Hit Parade: The Queen of Disco Edition
Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia
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The End of Summer's Life
Summer remains the only artist to score a number one hit on Billboard's club play chart in five different decades. She was nominated four times during her lifetime from 2007 to 2012, and passed over by the voters each time. Summer had earned respect for music critics for her groundbreaking work with Giorgio Moroder and Pete Bellotti but old prejudices about disco and its relationship to rock and roll die hard.
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