Most people do not realize Donna Summer vocal abilities, range and versatility. Her voice was naturally powerful and she could sing the high and difficult notes almost effortless until she died in 2012. She was far more than a disco Queen. One of the greatest singers of all time. Such power, control and depth in her amazing tone. Had number 1 hits until she died.
Not only did she have unmatched vocal firepower, she had class. No skimpy risque outfits and gyrating back up dancers like the so called talent of Beyonce and Taylor Swift.
Donna Summer is one of the most iconic singers in this era, many hit tunes. Her vocal range was incredible. No one sounds like her. Extremely talented and beautiful inside and out.
That voice grabbed me the very first time I heard it in 1978. Man, she made it look so easy! Donna, Linda Ronstadt, Olivia Newton-John, Karen Carpenter, Stevie Nicks, and Pat Benatar were my favorite female artists from the mid 70s through the mid 80s. I was fortunate enough to see Donna in concert twice: in 1979 on the Bad Girls tour, and in 2008 at the Hollywood Bowl, She did not disappoint! I'm enjoying your reactions to all of the music I grew up on. You are a beautiful , young lady! :)
As a 20 year old back when released, this woman's voice was amazing. I still have her old original albums. She is one of my all time best. Perfection 💞
One of the greatest singers ever. So effortless and you could never tell if she lipsynced or sang live. Obviously she almost never lipped a song (this video is dubbed tho) There still is no voice like Donna's. She had such a unique tone. If only there was another voice that sounded even close to hers.. i miss her
Donna was Awesome loved her voice and her music +if i ever knew she was going to be on tv singing i was always there and if you check back your video you look very much like her with your hair that way That's an Awesome thing love your reactions Great work
Look at 0:57 for a classic reaction. It took just one line of Donna Summer's singing for DayOne to throw out her arms in sheer delight. Usually people prefer the first version of a song they've heard, whether cover or original, and it's nice to see DayOne instantly spot the gem. (It makes me recall how this song also walloped me at first listen, way back in the fall of 1979).
Yay!!! Donna is my FAVORITE artist!! I have many others but Donna is #1! Thanks for checking it out! Selena actually did a great job on this song too. I loved it. Others have tried to sing Donna's songs but Selena sounded best! Like a lot of Donna's songs back then, there is an extended version of this song that's great! So many great Donna songs!
Shes so underated as far as best voices of all time go You should check out a special she did on vh1 a few years ago all live performances Her voice is amazing
The Queen of Disco! My mom had these albums when I was growing up in the 70's (as a little white boy) . She had a controversial hit "Love to Love You Baby" which was waaaay sexy. Also that songs album cover is still to this day the sexiest album cover of all time IMO.
Omg. I remember whenever “Love to Love You Baby” came on the radio in the car I would get soooo embarrassed because my mom was driving. She probably felt weird too!
You should also check out her duet with Seal on this song which turned out to be her last performance before she passed. In that concert with David Foster, she also sang “Unbreak My Heart” and “Crazy”.
That's why Selena did a cover of this song 🎵my sister. Donna Summers inspired Selena to sing ✨in the first place. I saw the concert live on Telemundo, myself. It was Awesome 👌👏😎🙌😀
Donna was the first female artist to have two songs in the top 5 of the Hot 100 at the same time (Hot Stuff-Bad Girls). She repeated that feat two months later(Dim All The Lights-Enough Is Enough) She is still the only female artist to have had eight top 5 Hot 100 hits in a19 month period (Summer of 1978- Winter of 1980) All 8 songs sold over 1 million copies. No other female artist has ever done it. Not Whitney, Madonna, Janet, Rhianna, Beyonce, Mariah or Ariana. She was HUGE! Please check out her hit I Feel Love from 1977......It changed music forever!
Another classic with no official music video. This is a live performance from Dinah Shore's daytime talk show that a fan overdubbed with the studio version of the song and did some editing to extend the clip because the saxaphone solo on the record was not included in the live version. At the beginning when you hear Donna speaking, that's the audio from the live performance. After that it's all overdubbed. This was a couple years before MTV and a couple decades before RUclips. Artists were not expected or required to make music videos as a promotional tool. You may want to check out the unoverdubbed live performance. Donna was not a studio trick, she was a great live singer as well; one of the GOATS. And her background singers there behind her are her sisters Mary and Dara (the third one's name escapes me).
