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I deleted the sentence that calls Love to Love you baby an English version of Je t'aime... i know this was not meant literally but i think anyone reading it who didn't know Summer's music might read it as such. Graham 12:07, 29 Jun 2004 (UTC)

Mentioned singer's controversial comments (para 11). This greatly affected her career after 1982.

Contents 1 LaDonna Andre Gaines 2 Style Note 3 Chart positions and sales figures 4 "The Hostage" 5 Red links for charts 6 Voice

[edit] LaDonna Andre Gaines

Donna Summer's original middle name is generally listed as Andre, not Andrea. Though Andrea "sounds" better (it also appears that way in the German article), it's incorrect.

Neither is correct. Donna states clearly on page 5 of her autobiography, "I was born LaDonna Adrian Gaines on New Year's Eve...". I'll promptly correct it. I'll also correct the spelling of her first husband's name from Helmut to Helmuth, which is how Donna spells it in her book. Crisso 13:18, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Style Note

Contributors: Please render names of albums in italics; names of singles appear in Roman type with quotation marks: ex., "She Works Hard for the Money". This is general Wikipedia music style. Thanks. --MJ

[edit] Chart positions and sales figures

These need to be substantiated. There are too many changes being made to the figures - who knows what is correct. Also what is the meaning of two albums being "#1 in Every Country in the World"? huh? Every country - in the whole world? I doubt it. Contributors please cite your sources. Give us something that can be verified. Thanks Rossrs 08:26, 22 August 2005 (UTC)

The US chart positions have been corrected, and they can be checked out on the Donna Summer page at www.allmusic.com. The sales figures have been deleted because they don´t correspond to her RIAA gold and platinum certifications (www.RIAA.com). For gold, silver and platinum certifications from the UK, go to www.BPI.co.uk.

It looks as though some of the UK chart positions are also incorrect. According to here, Mistaken Identity and Live and More: Encore! made 50 and 20 respectively in the UK album charts. Yet neither are listed in the Guinness Book of British Hit Singles and Albums, which would suggest that they didn't chart in the UK (if they had made those positions then they WOULD be listed). Crisso 14:24, 24 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] "The Hostage"

This is a really minor issue, but this is the third or even fourth time I removed that weird German chart position of the single "The Hostage". The single *never* charted in Germany at all, especially not that high!

Don't believe me? Try searching for a song called "The Hostage" here:
http://www.charts-surfer.de/musikcharts1024e.htm

So, for christ's sake!, stop adding this false information! Velour 15:16, 6 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Red links for charts

Is there also confusion about which charts are meant as none of the links link to charts that surely have their Wikipedia articles? __meco 23:29, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

Of course, the solution isn't simply linking to meaningless articles not related to the charts represented. __meco 09:40, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Voice

I am bewildered by the fact that very little attention is given to the analysis of Donna Summer's voice. No mention is made of her estimated extended range, vocal fach (also stating whether her tessitura exceeds or is shorter than what is, in theory, the proper vocal range for someone with her voice type), and so on. Unfortunately, my musical knowledge is far too limited to be able to provide anything of significance, and thus I shall limit myself to point this out. Thank you.