Donna Summer for Disco and Christmas

Donna Summer has been a fascination of mine because she was on
the cutting edge of electronic dance music, but since "I Feel
Love" and other forays into early electronic music were produced
by the legendary Giorgio Moroder and Pete Bellotte, it isn't
clear what role she played in her sound. 


Last season I talked to songwriter Bruce Sudano about that among
other things. Sudano also wrote songs for Summer and became her
husband and manager. This week, I'm running that conversation in
its entirety, including material I didn't use then on Sudano's
entrance into show business as a member of the one-hit wonder
Alive N Kickin', who made their mark in 1970 with "Tighter,
Tighter."


He talks about learning songwriting from Tommy James, his early
days with Summer, and the story behind her 1994 Christmas album,
Christmas Spirit. We talked about her career path between
her heyday in the late '70s to her faith-based Christmas
album.