Donna Summer and Hot Stuff

Hot stuff was the lead single to Donna's brand new album Bad Girls, released in May 1979. Written by Pete Belaudie with future Billie Idol collaborator Keith Forzi and future Axle F keyboardist Harold Faltermeyer,. Hot stuff would go on to win the very first Grammy award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance. The track even sported a guitar solo by Jeff Skunk Baxter, the former guitarist for Steely Dan and the Duty Brothers. Summer had scored several black radio hits, but had often been more popular with white pop audiences than black audiences. But the Bad Girls album made her the top crossover act of the year.