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'Love to Love You Donna Summer' takes you inside the life of the Queen of Disco

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Disco legend Donna Summer (AP)
Disco legend Donna Summer (AP)

If you were growing up in the 70s and 80s, it didn’t get much hotter than Donna Summer. Literally. Songs like "Hot Stuff" and "Love to Love You Baby" took the music world by storm in those days and earned her the nickname “Queen of Disco.”

But before she was Donna Summer, she was LaDonna Adrian Gaines of Roxbury.

In our latest Set In Boston, we talk about the new Max documentary “Love to Love You Donna Summer," which pulls back the curtain on the star's life and her humble beginnings here in Boston.

This segment aired on May 31, 2023.

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