There is a lot of buzz right now about whether there is going to be a biopic about this permanent A list legend, disco and otherwise.

The problem is the mogul has some rights that he needs to sign away before it can happen, so there can’t be anything he thinks of negative about him in it.

Donna Summer

David Geffen

Why Donna Summer was “one of the original rock stars”

She was the Queen of Disco – but so much more than that too. As a remixed version of her famous “lost” album I’m a Rainbow is released, Nick Levine considers her brilliant legacy.

Titled I’m a Rainbow: Recovered and Recoloured, this new release highlights the timelessness of Summer’s voice. Hearing her glide over Ladies On Mars’ turbo-charged beat on his thumping update of Leave Me Alone is thrilling, especially when she delivers the empowering pay-off line: “I’ll never belong to you or any other man”. The original album’s co-producer Pete Bellotte blames its fate on Summer’s then-label boss, David Geffen. “I never understood why he signed her in the first place because he hated disco music,” he says. “He was a fantastic guy, but in my opinion he was totally the wrong person for her.” Still, Bellotte says he didn’t sulk for too long at the time because a track from the album, Romeo, later earned a “nice sum of money” for all involved when it appeared on 1983’s hugely successful Flashdance movie soundtrack. – Source

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