Donna Summer

Released: October 4, 1994

Songwriter: Bruce Sudano Donna Summer Michael Omartian

Producer: Michael Omartian

Christmas is here
Snowflakes filling the air
People rushing past every display

No time for napping
There's buying and then wrapping
The gifts to be given away

Sparkling lights
All the dazzling sights
Christmas trees loaded with joy

Hearts full of giving
Children are living
For what could be their favorite toy

Christmas is here

Christmas is here
It's a wonderful time of the year
Christmas is here
Christmas is here
It's a wonderful, wonderful, wonderful time of the year

Families together
No matter the weather
Feasting and fun is the goal

Grandma is making
Sugar cookies are baking
To warm up the body and soul

Full decoration
In anticipation of times
Marked with laughter and cheer
And day long awaited
And much celebrated
Christmas is finally here

Christmas is here
It's a wonderful time of the year
Christmas is here
Christmas is here
It's a wonderful, wonderful, wonderful time of the year

A festive occasion
A welcome invasion
Of carolers filling the air
Song of rejoicing
And everyone voicing
A story of hope we all share

Christmas is here

Christmas is here
It's wonderful time of the year
Christmas is here
Christmas is here
It's a wonderful, wonderful, wonderful time of the year
Christmas is here
It's a wonderful, wonderful, wonderful time of the year

Christmas is finally here

As the unquestioned queen of disco, the one and only Donna Summer lit up the late 70s and 80s with flashy, exuberant vocals and automatic earworms. Born LaDonna Adrian Gaines on Dec. 31, 1948, Summer moved to Germany after being cast in a Munich production of Hair. There, she happened to meet Giorgio Moroder and Pete Bellotte, and the trio conglomerated to form a dynamic music team. With Moroder, Summer forged together her first album, The Hostage, which reached moderate success in Northern Europe. Summer’s big break, however, would come later with the release of 1975’s sexual “Love to Love You Baby”, which became one of disco’s first mainstream hits and reached #2 on the Billboard Charts.

1977 came around with the concept album I Remember Yesterday, which featured the Top 10 single “I Feel Love”. The next year, Summer hit the silver screen with the movie Thank God It’s Friday, whose soundtrack featured one of her own the iconic “Last Dance.” This would later become one of the disco legends' signature songs. “Dance” would take home an Academy Award for Best Original Song, a Grammy, and a Golden Globe, and it jumped to a peak of #3 on the charts.

Yet Summer’s illustrious career was far from finished – Summer’s first live album Live and More featured the single “MacArthur Park”, a melting ballad that was a cover of the Jimmy Webb ballad of the same name. “Park” became Summer’s first – and perhaps most memorable – No. 1 hit, and cemented her status as a vocalist as well as a performer. With the track, she became the first female in modern rock history to hold the top spot in both the Hot 100 and the Billboard 200. 1979, though, would really be the peak of her career.

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