Gold-selling concept albums followed: A Love Trilogy which featured the single "Could It Be Magic" and Four Seasons Of Love which featured the uptempo "Spring Affair" as well as the ballad "Winter Melody" which was a top 30 hit in the UK - the first of Donna's singles to be aired on Radio 1 and a hit on the US R&B charts. The song was branded "graphic" by some music critics and was even banned by some radio stations for its explicit content. The album (side one of which was completely taken up with the full-length version of the title track) was also released in late 1975 and was soon certified Gold for sales of over 500,000 US copies. "Love to Love You Baby" was Summer's first big hit in America, reaching #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in early 1976 and becoming her first Number-One Hot Dance Club Play chart hit. Casablanca distributed Summer's work in the US while other labels distributed it in different nations during this period. Summer, Moroder and producer Pete Bellotte cut a seventeen-minute version, renamed it "Love to Love You Baby", and Casablanca signed Summer and issued it as a single in November 1975. When it reached America and the hands of Casablanca president Neil Bogart, however, he was so ecstatic over the demo that he asked Moroder to produce a twenty-minute version of the song. The song, titled "Love to Love You", was released to modest success in Europe. Moroder was so astounded with Summer's orgasmic vocals that he insisted she release the single herself. Donna later stated on a VH-1 "Behind The Music" program that she pictured herself as Marilyn Monroe acting out the part of someone in sexual ecstasy.
She has stated that she was not completely sure of some of the lyrics, and parts of the song were improvised during the recording. Eventually she agreed to record the song as a demo. He had the idea that she should moan and groan orgasmically, but Summer was reticent. Moroder was interested in developing the new disco sound that was becoming increasingly popular, and used Summer's lyric to develop the song into a disco track.
She had come up with the lyric "Love to love you, baby" as the possible title for the song. In the summer of 1975, Summer approached Moroder and Bellotte with an idea for a song. Its follow-up, the title track of the album, also gained some degree of European success. The single made #1 in France and Belgium, and #2 in the Netherlands. With these producers, Summer signed a contract in the Netherlands and issued her first album, Lady of the Night, which included the European hit, "The Hostage". While singing back-up for groups such as Three Dog Night, she met producers Giorgio Moroder and Pete Bellotte. Sudano was a member of the '70s groups Alive N Kickin' and The Brooklyn Dreams. They have two daughters named Brooklyn and Amanda. Summer did various musical jobs in studios and theaters for several years, including the pop group FamilyTree from 1974-75.Īfter her divorce from Sommer, she married her second husband, American musician Bruce Sudano, in 1980. Gaines married Austrian actor Helmuth Sommer ("Summer" is an Anglicization of his last name) in 1972 and gave birth to daughter Mimi the following year. The single was unsuccessful, however, and she had to wait until 1974 to launch a solo career. In 1971, Gaines released a single in Europe entitled "Sally Go 'Round The Roses", her first solo recording. She settled in Munich and also performed with the Viennese Folk Opera and the pop band Munich Machine. Unsuccessful in getting the part in the Broadway show (Melba Moore got the role), she was offered the European Tour when the show moved to Germany, where Summer also performed in the German versions of several musicals including Godspell and Show Boat. At eighteen, Gaines left home and school to audition for a role in the cast of the Broadway musical, Hair (1968). She sang in church, and in her teens joined a funk group called The Crow, so named because Donna was the only black member of the group. Summer was one of seven children raised by devout Christian parents. 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 (Decem– May 17, 2012), known professionally as Donna Summer, was an American singer, songwriter, and actress.
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