{"id":186790,"date":"2025-12-16T16:39:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T16:39:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/186790\/"},"modified":"2025-12-16T16:39:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T16:39:07","slug":"donna-summer-is-inducted-into-the-songwriters-hall-of-fame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/186790\/","title":{"rendered":"Donna Summer is inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame"},"content":{"rendered":"

NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 There are giants, and then there is Donna Summer.<\/a> The Queen of Disco and then some, known for such timeless tunes as \u201cLove to Love You Baby,\u201d \u201cI Feel Love,\u201d \u201cBad Girls,\u201d \u201cDim All the Lights,\u201d \u201cOn the Radio\u201d and \u201cShe Works Hard for the Money,\u201d has been posthumously inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame,<\/a> the hall said.<\/p>\n

Summer, who died in 2012 at age 63, was welcomed into the Songwriters Hall on Monday at a ceremony at The Butterfly Room at Cecconi\u2019s in Los Angeles. It was led by Academy Award-winning songwriter Paul Williams. Summer\u2019s husband, Bruce Sudano and their daughters Brooklyn Sudano and Amanda Sudano Ramirez were in attendance.<\/p>\n

\u201cDonna Summer is not only one of the defining voices and performers of the 20th century; she is one of the great songwriters of all time who changed the course of music,\u201d<\/a> said Williams in a statement. \u201cShe wrote timeless and transcendent songs that continue to captivate our souls and imaginations, inspiring the world to dance and, above all, feel love.\u201d<\/p>\n

Summer\u2019s smooth blend of R&B, soul, pop, funk, rock, disco and electronica launched numerous chart-topping hits in the \u201870s and \u201980s as well as three multiplatinum albums. She won five Grammys.<\/a> She was unstoppable \u2014 both as a performer and a writer.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s important to me because I know how important it was for Donna,\u201d said Sudano in a press release. \u201cThe backstory is, with all the accolades that she received over her career, being respected as a songwriter was always the thing that she felt was overlooked. So, for her to be accepted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame I know that she\u2019s very happy \u2026 somewhere.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Songwriters Hall of Fame was established in 1969. A songwriter with a notable catalog of songs qualifies for induction 20 years after the first commercial release of a song.<\/p>\n

The annual Songwriters Hall of Fame gala does not usually include posthumous inductions; those are reserved for separate events. <\/p>\n

Songwriter Pete Bellotte \u2014 known for his work with Summer on \u201cHot Stuff,\u201d \u201cI Feel Love\u201d and \u201cLove To Love You Baby\u201d \u2014 is a current nominee<\/a> for the 2026 Songwriters Hall of Fame class. \u201cLove To Love You Baby\u201d was co-written with Summer and producer Giorgio Moroder.<\/a> One of Summer\u2019s best-known hits, the song has been sampled many times, including in tracks by Beyonc\u00e9,<\/a> LL Cool J and Timbaland.<\/p>\n

The 2026 inductees will be announced in early 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 There are giants, and then there is Donna Summer. The Queen of Disco and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":186791,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[117572,117574,3623,117571,156,117573,71479,2047,157,111,139,69,117570,117575,53772,8041],"class_list":{"0":"post-186790","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-amanda-sudano-ramirez","9":"tag-beyonce-knowles","10":"tag-celebrity","11":"tag-donna-summer","12":"tag-entertainment","13":"tag-giorgio-moroder","14":"tag-ll-cool-j","15":"tag-los-angeles","16":"tag-music","17":"tag-new-zealand","18":"tag-newzealand","19":"tag-nz","20":"tag-paul-williams","21":"tag-pete-bellotte","22":"tag-timbaland","23":"tag-trending-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186790","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=186790"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186790\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/186791"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=186790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=186790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=186790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}