Donna Summer dead at 63

[SWTXBelle]

"Even though her name is always automatically entwined with disco, it was a sobriquet that she was never fully comfortable with. And rightfully so; unlike so many studio-manufactured singers of that era, Summer possessed a pure, sparkling mezzo-soprano voice and felt that she performed her best on ballads and show tunes. Here are a few stories behind some of her biggest hits."

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[AnchorAlumna]

Last I heard she was in Nashville trying to go a little bit country, but that was a l-o-n-g time ago.
She did have an incredible voice.