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Donna Summer: She could sing anything, anywhere, with anyone, at any time.
[DEC 1] Greetings all and Happy December! Of course since it's a
new month, it's time to change the Summer
Fever Pick, and if you think it would be anything but Christmas
Spirit this month... well then you must be new here. :-)
[DEC 1] First things first - CONGRATS to Johnnyswim! Amanda and Abner
have just welcomed their third child! Full details have yet to be
announced, but if you head over to the
@Johnnyswim Instagram and click on their story called #3, you will
get a brief glimpse of the new little Swim. (If you see Abner talking
about Black Friday deals, then that's the right video. And then if
you are like everybody else on Instagram, you will go back through all
the recent Johnnyswim photos to see how Amanda hid her belly. LOL)
[DEC 1] Moving on to the business side of Johnnyswim - they are having
Black Friday sales on their site thru Cyber Monday. It's 25% off most
things and they have "Mystery Boxes" where for $50 you get $100
worth of random Johnnyswim merchandise. (Yes they do ask for your
size, so your items will fit. :-) )
[DEC 1] Bruce Sudano fans - he has
another concert date lined up. This one is April 9 at the Manship
Theatre in Baton Rouge, LA opening for the Zombies. If you are in
that area (or will be) go check out the show! Now if you need a little
Bruce fix right now - check his Facebook live on the couch video for
In A Stormy Season.
[DEC 1] In musical news, Lifetime Channel's Lifetime Morning Show
is doing their 6th season of Broadway Balances America, and coming up on
December 10th (and 31st) at 7:30 AM, they will feature Summer: The Donna
Summer Musical. If you can't catch it on TV, keep an eye on their
YouTube channel. Previous episodes are posted there (along with a
bunch of their other segments.)
[DEC 1] Moving on to the Queen herself, Donna got a mention when
Kelly Rowland
appeared on Andy Cohen's show. Rowland would love to do a
Donna Summer biopic! So somebody needs to make that happen!
LOL
[DEC 1] I think that brings us to YouTube. Let's start with one that has
been making the rounds a lot lately -
Addicted To You. This is actually a fan mix made from 2 clips
released by Nathan DiGesare a couple of years ago. Let's see where
YouTube takes us from there.... next up Donna on
David Foster & Friends with Seal. Up next is a video by
Suecase Hall
remembering Donna, Donna on
Oprah, Donna
with Rona Barrett in 1978, and finally a
2004 interview
promoting The Journey.
[NOV 24] Happy Sunday all and Happy (almost) Thanksgiving to my American
friends! Let's start off with Summer: The Donna Summer Musical. The 3
touring Donnas made an appearance on Access Daily this week to perform
Hot Stuff. It unfortunately didn't air everywhere due to the
impeachment hearings, but the show did tweet out the clip of the
performance, so you can
see it right here. :-) Then you can catch Diva Donna
Dan'yelle Williamson on the
West Of Broadway Podcast. The tour closes tonight in Hollywood
then the cast gets a much deserved break for the Thanksgiving holiday
before they get San Francisco up dancing on December 3.
[NOV 24] Speaking of the musical, the
Brazilian production has announced 2 of its Donnas: Karin Hils
and Jeniffer Nascimento. Welcome to the family ladies!
[NOV 24] Mary Gaines Bernard fans - don't forget she is doing her
annual concert on December 31 to celebrate her sister's life and
career. It is, as always, at the Old School Square in Delray Beach, FL.
Be there! :-)
[NOV 24] Bruce Sudano fans: his single The Garden Of November had
debuted this week on Ditty
TV. For those who don't know, Ditty TV is a streaming music TV
station that you can watch on your computer, smartphone, smart TV, TIVO,
Roku, etc.
[NOV 24] I think that brings us to YouTube. I think in light of
all the stuff we Americans will be eating Thursday, we're gonna need a
little exercise! So this week let's dance with Donna. Let's warm
up with some robot moves on
I
Feel Love. Then we have
She Works Hard For The Money live at the Grammys, then we can
pick up the pace a little with
Romeo live, then kick it into high gear with a classic performance
of
Hot Stuff. (Bonus points if you have a leopard print skirt to wear!
LOL) By that time you will need to catch your breath, so the slow to
fast pace of
Last Dance should help you out. :-) Of course if you
don't want to dance and would rather just look at some eye candy with
your music - there is always Donna performing
Enough Is Enough with Westlife. ;-)
[NOV 17] Greetings all! I guess we can start with the musical this week.