Selena LOVED Donna Summer and wanted to sing songs like hers. IN the movie she even tells her dad that she doesn't want to sing Spanish/Tejano music, she wants to sing Donna Summer songs!! I think that Jennifer Lopez did a cover version of this song a few years ago also, but no one sings it like the true Queen , Donna Summer! Check out I Feel Love, McArthur Park, She Works Hard for the Money, This Time I KNow Its for Real, and Enough is Enough for her other Big Hits!
Donna Summer.. she was the first African-American woman I fell in love with! Her voice is unmatched and beautiful! I remember getting Live and More album. Recently I saw her Encore special on VH-1.. what a voice.
Thank you for recognizing Donna's genius. Please please do more Donna.i suggest Fame, Bad girls. Stamp your feet,hot stuff, someday. You won't be dissapointed.
her duet with Barbara Steisand (extended version) of No More Tears / Enough Is Enough is fantastic (the 2 best female vocalists harmonising and alternating ) and best female duet ever
i remember watching the movie Selena. After the movie played there was a special section included with the movie. Donna Summer was Selena's favorite singer. The special section was a video of the real Selena singing several of Donna Summer's songs.
Drop the mic. What a great double album was this one. :) On the Radio; Love to Love You Baby; Try Me, I Know We Can Make It; I Feel Love; Our Love; I Remember Yesterday; I Love You; Heaven Knows (Ft. Brooklyn Dreams); Last Dance; MacArthur Park; Hot Stuff; Bad Girls; Dim All the Lights; Sunset People; No More Tears (Enough Is Enough) (Ft. Barbra Streisand)
Hey Angela! This is Timothy from Atlanta, GA. I would love to see DayOne listen to Lipps, Inc. "Funkytown"... it was a very well engineered song, but also very simple. It makes everyone get up and dance...
Her voice is so good and intense, when she started singing this song, I thought 'She's peaking out, where can she go from here? But she just got better and better. Edited to add, please listen to the band Ambrosia. A good song to start with is "You're The Only Woman". BTW I love your channel. Thank you! 😎
my mom went to high school with her as she grew up in boston...you have to check her sing called " i feel love" super sexy song!!!! just found you channel today and enjoying it so far
The three ladies singing back up are her family. She felt better having family on the road with her as opposed to strangers. Donna was a very complex person, and she struggled with the disco queen persona she'd created. Her voice was phenomenal and beauty, unmatched.
So miss Donna, miss her voice and those days of quality music from the vast majority, who, back then could really sing and play and could write original songs. I'll take that over the lazy sampling and computer substituted talent most are churn out today. Wish Donna wasn't in NYC on 9/11, I do believe the dust was the major reason we lost her so tragically soon.
(Donna summers ) no one but no one, came close , to her in talent she had hit after. Hit. after hit. N you are going to notice 1) shes very talented 2)her voice was number one in the 🌎 3) no one comes close, she was call the queen of disco , lara 621found it .
NOT to mention that Donna wrote it and most of her hits. She had the whole deal, and her timing leaves her as the unforgettable 'queen' of an entire genre and era.
Hey Angela..... I have a Donna Summer song on my cleaning day playlist but it's been years since I've heard this song. I was so sad when she passed away because I knew her voice went with her but thank goodness we still have these memories that we can listen to today. Enjoyed your reaction. This is a link to the song on my playlist. It's called, That's the Way. There were so many songs of Donna's that I think didn't get the proper recognition they should have. She was just the whole package. Take care and be well. Peace. "Donna Summer died on May 17, 2012 at age 63, after a years-long battle with cancer. Known as the "Queen of Disco," Summers will be remembered as perhaps the greatest singer in disco history" ruclips.net/video/mpW6Bstkl2U/видео.html
Going back and watching some of your earlier reactions. You've grown a lot. But actually you were pretty good anyway. Donna Summer was my first celebrity crush. I was obsessed with her when I was a kid. But it was a healthy obsession.
Donna Summer was certainly one of the queens of disco. Her name is recognizable to most from later generations, but other women can claim the title of queen of disco. One such woman was Gloria Gaynor with her classic hit, I Will Survive.
Most people do not realize Donna Summer vocal abilities, range and versatility. Her voice was naturally powerful and she could sing the high and difficult notes almost effortless until she died in 2012. She was far more than a disco Queen. One of the greatest singers of all time. Such power, control and depth in her amazing tone. Had number 1 hits until she died.
I love her!!! She is great !!
