Queen of Disco dies aged 63
Donna Summer, bestowed a title fitting of musical royalty — the Queen of Disco, died of cancer Thursday morning in Naples. She was 63.
Donna Summer was a singer who came to be known as the “Queen of Disco” during her 1970s heyday.
Indeed, as disco boomed then crashed in a single decade in the 1970s, Summer, the beautiful voice and face of the genre with pulsating hits like “I Feel Love,” ‘’Love to Love You Baby” and “Last Dance,” would continue to make hits incorporating the rock roots she so loved. One of her biggest hits, “She Works Hard for the Money,” came in the early 1980s and relied on a smoldering guitar solo as well as Summer’s booming voice.