You guys in Brazil will be happy to learn that you will get to see
Summer: The Musical some time next year.
ABroadwayEAqui.com.br has an article announcing a casting call for
the show, so hopefully we will be hearing more soon. :-)
[NOV 17] Moving on to Bruce - he's got a video now for his new song, In
The Garden Of November. Check it out on
AmericanHighways.org.
[NOV 17] In Johnnyswim news, new dates are on sale now for their
tour with Lauren Daigle. Check out
their website
for ticket info, and maybe even to score some VIP meet & greet
passes.
[NOV 17] Now here's someone I don't get news about often enough -
Brooklyn Sudano. :-) She's scored herself a pilot for a show called Last
Summer which will be a thriller from Freeform. You can
read more about it here, but it is described as a story that
takes place over 3 summers about 2 girls - one who is abducted and one
who transforms from awkward outlier, to most popular girl in town, to
most despised person in America. Each episode will be told from the
point of view of one of the girls. It sounds interesting - can't want to
check it out. :-)
[NOV 17] I think that brings us to YouTube. Let's start off with a
mix that people have been talking about lately -
Love On & On the
original mix. Next up is the lost song
Ordinary Miracle, a live acoustic vaulted track called
So
This Is Lonely, the Ordinary Girl song,
No
Ordinary Love Song, Donna's live cover of
Georgia On My Mind, and finally the unreleased Crayon's track,
Run With It.
[NOV 10] Happy Sunday all! And happy Veteran's Day to all the vets out
there! Thank you for your service. :-) Let's start off this week
in the land of covers. I mentioned last time that Sam Smith has recorded
I Feel Love and that this cover would be used in Target's holiday ads.
Well, the holiday ads have started and holy cow, I have heard I Feel
Love about a million times already! (And I don't even watch a lot of
normal TV. LOL)
[NOV 10] In musical news, Summer: The Musical is playing the Pantages
Theater in Hollywood until November 24. If you are out that way go check
it out. And everybody can
check out this video celebrating opening night in Hollywood.
[NOV 10] Bruce Sudano fans - check out this clip he posted on Facebook
of
True Believer filmed at the LOLA concert this past week. Brooklyn
Dreams fans can spot Eddie Hokenson on the stage too. Rounding out the
crew are Steve Addabbo and Andrew Zehnal.
[NOV 10] I think that brings us to YouTube. In honor of the Summer
Fever Pick, let's look at some of the songs from I Remember Yesterday.
First up,
Can't We Just Sit Down live. Then we have
Love's Unkind live,
Take Me live,
I
Remember Yesterday live, and of course
I
Feel Love live. And finally we have the alternate studio version of
Can't We Just Sit Down that turned up unexpectedly on the remastered
album a couple of years ago.
[NOV 3] Greetings all! It's a new month so you know that that means -
time for the new Summer Fever Pick. This month we look back to
I Remember Yesterday.
[NOV 3] Ok, Bruce Sudano fans check out his new single In
The Garden Of
November available at all the usual places (Spotify, ITunes, Amazon,
etc). If you want to catch him live, he'll be in New York City
November 5, Washington DC on November 6, Stamford, CT on November 7 to
10 and then next year he'll be On The Blue Cruise in Miami, FL April 1
to 8. Ticket info for all of those shows is
here. And you can watch a
Facebook video of him listing al the dates. And speaking of Facebook
videos, Bruce was live from the couch with In
A Stormy Season.
[NOV 3] Moving into the land of covers, there is a new cover out there
of I Feel Love by Sam Smith. According to
Rolling Stone, it will be used in Target's holiday campaign. (The
article also includes the song so you can check it out for yourself.)
[NOV 3] I think that brings us to YouTube. I was sent a couple of
clips in my email this week, so I'm gonna start with them and see where
that leads me. First up an interview for
Entertainment Las
Vegas Style (including some performance clips), Donna and
Bruce Roberts talking about (and performing)
Whenever There is
Love from 1996, that lead me to Donna on
Arsenio Hall
in 1989, which lead me to
Anyway At All
on Jay Leno, and that lead me to
Try A Little
Tenderness with Joss Stone in 2005. And finally in honor of the Sam
Smith cover, I think we should take a look at the original
I Feel Love.
(Do your best robot dance as you play it! LOL)
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