Music: Gaudy Reign of the Disco Queen

Still tops in the clubs, Donna Summer wants a wider audience

Listen here. Donna Summer has something to tell you: "You . . . are beautiful. Each . . . and . . . every . . . one . . . of . . . you . . . is . . . beautiful! That's right! And if you got it, then . . . I say . . . you ought to flaunt it!"

That doesn't sound like the old Donna Summer talking. But then, she's singing a different tune too. Back in 1976, on her first hit, Love to...

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