These books documents the many songs these four artists has been involved with
over the years - as singer, as writer, as producer. The songs are
listed
numerically and alphabetically, and each listing includes the artist, release
date and
connection to the artists, together with other interesting
information.

The contents of the book
are as follows:

• 
  

  The Songs

• 
  

  The Albums

• 
  

  The Home
  Videos

• 
  

  The Musicals, Films &
  TV Shows

• 
  

  The Concerts

• 
  

  The
  Autobiography

• 
  

  Chartography & Chart
  Runs

• 
  

  USA
  Discography

• 
  

  UK
  Discography

[img:$uid]http://www.cadman-halstead-musicbooks.com/DonnaCoverNEW.jpg[/img:$uid]

Review:

I recently got the book entitled DONNA SUMMER: FOR
THE RECORD
by Craig Halstead and cannot recommend it highly enough!!

This
book is primarily a highly detailed discography that covers every Donna released
and
unreleased track I have ever heard of, (I cannot swear its totally
complete but it sure seems close if it’s not!)
from Denver Dream and early
performances with The Crow, all the way through To Paris With Love,
spanning
songs from her entire career to date. There are black and white photos of
virtually all albums and singles covers.
Many rare, hard to find tracks are
mentioned as well as albums on which they appear as compilations, etc.

Someone really, really did a fantastic job with this, it was compiled by a
true fan!! From Sometimes Like Butterflies to the tracks from
Moonflowers
and Mini Skirts, Funky Frauleins vol. II. and more.

Also
included are many, many quotes from Donna discussing various songs over the
years, tons of information
and backstory on unreleased tracks, info on
tracks on which she sang background vocals, such as for other artists;

tracks she sang with or background on for Brooklyn Dreams, a complete
discography,
indexes of television and film appearances, concerts, venues,
set lists, and more.

I am
so thrilled with this book, I couldn’t put it down without reading it all cover
to cover.
This is a priceless resource for Donna
collectors.

http://www.cadman-halstea...Summer.htm

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[Edited 6/23/12 1:22am]

these are the book covers of MJ & Whitney

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[img:$uid]http://www.authorsonline.co.uk/bookcovers/whitney-houston.jpg[/img:$uid]

I have the Donna Summer book and it is excellent,especially for collectors who are looking for all of her albums and songs.

I don't get why there is a book on Janet-she is not what I would call an "Artist"

scriptgirl said:

I don't get why there is a book on Janet-she is not what I would call an "Artist"

If you are going to be overly-critical.

I don't see how you can say that about Janet and not Whitney?

Janet co-wrote and co-produced majority of her music. She's also a great entertainer. What more do you want from someone, to consider them an artist? Please enlighten me.

scriptgirl said:

I don't get why there is a book on Janet-she is not what I would call an "Artist"

Someone wants attention.

[Edited 6/23/12 8:39am]

There's already a thread about books.

http://prince.org/msg/8/381973

ChickenMcNuggets said:

I also want to get the Donna one at some point, but given that I'm still filling the gaps in my collection of her albums, I need to keep some money aside to eat, lol.

get the book,it will help you collect all of her recordings.