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The World Mourns Death of Queen of Disco Music

HAVANA, Cuba, May 18 (acn) Themes like Hot Stuff, Bad Girls and She Works Hard for the Money turned her into the undisputed queen of disco music in the 1970’s and the early 1980’s.


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Her songs packed out theaters and dance floors the world over, and although those days are far away, Donna Summer, who died on Thursday at age 63, was a star until her death, according to reports on the painful event published by several media outlets.

The DPA news agency recalled how on one occasion The Rolling Stones Magazine asserted that Summer managed to create a new international pop music style, with her combination of rhythm and blues, pop, soul and rock. Her album Crayons, released on May, 2008, included the title

 

The Queen is Back, the Granma newspaper reported on Friday.


Born in Boston, Summer found her springboard to success in Germany, and later she triumphed in her country. During her fruitful and successful artistic career, she won five Grammy awards.
 

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