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donna. neil bogard who founded her in the mid 70s from casablanca records launched her in europe. she was a giant hit in europe. nothing in the states for a while until finally record executives realized her records were selling all over the place. she was an underground sensation. the first crossover artist. then all of a sudden they realized wait a minute. how come this woman is not on the radio? an even crazier move, a 17-minute version of her song love to love you baby hits the radio. imagine that. nowadays you don t see anything more than 3 1/2 minutes. she broke all kinds of ground and in 1982 quincy jones moved in. i love this stat. 1982 quincy jones comes in. he does a collaboration with her. he convinces on one song on the donna summer album to get back up vocals from michael jackson, lionel ritchie, and stevie wonder. he said, watching that collaboration, seeing all these people back up donna summer, he said, that gave him the inspiration for we are the world in