Donna Summer - Grammy Nomination "Best Rock Vocal" Cold Love"
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After Dance/Disco music went underground in 1980, Donna Summer went back to her 60's Rock roots and launched a hopeful but short lived Rock & Roll career. The results were another 2 Grammy nomination for "Best Rock song" in 1981 & 1983 The media poised her as the black Pat Benatar. This song "Cold Love" was Donna's 2nd single off the rock LP "the Wanderer". It was one of the rock songs nominated at the 1981 Grammy award show. Donna Summer is no stranger to Rock & roll, In her teens she joined a Psychedelic-Rock-Band called "The Crow",named because Donna was the only black member of the group. At eighteen, Donna Gaines (Summer) left home and school to take up a major supporting role in the hippy Broadway Rock musical, "Hair".
For more info on Black female Rockers see; http://www.popmatters.com/pm/features/article/6580/anti-divas/
Today, Donna has won 5 Grammy's and 11 additional Grammy nominatons. She paved the way for other female hitmakers like Madonna, Janet, Whitney, Mariah, Beyonce ect. Her new CD & Tour coming May 2008, her 1st pop single will be "Stamp your feet" .
For more Donna award stats see; http://www.rockonthenet.com/artists-s/donnasummer.htm
Pop/Rock Superstar Donna Summer is one of the most successful & influential female hitmakers of the rock era. she was also nominated for the 2008 induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The nine nominees are: Afrika Bambaataa, Beastie Boys, Chic, Leonard Cohen, The Dave Clark Five, Madonna, John Mellencamp, Donna Summer and The Ventures. Donna has been making music for over 4 decades! 70's, 80, 90, 00 .
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shes my heart
donna mmmmmmmmm