An author named Josiah Howard has been working on a Donna Summer biography for a number of years.The book 'Donna Summer :Her Life And Music' will be published by Tiny Ripple Books on January 27.You can pre-order it from Amazon.com.


Here's what the back cover of the book says...

"Donna Summer dominated the American and European pop charts in the 1970s with dance music classics such as "Last Dance","Love To Love You Baby","I Feel Love","Hot Stuff" and "Bad Girls"---earning the title "Queen Of Disco".In a career which has now spanned four decades,she has sold over 100 million records worldwide,won five Grammy Awards,scored twenty Top 40 hits,and collaborated with musical giants such as Barbra Streisand,Bruce Springsteen and Quincy Jones.

'Donna Summer---Her Life And Music' is the first book in over twenty years to examine this extraordinary performer's life and career.Author Josiah Howard provides in-depth,insightful coverage of:

***The artistic and commercial high points of her recording career,including her groundbreaking 1970s hits recorded with producers Giorgio Moroder and Pete Bellotte

***Her pre-superstardom stage and recording work in Europe

***The carefully conceived image manipulation that she and her record company employed to make her the biggest star to emerge from the Disco genre

***Her largely overlooked success as a songwiter,which includes many of her own hits,and even a #1 country hit recorded by Dolly Parton

***Controversies which have surrounded her,including her becoming a Born Again Christian at the height of her career,and an antagonistic relationship with the gay community in the 1980s

This chronicle and analysis of Donna Summer's triumphs and setbacks---both professional and private---paints the definitive picture of an artist who overcame adversity,pushed musical boundaries,and created a catalog of innovative recordings that helped define an era".

DavidEye said:

I'm Buying that Book&I dig Her Work&She is still a Babe IMHO.

I think some movie producer should come along and turn Donna's life story into a movie (ala Tina Turner).Donna's life has MANY,MANY interesting events which could make a compelling big screen film,such as...


***Singing in the church choir as a young girl
***Leaving America right after high school graduation (she went to Germany,got married,had a baby,and starred in stage musicals like 'Hair' and 'The Me Nobody Knows')
***Hooking up with producers Giorgio Moroder and Pete Bellotte
***Releasing the steamy "Love To Love You Baby" in 1975
***Her time at Casablanca Records ( a label with many questionable practices)
***Drug use
***Her 1978-79 Disco heyday,where she starred in a movie ('Thank God It's Friday'),won an Oscar for best song ("Last Dance"),and became the biggest female artist of the late 70s.
***Suing Casablanca Records in 1980,demanding to be released from her contract
***Becoming a Born Again Christian
***Becoming the first artist signed to David Geffen's new label Geffen Records.
***Abandoning Disco music for rock/New Wave in 1980.
***Having an entire album (the two-record 'I'm A Rainbow' set ) rejected by Geffen in the fall of 1981
***The 1982 death of Casablanca Records founder Neil Bogart
***Working with Quincy Jones on an album,and the problems they had while recording it
***Rumors of her making vicious anti-gay remarks,and the impact this had on her career throughout the 80s
***Her 1989 comeback hit "This Time I Know It's For Real"

DavidEye said:

no doubt with all the Success She had She is Bound too have Been Precieved as a Sell-Out within Certain R&B Circles back in the day.it would be interesting too Hear Donna talk about the Artists who were Hatin on Her Run&Wahtnot??So Much too talk about with Her IMHO.