This is FRESH AIR. I'm David Bianculli, in for Terry Gross. Even many people who prided themselves on hating disco loved one of its biggest hit-makers, Donna Summer. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "HOT STUFF") ...

Donna Summer returns to Billboard’s Adult Contemporary chart as “Run,” with Toby Gad, debuts at No. 30, her first radio hit since 2008. Headshot of Donna Summer, US singer-songwriter, posing in a ...

NEW YORK — There are giants, and then there is Donna Summer. The Queen of Disco and then some, known for such timeless tunes as “Love to Love You Baby,” “I Feel Love,” “Bad Girls,” “Dim All the Lights ...

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Summer, who died in 2012, is the subject of a new HBO documentary, Love to Love You. In 2003, she spoke to Fresh Air about the origins of the hit song from which the documentary takes its name. This ...

Donna Summer died in 2012. We're going to listen to Terry's 2003 interview with her. At the time, she had written her memoir, "Ordinary Girl." She had her first hit, "Love To Love You Baby," in 1975.