Ordinary Girl: The Journey
by Donna Summer, Marc Eliot
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Ordinary Girl is legendary singer-songwriter Donna Summer's delightfully candid memoir about her journey from signing in a Boston church to her unexpected reign as the Queen of Disco, and the tragedy and spiritual rebirth that followed.Tags
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Summer's interesting account of the strange and often miraculous moments that guided her to achieve an intuited predestined stardom (e.g. being saved from drowning, moving to Germany to do musicals). This book is geared toward her life generally and not necessarily engrossed in her musical recording life.
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Marc Eliot is a New York Times bestselling author and American biographer. He has written over a dozen books on the media and popular culture including the biographies of Cary Grant, Jimmy Stewart, Walt Disney and Bruce Springsteen, and Clint Eastwood. His writing has also appeared in several publications including L.A. Weekly and California show more Magazine. Eliot lives in New York and Los Angeles. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Original title
- Ordinary Girl: The Journey
- Original publication date
- 2003
- People/Characters
- Giorgio Moroder; Sophia Loren; Barbara Streisand; Bruce Springsteen
- Important places
- Hollywood Walk of Fame
- Related movies
- Thank God It's Friday (1978)
- Dedication
- In memory of my mother, Mary Ellen Davis Gaines.
- First words
- I have many wonderful childhood memories of growing up in an old cobblestone neighborhood of Boston.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)As I began, I remain...an ordinary girl.
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- Genres
- Music, Biography & Memoir, Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality
- DDC/MDS
- 782.42164 — Arts & recreation Music Vocal Music, Singing Secular forms of vocal music Songs General principles and musical forms Traditions of secular songs {genres} Western popular songs
- LCC
- ML420 .S952 .A3 — Music Literature on music Literature on music History and criticism Biography
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- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 2
- ASINs
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