Not only did she have unmatched vocal firepower, she had class. No skimpy risque outfits and gyrating back up dancers like the so called talent of Beyonce and Taylor Swift.
Best singer ever better then Whitney Mariah ect
I loved her, she was not only gorgeous to look at, she was gorgeous to hear
Love Donna Summer. She has so many hits. She was the queen of her era.
My favorite Diva of all time, and my favorite 70's crush, RIP Donna.
I was a high school rock and roller but one can’t overstate how big she was at this time.
I absolutely loved Donna. She is missed by so many
Donna Summer is one of the most iconic singers in this era, many hit tunes. Her vocal range was incredible. No one sounds like her. Extremely talented and beautiful inside and out.
That voice grabbed me the very first time I heard it in 1978. Man, she made it look so easy! Donna, Linda Ronstadt, Olivia Newton-John, Karen Carpenter, Stevie Nicks, and Pat Benatar were my favorite female artists from the mid 70s through the mid 80s. I was fortunate enough to see Donna in concert twice: in 1979 on the Bad Girls tour, and in 2008 at the Hollywood Bowl, She did not disappoint! I'm enjoying your reactions to all of the music I grew up on. You are a beautiful , young lady! :)
For those of us in our seventies, Donna Summer and the Bee Gees were the sound track to our youths! We loved them both
I was so in love with Donna Summer. She was the Queen of Disco. Danced many times to her back in the day!🕺💃🕺💃🕺
As a 20 year old back when released, this woman's voice was amazing. I still have her old original albums. She is one of my all time best. Perfection 💞
One of the greatest singers ever. So effortless and you could never tell if she lipsynced or sang live. Obviously she almost never lipped a song (this video is dubbed tho)
There still is no voice like Donna's. She had such a unique tone. If only there was another voice that sounded even close to hers.. i miss her
Great song... great reaction... my favorite Donna summer song!! She does have a beautiful voice !!
She was absolutely beautiful and her voice is phenomenal! I loved Donna Summer!❤️🌹❤️
Donna was the queen. A true gift. She was fire. Made disco tolerable. Without her was torture.
Queen of Disco...I think everyone was in love with Donna lol. Great reaction.
RIP Donna Summer!!! She was the best! Incomprobable voice, incredible beauty, incredible talent!
One of my wife and I favorite song to dance too dancing all night long dancing to the Queen of disco Great reaction 😃
The queen of disco a beautiful woman with a beautiful voice…
Donna was Awesome loved her voice and her music +if i ever knew she was going to be on tv singing i was always there and if you check back your video you look very much like her with your hair that way That's an Awesome thing love your reactions Great work
One of the best female singers in history. She sang EVERY kind of music perfectly.,
Yeppers!
Donna is the definition of perfection. RIP ❤
Day One's smile really takes this up a notch!
Look at 0:57 for a classic reaction. It took just one line of Donna Summer's singing for DayOne to throw out her arms in sheer delight. Usually people prefer the first version of a song they've heard, whether cover or original, and it's nice to see DayOne instantly spot the gem. (It makes me recall how this song also walloped me at first listen, way back in the fall of 1979).
Yay!!! Donna is my FAVORITE artist!! I have many others but Donna is #1! Thanks for checking it out! Selena actually did a great job on this song too. I loved it. Others have tried to sing Donna's songs but Selena sounded best! Like a lot of Donna's songs back then, there is an extended version of this song that's great! So many great Donna songs!
I love how Donna would start a song slow, then kick into some disco fire. You couldn't help but smile and feel so good.
I loved Donna Summer's voice and her stage presence and of course she was stunning
Shes so underated as far as best voices of all time go You should check out a special she did on vh1 a few years ago all live performances Her voice is amazing
I think this might be my favorite Donna Summer song.
Agree 100%😋💞✌
She had so many.
Donna's voice was this perfect till the day she passed away. Love her.
I think she had one of the most beautiful voices ever! Love her vocal range! McCarthur Park is my favorite.
The Queen of Disco! My mom had these albums when I was growing up in the 70's (as a little white boy) . She had a controversial hit "Love to Love You Baby" which was waaaay sexy. Also that songs album cover is still to this day the sexiest album cover of all time IMO.
Totally agree
Omg. I remember whenever “Love to Love You Baby” came on the radio in the car I would get soooo embarrassed because my mom was driving. She probably felt weird too!
In her day Donna Summer and Chaka Khan were the best voices on the air. Fabulous singer!!
