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Live and More
Live and More cover
Live album by Donna Summer
Released August 31, 1978
Recorded 1978
Genre Disco/R&B
Length 65:45 (CD version)
Label Casablanca
Producer Giorgio Moroder, Pete Bellotte
Professional reviews
Donna Summer chronology
Once Upon a Time
(1977)		 Live and More
(1978)		 Bad Girls
(1979)

Live and More is the seventh album by Donna Summer and her second double album. A live album &ndash commonly contrasted with a Studio album &ndash is a recording consisting of material (usually music recorded during stage performances Donna Summer (born LaDonna Adrian Gaines December 31, 1948) is an American Singer-songwriter and Musician who gained Events 1056 - Byzantine Empress Theodora becomes ill dying suddenly a few days later without children to succeed the Throne Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Disco is a Genre of dance-oriented music whose origins are hard to define In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music This article is about Casablanca the record label For other uses please see Casablanca (disambiguation. In the Music industry, a record producer or music producer has many roles among them controlling the recording sessions coaching and guiding the musicians organizing Hansjörg "Giorgio" Moroder (born on April 26 1940 in Urtijëi, Italy) is an Italian Record producer, songwriter Peter Bellotte (born 28 August 1947) is a British songwriter and producer most famous for his main body of work with Donna Summer alongside his partner allmusic (previously All Music Guide) is a Metadata database about music owned by All Media Guide. Donna Summer (born LaDonna Adrian Gaines December 31, 1948) is an American Singer-songwriter and Musician who gained Once Upon a Time is the sixth album by American singer Donna Summer. Bad Girls is the eighth album by Donna Summer and her third consecutive Double album. Donna Summer (born LaDonna Adrian Gaines December 31, 1948) is an American Singer-songwriter and Musician who gained A double album is an audio Album which spans two units of the primary medium in which it is sold (especially records and Compact Discs. The live concert featured on the first three sides of the LP was recorded in the Universal Amphitheater, in Los Angeles, CA in 1978. The album was released in 1978 by Casablanca Records, who had started to have increasing control over Summer's career, which by that particular time, she was starting to resent. Events January: May - The Bee Gees dominate the singles and album charts as Saturday Night Fever becomes a cultural phenomenon This article is about Casablanca the record label For other uses please see Casablanca (disambiguation.

During the concert, Summer performs a substantial amount of her disco songs - both her hit singles plus a selection of tracks from her previous Once Upon a Time album. Disco is a Genre of dance-oriented music whose origins are hard to define Once Upon a Time is the sixth album by American singer Donna Summer. However, she is also heard experimenting with other styles such as jazz ("I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good") and a Gershwin number ("The Man I Love"). George Gershwin (September 26 1898 &ndash July 11 1937 was an American Composer. She also performs a version of the ballad "The Way We Were", originally recorded by Barbra Streisand for the film of the same name, and a self-penned ballad called "Mimi's Song", dedicated to her four-year-old daughter. The Way We Were is a 1973 American film which tells the story of Katie Morosky an intense Jewish woman who marries Hubbell Gardner a carefree Barbra Streisand (ˈstraɪsænd "STRY-sand" born April 24 1942 is an American Singer, Film and Theatre Actress Mimi was present at the concert for Summer to sing this song to her, and is heard on the recording saying goodnight to the audience. The concert ends with one of Summer's best-known disco tracks in the U. S. - "Last Dance". " Last Dance " is a Song written by the late Paul Jabara. Though the studio version was not included on an original Summer album, it had been used in the film Thank God It's Friday, in which Summer had also starred. Thank God It's Friday is a 1978 Film directed by Robert Klane and produced by Motown Productions and Casablanca Filmworks for Columbia Composer Paul Jabara received an Academy Award for Best Song from a motion picture and Summer herself won her first Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance with the song. Paul Jabara ( January 31, 1948 – September 29 1992) was an American Actor, Singer and Songwriter. The Academy Award for Best Original Song is one of the awards given annually to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture The Grammy Awards (originally called the Gramophone Awards)—or Grammys —are presented annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences The Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance has been awarded since 1968 A personal favourite of Summer's, it was one of the first disco songs to also feature slow parts, both at the beginning and during the middle. This would become a format which Summer would use again several times during the disco era. Although the single version of "Last Dance" removed some of the slow parts, the full version is performed in this concert.

