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Hit Parade: The Queen of Disco Edition

Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia

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The Origins of MacArthur Park

MacArthur Park was Donna Summers' first ever number one hit, topping the Hot 100 in November 1978. The same week her album Live and More became Donna's first number one album. In just over a year Summer had succeeded with a string of projects that while all broadly in the disco idiom were crazily wide ranging. While Summer was hitting her stride, the rest of the rock world was moving her way.

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