What is Donna Summer?
{{Infobox person | name = Donna Summer | image = Donna Summer 1977.JPG | caption = Summer in 1977 | alias = {{hlist|The Queen of Disco|The First Lady of Love|Donna Gaines}} | birth_name = Donna Adrian Gaines | birth_date = {{birth date|1948|12|31|mf=yes}} | birth_place = {{nowrap|[[Boston, Massachusetts]], U.S.}} | death_date = {{death date and age|2012|5|17|1948|12|31|mf=yes}} | death_place = [[Naples, Florida]], U.S. | death_cause = [[Lung cancer]] | occupation = {{hlist|Singer|songwriter|actress}} | spouse = Helmuth Sommer ({{abbr|m.|married}} 1974–76)<br>{{marriage|Bruce Sudano|1980|2012}} | children = 2 | misc = {{Infobox musical artist|embed=yes | genre = {{hlist|[[Contemporary R&B|R&B]]|[[disco]]|[[dance]]|[[Soul music|soul]]}} | years_active = 1968–2012 | instrument = Vocals | label = {{hlist|[[Oasis Records|Oasis]]|[[Casablanca Records|Casablanca]]|[[Geffen Records|Geffen]]|[[Atlantic Records|Atlantic]]|[[Mercury Records|Mercury]]|[[Warner Music Group|WEA]]|[[Epic Records|Epic]]|[[Burgundy Records|Burgundy]]|[[United Artists Records|United Artists]]}} | associated_acts = {{hlist|[[Giorgio Moroder]]|[[Brooklyn Dreams (group)|Brooklyn Dreams]]|[[Paul Jabara]]|[[Bruce Sudano]]|[[Barbra Streisand]]|[[Quincy Jones]]|[[Bruce Springsteen]]|[[David Foster]]|[[Michael Omartian]]|[[Matthew Ward (singer)|Matthew Ward]]|[[Harold Faltermeyer]]|[[Mickey Thomas (singer)|Mickey Thomas]]|[[Stock Aitken Waterman]]|[[Liza Minnelli]]|[[Bruce Roberts (singer)|Bruce Roberts]]|[[Omega Red (rapper)|Omega Red]]|[[Darwin Hobbs]]|[[Ziggy Marley]]}} }}}} '''Donna Adrian Gaines''' (December 31, 1948 – May 17, 2012), known by her [[stage name]] '''Donna Summer''', was an [[Americans|American]] [[singer-songwriter]]. She was an [[African American]] [[Christian]] who was born and raised in [[Boston]], [[Massachusetts]].<ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/music-obituaries/9273393/Donna-Summer.html obituary] in [[The Daily Telegraph]]</ref> She became famous during