{"product_id":"bad-girls","title":"Donna Summer (Bad Girls Graphic Tee)","description":"\u003ch2 data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDonna Summer — Bad Girls  Disco Tee\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThere were disco stars, and then there was \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDonna Summer\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. With her extraordinary voice, glamorous presence, and a string of records that practically defined the sound of the late 1970s, Summer became one of the biggest recording artists of her generation and an enduring icon of gay nightlife.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBorn in Boston in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1948\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Summer found her musical breakthrough in Europe, where she began working with producers \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGiorgio Moroder and Pete Bellotte\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Their groundbreaking 1975 recording \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Love to Love You Baby”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e introduced the world to a seductive new sound that was part disco, part electronic experiment, and entirely unlike anything else on the radio.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThen came \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“I Feel Love” (1977)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, a revolutionary electronic dance record whose hypnotic synthesizers helped lay the groundwork for house, techno, and decades of dance music to come. It was the future arriving on the dance floor, and Donna was leading the way.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBy \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1979\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Summer was at the absolute height of her powers. Her double album \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBad Girls\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e became a massive commercial success, producing two number-one singles, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Hot Stuff”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Bad Girls.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e The latter, with its unforgettable \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003etoot-toot, beep-beep\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e refrain, was inspired by the treatment of sex workers and the way women could be judged simply for how they looked.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe album was more than a collection of disco hits. Blending dance music, rock, soul, and electronic production, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBad Girls\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e demonstrated just how versatile Summer could be. She wasn't merely singing over disco beats. She was helping redefine popular music.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnd naturally, the gays were listening.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDonna Summer's records were essential to the soundtrack of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1970s gay liberation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, filling the dance floors of clubs, discos, and bathhouses from New York to San Francisco. Her music became inseparable from an era when dancing was more than entertainment. 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