God she was so good, miss her so much
One of the most unique and gorgeous voices
You should also check out her duet with Seal on this song which turned out to be her last performance before she passed. In that concert with David Foster, she also sang “Unbreak My Heart” and “Crazy”.
This song was in a movie called foxes ... the slow part played as a young girl was dying ... this song upbeat as it is always makes me melancholy
That's why Selena did a cover of this song 🎵my sister. Donna Summers inspired Selena to sing ✨in the first place. I saw the concert live on Telemundo, myself. It was Awesome 👌👏😎🙌😀
When I was a kid and this came out, it sounded so good it seemed like magic.
donna had an amazing voice and was very beautiful, we miss her
She was my heart throb ,, and still is even now ,
This was crankin' in the clubs big time. Donna Summer was the Queen of Disco!!!
Donna was the first female artist to have two songs in the top 5 of the Hot 100 at the same time (Hot Stuff-Bad Girls). She repeated that feat two months later(Dim All The Lights-Enough Is Enough) She is still the only female artist to have had eight top 5 Hot 100 hits in a19 month period (Summer of 1978- Winter of 1980) All 8 songs sold over 1 million copies. No other female artist has ever done it. Not Whitney, Madonna, Janet, Rhianna, Beyonce, Mariah or Ariana. She was HUGE! Please check out her hit I Feel Love from 1977......It changed music forever!
Another classic with no official music video. This is a live performance from Dinah Shore's daytime talk show that a fan overdubbed with the studio version of the song and did some editing to extend the clip because the saxaphone solo on the record was not included in the live version. At the beginning when you hear Donna speaking, that's the audio from the live performance. After that it's all overdubbed. This was a couple years before MTV and a couple decades before RUclips. Artists were not expected or required to make music videos as a promotional tool. You may want to check out the unoverdubbed live performance. Donna was not a studio trick, she was a great live singer as well; one of the GOATS. And her background singers there behind her are her sisters Mary and Dara (the third one's name escapes me).
Mmmmshux, thanks so much for the info. I will be doing more of this Queen!
Selena LOVED Donna Summer and wanted to sing songs like hers. IN the movie she even tells her dad that she doesn't want to sing Spanish/Tejano music, she wants to sing Donna Summer songs!! I think that Jennifer Lopez did a cover version of this song a few years ago also, but no one sings it like the true Queen , Donna Summer! Check out I Feel Love, McArthur Park, She Works Hard for the Money, This Time I KNow Its for Real, and Enough is Enough for her other Big Hits!
Welcome aboard! She was our Disco Queen.
One of the greatest voices ever
Donna Summer.. she was the first African-American woman I fell in love with! Her voice is unmatched and beautiful! I remember getting Live and More album. Recently I saw her Encore special on VH-1.. what a voice.
Long live the Queen of Disco!
She was in a class of her own, what a voice ,what an entertainer, we lost an angel. RIP donna XX
That’s why Donna is the “Queen “
Thank you for recognizing Donna's genius. Please please do more Donna.i suggest Fame, Bad girls. Stamp your feet,hot stuff, someday. You won't be dissapointed.
her duet with Barbara Steisand (extended version) of No More Tears / Enough Is Enough is fantastic (the 2 best female vocalists harmonising and alternating ) and best female duet ever
Her and the Bee Gees I thought where the greatest disco stars ever with best talent.
Donnu Summer on my stereo with 4 foot tall speakers...sayin it loud...ON THE RADIO (I had her album tho)!! Fun times and great dance tunes!!
Donna summer was so underrated
Love Love Love Donna Summer and this great song! Brings back so many great memories.🎶📻❤️✌️
My first celebrity crush she was amazing 🥰🥰🥰
Love her. Never missed one of her concerts.
The Queen.
i remember watching the movie Selena. After the movie played there was a special section included with the movie. Donna Summer was Selena's favorite singer. The special section was a video of the real Selena singing several of Donna Summer's songs.
Donna Summer and Karen Carpenter are my 2 favorite female singers.
This Diva is missed. She was a fantastic singer and actress.
Best song Donna did✌🥰👍
Queen of disco.nuff said.
My favorite Donna Summer song...but "Hot Stuff" is kick-ass too 😜
The three background singers are her three sisters, collectively known as 'Sunshine.'
