Donna Summer

Released: October 4, 1994

Songwriter: Bruce Sudano Donna Summer Michael Omartian

Producer: Michael Omartian

Everyone, COME gather near
And I'll tell you a story, that you'll love to hear
(ooohh)
It's Christmas time, the season's RIPE
And all around the world, we celebrate the birth of Christ

He came to bring us peace
He came to bring us everything that we need to set us free
HOW I long to feel that Christmas spirit in my heart
Oh I long to feel that Christmas spirit in my heart

As a child I still recall
Well, Christmas was my favorite season of them all
(oh) my heart was filled with CHILDLIKE GRACE
And THE hope there is IN KNOWING
Why the savior came

He came to bring us peace
He came to bring us everything that we need
To set us free
Now I long to feel that Christmas spirit in my heart
Yes I long to feel that Christmas spirit in my heart

So turn your heart throbs in
And let God grow within
Not to destroy
The greatest gift I know
He came to earth BELOW
To show us love

He came to bring us peace
He came to bring us joy
He came to bring us everything

IN faith, if we believe
The gift that we receive
Is LIFE AND love and everything

The greatest gift I know
He came to earth BELOW
He came to bring us everything

Still I long to feel that Christmas spirit in my heart
Yes I long to feel that Christmas spirit in my heart
Now I long to feel that Christmas spirit in my heart

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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