LaDonna Adrian Gaines, better known as Donna Summer, was a singer and composer from the United States who was born on December 31, 1948. She rose to prominence during the disco era of the 1970s and was dubbed the “Queen of Disco,” with her songs reaching a global audience.

She grew up in Boston’s Mission Hill neighborhood. Her father was a butcher, and her mother was a schoolteacher. Summer made her church performance debut at the age of ten, standing in for a vocalist who was unable to perform.

She went to Jeremiah E. Burke High School in Boston, where she was well-liked and participated in school productions. Summer came to New York City just weeks before graduation in 1967 to join the blues rock band, Crow.

After a record company declined to sign them because they were only interested in the lead singer, the band decided to disband.

Donna Summer parents: Meet Andrew Gaines,

Andrew Gaines was born in Fairfax, Alabama, USA on August 5, 1924. Previously, he was married to Mary Ellen Gaines. On December 14, 2004, he died in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

On December 14, 2004, he died in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

Mary Gaines

Mary Ellen Gaines was born on 6 July 1930 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Previously, she was married to Andrew Gaines. She passed away on August 20, 1995, in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

She died of pancreatic cancer on August 20, 1995, in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.