Drop the mic. What a great double album was this one. :) On the Radio; Love to Love You Baby; Try Me, I Know We Can Make It; I Feel Love; Our Love; I Remember Yesterday; I Love You; Heaven Knows (Ft. Brooklyn Dreams); Last Dance; MacArthur Park; Hot Stuff; Bad Girls; Dim All the Lights; Sunset People; No More Tears (Enough Is Enough) (Ft. Barbra Streisand)
The Queen we all loved her RIP
She’s amazing
One more thing , you'll notice ahe tells a story , when she sings, lara 621 found it .
Hey Angela! This is Timothy from Atlanta, GA. I would love to see DayOne listen to Lipps, Inc. "Funkytown"... it was a very well engineered song, but also very simple. It makes everyone get up and dance...
Her voice is so good and intense, when she started singing this song, I thought 'She's peaking out, where can she go from here? But she just got better and better.
Edited to add, please listen to the band Ambrosia. A good song to start with is "You're The Only Woman". BTW I love your channel. Thank you! 😎
Again and again the queen of disco slayed that song I remember how much I have dance to that song 😁👌
my mom went to high school with her as she grew up in boston...you have to check her sing called " i feel love" super sexy song!!!! just found you channel today and enjoying it so far
You can't beat Donna- she is the Queen!!
Another great Donna Summer song .. Hot Stuff
The three ladies singing back up are her family. She felt better having family on the road with her as opposed to strangers. Donna was a very complex person, and she struggled with the disco queen persona she'd created. Her voice was phenomenal and beauty, unmatched.
the REAL disco queen
Donna summers amazing
Great song! ❤️
Love Angela's reaction to the opening verse.
So miss Donna, miss her voice and those days of quality music from the vast majority, who, back then could really sing and play and could write original songs. I'll take that over the lazy sampling and computer substituted talent most are churn out today. Wish Donna wasn't in NYC on 9/11, I do believe the dust was the major reason we lost her so tragically soon.
Hi, Day… If you like On the Radio, try these two mega hits by Donna Summers… Hot Stuff and Bad Girls… They will blow your mind!
Last Dance and MacArthur Park by Donna Summer are amazing.
Great song!
(Donna summers ) no one but no one, came close , to her in talent she had hit after. Hit. after hit. N you are going to notice 1) shes very talented 2)her voice was number one in the 🌎 3) no one comes close, she was call the queen of disco , lara 621found it .
This is y I ride..u get as excited as I did when momma and I danced in the car to this! Ty
Ms. Summers moved from Los Angeles to Nashville, Tennessee, in 1995, She went to the same church my brother and his wife go to ! "Rest in peace"
Did she ever sing there?
@@rocco... Yes she was in the choir
@@jeffkharpoharpo3472 Must have sounded really nice. All class and talent which is unheard of in the last 20+ years.
NOT to mention that Donna wrote it and most of her hits. She had the whole deal, and her timing leaves her as the unforgettable 'queen' of an entire genre and era.
I tried to sing this as my talent at a pageant when it came out. It was considered too dirty. I did it 10 years later just for my coach.
Hey Angela..... I have a Donna Summer song on my cleaning day playlist but it's been years since I've heard this song. I was so sad when she passed away because I knew her voice went with her but thank goodness we still have these memories that we can listen to today. Enjoyed your reaction. This is a link to the song on my playlist. It's called, That's the Way. There were so many songs of Donna's that I think didn't get the proper recognition they should have. She was just the whole package. Take care and be well. Peace.
"Donna Summer died on May 17, 2012 at age 63, after a years-long battle with cancer. Known as the "Queen of Disco," Summers will be remembered as perhaps the greatest singer in disco history"
ruclips.net/video/mpW6Bstkl2U/видео.html
w-whoa ohh ohh on the video... 🎶🎵
Going back and watching some of your earlier reactions. You've grown a lot. But actually you were pretty good anyway.
Donna Summer was my first celebrity crush. I was obsessed with her when I was a kid.
But it was a healthy obsession.
Donna Summer was certainly one of the queens of disco. Her name is recognizable to most from later generations, but other women can claim the title of queen of disco. One such woman was Gloria Gaynor with her classic hit, I Will Survive.
Gloria had one disco hit. How many did Donna have ?
Powerful voice, unlimited range 👍🏾
This Donna Summer version is the only version people over 40 know and 💕
She was very very special
The Queen Donna Summer 💜👑💜👑💜👑💜
She was my teenage pop music crush back in the day. She also opened my mind up to seeing beauty beyond the color line.