ARTICLES & INTERVIEWS WITH DONNA SUMMER PUBLISHED IN THE PRESS AND ON THE INTERNET

LAST UPDATED ON DECEMBER 23, 2003

DONNA SUMMER: OPEN BOOK This week we spoke with former disco queen and singer/songwriter Donna Summer about her new memoir, "Ordinary Girl: The Journey' (Villard; $24.95), co-written with Marc Eliot. In her book, Summer discusses the spiritual journey that followed those decadent days of disco. She revisits the '70s and describes how she was able to transcend her own "sex goddess' image. (from THE SAN BERNARDINO SUN Website, December 23, 2003) SUMMER ALL YEAR LONG: DONNA SUMMER By Gregg Shapiro (from WINDY CITY TIMES Website, November 26, 2003)  SHE'S GONE FROM 'BAD GIRL' TO 'ORDINARY GIRL' By Rashod D. Ollison (from SUN SPOT Website, November 23, 2003)  FOR DISCO'S FIRST DIVA, IT'S STILL NOT LAST DANCE By BERNARD WEINRAUB (from THE NEW YORK TIMES Website, November 11, 2003)  DONNA SUMMER: SURVIVING 'THE JOURNEY' By OSCAR WELLS GABRIEL II Singer has overcome suicide attempt, changing times  (from Associated Press, October 21, 2003) THE WANDERER Disco legend Donna Summer continues her journey with a new best-of double disc and an autobiography by Jeremy Blacklow (from HX MAGAZINE, November, 2003)  JUST AN 'ORDINARY GIRL' As the personification of disco era, singer Donna Summer dishes on her past upon the release of new CD, book. By ARJAN TIMMERMANS (from HOUSTON VOICE Website, November, 2003)  CRAZY DAYS OF SUMMER The disco diva -- and new author -- chats about faith, motherhood and her favorite German curse words By John Sullivan (from WATERMARK MAGAZINE Website, November, 2003)  DISCO QUEEN IS JUST AN ORDINARY GIRL Donna Summer, who's releasing an autobiography and a double CD of her hits, says the disco era was about people wanting to focus on Friday night rather than the realities of life. By Scott Galloway (from THE SACRAMENTO OBSERVER Website, October 30, 2003) Donna Summer: The Day the Disco Queen Nearly Died Donna Summer talks candidly to ET about her troubling past. (from THE ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT Website, October 14, 2003)  DONNA SUMMER STILL SHINES By Michelle J. Mills - Staff Writer (from THE DAILY NEWS Website, October 23, 2003)  DONNA SUMMER'S MEMOIRS Donna proves she’s anything but an ‘ordinary girl’  By Chris J. Walker (from THE MANILLA TIMES Website, October 21, 2003)   DONNA SUMMER'S DISCO JOURNEY Singer-Songwriter Back in the Spotlight with New CD, Book (from NPR Website, October 21, 2003)   DONNA SUMMER - BILLBOARD'S ARTIST OF THE DAY Features the Article: "DONNA SUMMER'S JOURNEY" BY MICHAEL PAOLETTA