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LaDonna Adrian Gaines (December 31, 1948May 17, 2012),〔(AllMusic (((Donna Summer > Biography ))) )〕 better known by her stage name, Donna Summer, was an American singer, songwriter, and painter. She gained prominence during the disco era of the late-1970s. A five-time Grammy Award winner, she was the first artist to have three consecutive double albums reach No. 1 on the United States ''Billboard'' album chart and charted four number-one singles in the U.S. within a 12-month period. Summer has reportedly sold over 140 million records, making her one of the world's best-selling artists of all time.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Vervemusicgroup.com )〕 While influenced by the counterculture of the 1960s, she became the front singer of a psychedelic rock band named Crow and moved to New York City. Joining a touring version of the musical ''Hair'', she left New York and spent several years living, acting, and singing in Europe, where she met music producers, Giorgio Moroder and Pete Bellotte. Summer returned to the U.S., in 1975 with commercial success of the song 'Love to Love You Baby', followed by a string of other hits, such as "I Feel Love", "Last Dance", "MacArthur Park", "Heaven Knows", "Hot Stuff", "Bad Girls", "Dim All the Lights", "No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)" (duet with Barbra Streisand), and "On the Radio". She became known as the "Queen of Disco", while her music gained a global following. Summer died on May 17, 2012, at her home in Naples, Florida. In her obituary in ''The Times'', Summer 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 with him on the song 'I Feel Love' as "really the start of electronic dance" music. In 2013, Summer was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. ==Early life== Summer was born in Boston, Massachusetts, to Andrew and Mary Gaines, and was one of seven children.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Donna Summer )〕 She was raised in the Boston neighborhood of Mission Hill. Her father was a butcher and her mother a schoolteacher.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Donna Summer Biography – Facts, Birthday, Life Story )〕 Summer's performance debut occurred at church when she was eight years old when she replaced a vocalist who failed to show up.〔 She later attended Boston's Jeremiah E. Burke High School where she performed in school musicals and was considered popular.〔 In 1967, just weeks before graduation, Donna left for New York where she was a member of the blues rock band Crow. After they were passed on by a record label, who was only interested in the band's lead singer, the band agreed to break up. Summer stayed in New York and auditioned for a role in the counterculture musical, ''Hair''. She landed the part of Sheila, and agreed to take the role in the Munich production of the show. She moved to Munich, Germany after getting her parents' reluctant approval.〔 Summer eventually became fluent in German, singing various songs in German. She participated in the musicals ''Ich bin ich'' (the German version of ''The Me Nobody Knows''), ''Godspell'' and ''Show Boat''. Within three years she moved to Vienna, Austria and joined the Vienna Volksoper. She briefly toured with an ensemble vocal group called FamilyTree, the creation of producer Guenter "Yogi" Lauke. 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 cover of The Jaynetts' "Sally Go 'Round the Roses", from a one-off European deal with Decca Records.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The 60-70s )〕 In 1972, she issued the single "If You Walkin' Alone" on Philips Records.〔 Donna married Austrian actor Helmuth Sommer in 1973 and had their daughter (called Mimi) Natalia Pia Melanie Sommer, the same year. She provided backing vocals on producer-keyboardist, Veit Marvos, on his Ariola Records release ''Nice to See You'', credited as "Gayn Pierre". Several subsequent singles included Donna performing with the group, and the name "Gayn Pierre" was used while performing in ''Godspell'' with Helmuth Sommer during 1972.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Donna Summer」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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