And then I - you know, I started playing with the thought in my mind. And so I imaged Marilyn Monroe and just began to think, well, how would Marilyn sing this song? And she would be very soft. And it was really different and difficult for me to tap into who this person was. And basically, I was a theater singer, so I had been, you know, much more of a belter. SUMMER: Well, the vocal was - it was very breathy and airy. So tell us about how you did approach recording the vocal. GROSS: You say in the book you approached the song like an actress because you didn't think of yourself as having that kind of really sexy persona. You know, there - we didn't have the same technology we have today, so I had to do everything with my own voice. And then I began to play with the - there weren't that many words, so I played with the sound of the music. And then he went from there and produced something and then I began to sing it. SUMMER: You know, love to - I love - (singing) I love to love you, baby - you know, the melody of the song. TERRY GROSS: So when you sang him your initial idea, what was it that you sang? And that really became "Love To Love You Baby," the original track. And I began to - he asked me to go in and start singing something, and I had - didn't have any words other than love to love you, baby. And then he went into the studio, and Giorgio had written this track. He kept rubbing his chin and thinking like a little mad scientist. Would you - do you think you could write something to it? And I sort of sang it to him, and he kept saying it over. And I ran into the studio, and I said, Giorgio, I have this idea. SUMMER: Yeah, I had this idea at home one day. Summer had been doing demo recordings for Moroder when she came up with a line she thought would make a good hook for a song - love to love you, baby. She made that record when she was living in Germany, where she had starred in a production of "Hair." In Munich, she met the record producer Giorgio Moroder, who became her collaborator and one of disco's most successful and influential producers. At the time, she had written her memoir, "Ordinary Girl." She had her first hit, "Love To Love You Baby," in 1975. We're going to listen to Terry's 2003 interview with her. She's now the subject of a new HBO documentary titled "Love To Love You, Donna Summer." She was considered a disco sex queen, and she played the part well, but that's hardly how she saw herself. I need some hot stuff, baby, tonight.īIANCULLI: Her hits of the 1970s and early '80s included "Hot Stuff," "Last Dance," "Heaven Knows," "On The Radio," "Bad Girls" and "She Works Hard For The Money." She had three consecutive No. Looking for some hot stuff, baby, this evening. Dialed about a thousand numbers lately, almost rang the phone off the wall. Even many people who prided themselves on hating disco loved one of its biggest hit-makers, Donna Summer.ĭONNA SUMMER: (Singing) Sitting here eating my heart out, waiting, waiting for some lover to call.
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