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Donna Summer: For The Record

ISBN: 978 07552 0665 0
Published by Authors Online Ltd (2011)
Soft Cover ~ 302 pages
RRP: £9.99 / $14.95

This book follows a similar format to Michael Jackson: For The Record, and documents the many songs
Donna has been involved with over the years - as singer, as writer, as producer. The songs are
listed numerically and alphabetically, and each listing includes the artist, release date and
connection to Donna, together with other interesting information.

The contents of the book are as follows:

The Songs
The Albums
The Home Videos
The Musicals, Films & TV Shows
The Concerts
The Autobiography
Chartography & Chart Runs
USA Discography
UK Discography

REVIEWS

I recently got the book entitled DONNA SUMMER: FOR THE RECORD
by Craig Halstead and cannot recommend it highly enough!!

This book is primarily a highly detailed discography that covers every Donna released and
unreleased track I have ever heard of, (I cannot swear its totally complete but it sure seems close if it’s not!)
from Denver Dream and early performances with The Crow, all the way through To Paris With Love,
spanning songs from her entire career to date. There are black and white photos of virtually all albums and singles covers.
Many rare, hard to find tracks are mentioned as well as albums on which they appear as compilations, etc.
Someone really, really did a fantastic job with this, it was compiled by a true fan!! From Sometimes Like Butterflies to the tracks from
Moonflowers and Mini Skirts, Funky Frauleins vol. II. and more.

Also included are many, many quotes from Donna discussing various songs over the years, tons of information
and backstory on unreleased tracks, info on tracks on which she sang background vocals, such as for other artists;
tracks she sang with or background on for Brooklyn Dreams, a complete discography,
indexes of television and film appearances, concerts, venues, set lists, and more.

I am so thrilled with this book, I couldn’t put it down without reading it all cover to cover.
This is a priceless resource for Donna collectors. I believe there are similar titles for
Michael Jackson, Janet Jackson and Whitney Houston.

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