Donna Summer ~ Similar Artists

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Jody Watley - 100% match to Donna Summer

30 January 1959, Chicago, Illinois, USA. Formerly one third of Shalamar between 1977 and 1984, a hugely successful group of the disco era, Watley's first professional experience had come as a dancer on the television show Soul Train. After Shalamar disbanded she made the... Read more

Diana Ross - 92% match to Donna Summer

26 March 1944, Detroit, Michigan, USA. While still in high school Ross became the fourth and final member of the Primettes, who recorded for Lu-Pine in 1960, signed to Motown Records in 1961 and then changed their name to the Supremes. She was a backing vocalist on the group's... Read more

Sister Sledge - 90% match to Donna Summer

Debra (9 July 1954), Joan (b. 13 September 1956), Kim (b. 21 August 1957) and Kathy Sledge (b. 6 January 1959) were all born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. They started their recording career on the Money Back label with 1971's "Time Will Tell". A short time... Read more

The Pointer Sisters - 87% match to Donna Summer

These four sisters, Anita (23 January 1948), Bonnie (b. 11 July 1951), Ruth (b. 19 March 1946) and June (b. 30 November 1953, East Oakland California, USA, d. 11 April 2006, Santa Monica, California, USA), were all born and raised in East Oakland, California, USA, and first sang... Read more

Boney M. - 84% match to Donna Summer

In 1976, German-based producer and composer Frank Farian invented a group to front a single he had already recorded, "Baby Do You Wanna Bump?", which sold well in Belgium and Holland. The line-up was Marcia Barrett (14 October 1948, Jamaica; vocals), Bobby Farrell (b. 6 October... Read more

Hot Chocolate - 84% match to Donna Summer

This highly commercial UK pop act was formed in Brixton, London, by percussionist Patrick Olive (22 March 1947, Grenada), guitarist Franklyn De Allie and drummer Ian King. Songwriter/vocalist Errol Brown (b. 12 November 1948, Kingston, Jamaica) and bass player Tony Wilson (b. 8... Read more

Chic - 83% match to Donna Summer

Probably the band of the disco generation, Chic was built around Nile Rodgers (19 September 1952, New York, USA; guitar) and Bernard Edwards (b. 31 October 1952, Greenville, North Carolina, USA, d. 18 April 1996, Tokyo, Japan; bass). During the 60s Rodgers had played in a rock... Read more

Gloria Gaynor - 81% match to Donna Summer

Gloria Fowles, 7 September 1949, Newark, New Jersey, USA. The "Queen Of The Discotheques' spent several years struggling on the east coast circuit prior to finding success. A 1965 single, produced by Johnny Nash, preceded her spell as a member of the Soul Satisfiers. Gaynor was... Read more

Kool & The Gang - 81% match to Donna Summer

Originally formed as a quartet, the Jazziacs, by Robert "Kool" Bell (8 October 1950, Youngstown, Ohio, USA; bass), Robert "Spike" Mickens (b. Jersey City, New Jersey, USA; trumpet), Ronald "The Captain" Bell - later known by his Muslim name Amir Bayyan (b. 1 November 1951,... Read more

Evelyn "Champagne" King - 80% match to Donna Summer

b 1 July 1960, the Bronx, New York City, New York, USA. A former office cleaner at Gamble And Huff's Sigma Sound studios, King was overheard singing Sam Cooke's "A Change Is Gonna Come" by Theodore Life, a member of the company's writing and production staff. He coached the... Read more