The final side of the LP contains a new studio recording entitled "MacArthur Park Suite" which is a medley of four songs including the main song "MacArthur Park", originally made popular as a ballad by Irish actor Richard Harris. " MacArthur Park " is a song written by Jimmy Webb. Originally written as part of an intended Cantata rejected by The Association, it was first Richard St John Harris ( October 1 1930 - October 25 2002) was a two-time Academy Award -nominated and Grammy Award Summer's disco version was edited and released as a single, and became one of her biggest hits - her first Number One on the U. S. Hot 100 singles chart, and a Top 5 in the U. K. It also gave Summer a Grammy nomination for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. The Grammy Awards (originally called the Gramophone Awards)—or Grammys —are presented annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences The Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance is the latest in a series of awards recognizing superior vocal performance by a female in the pop category the first of which was Another song in the medley entitled "Heaven Knows" was a U. " Heaven Knows " is a song by Donna Summer and the Brookyn Dreams released at the height of her fame during the 1970s Disco era S. # 2, and featured vocals by Joe "Bean" Esposito of the Brooklyn Dreams. Joe Esposito, known as "Bean" is a Grammy winning American Singer / Songwriter whose career spans from the 1970s to the present day The Brooklyn Dreams were a successful singing group of the late 1970s and early 1980s consisting of Joe "Bean" Esposito, Eddie Hokenson and Bruce The group included Bruce Sudano, who Summer would become romantically involved with and later marry. Bruce Sudano (born September 26 1948) is a singer/songwriter/producer Sudano was originally a member of the Brooklyn Dreams.

Live and More would become Summer's first Number One double album in the US eventually achieving double platinum status in the US.

Contents

Track listing

All songs were written by Donna Summer, Giorgio Moroder and Pete Bellotte, except where noted. Donna Summer (born LaDonna Adrian Gaines December 31, 1948) is an American Singer-songwriter and Musician who gained Hansjörg "Giorgio" Moroder (born on April 26 1940 in Urtijëi, Italy) is an Italian Record producer, songwriter Peter Bellotte (born 28 August 1947) is a British songwriter and producer most famous for his main body of work with Donna Summer alongside his partner

Side One

  1. "Once Upon a Time" - 3:03
  2. "Fairy Tale High" - 2:20
  3. "Faster and Faster to Nowhere" - 2:09
  4. "Spring Affair" - 2:34
  5. "Rumour Has It" - 2:34
  6. "I Love You" - 3:38
  7. "Only One Man" (Summer, Bob Conti, Virgil Weber) - 2:06

Side Two

  1. "I Remember Yesterday" - 3:52
  2. "Love's Unkind" - 2:37
  3. "My Man Medley" - 6:25
    1. "The Man I Love" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
    2. "I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good" (Duke Ellington, Paul Francis Webster)
    3. "Some of These Days" (Shelton Brooks)
  4. "The Way We Were" (Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Marvin Hamlisch) - 3:23
  5. "Mimi's Song" (Summer, Weber) - 4:28

Side Three

  1. "Try Me, I Know We Can Make It" - 4:14
  2. "Love To Love You Baby" - 3:23
  3. "I Feel Love" - 6:54
  4. "Last Dance" (Paul Jabara) - 5:50

Side Four

  1. "MacArthur Park Suite" - 16:45
    1. "MacArthur Park" (Jimmy Webb)
    2. "One of a Kind"
    3. "Heaven Knows"
    4. "MacArthur Park (Reprise)" (Webb)

NB: When Live and More was released on CD format, "MacArthur Park Suite" was replaced with an extended version of "Down Deep Inside" which Summer had recorded for the film soundtrack "The Deep" the previous year. "Fairy Tale High" is a song from the 1977 double album Once Upon A Time by Donna Summer. "Spring Affair" is a Disco song by Donna Summer from her 1976 album Four Seasons of Love. "Rumour Has It" is a single by Donna Summer released in 1978. "I Love You" is a Disco single by Donna Summer which became a U "I Remember Yesterday" is the title-track from Donna Summer 's 1977 album "Love's Unkind" is a single by Donna Summer from her I Remember Yesterday album which combined modern Disco beats with sounds George Gershwin (September 26 1898 &ndash July 11 1937 was an American Composer. Ira Gershwin ( 6 December 1896 &ndash 17 August 1983) was an American Lyricist who collaborated with his younger " I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good " is a pop and Jazz standard by Duke Ellington and Paul Francis Webster. Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (April 29 1899 &ndash May 24 1974 was an American Composer, Pianist, and Bandleader. Paul Francis Webster ( December 20, 1907 – March 18, 1984) was an American lyricist who won three Academy Awards Shelton Brooks ( May 4, 1886 - September 6, 1975) was a Popular music composer who wrote some of the biggest hits of the first third " The Way We Were " is the title song to the 1973 movie The Way We Were, starring Barbra Streisand and Robert Redford. Alan Bergman (born September 11, 1925) is a prolific American Lyricist and Songwriter. Marilyn Bergman (born November 10, 1929) is a Composer, Songwriter and Author. Marvin Frederick Hamlisch (born June 2, 1944) is an American Composer. " Try Me I Know We Can Make It " is a song by Donna Summer from her Love Trilogy album released in 1976. " Love to Love You Baby " is a song by American singer Donna Summer released in 1975 (see 1975 in music) " I Feel Love " is a song by Donna Summer, taken from her 1977 concept album I Remember Yesterday. " Last Dance " is a Song written by the late Paul Jabara. Paul Jabara ( January 31, 1948 – September 29 1992) was an American Actor, Singer and Songwriter. " MacArthur Park " is a song written by Jimmy Webb. Originally written as part of an intended Cantata rejected by The Association, it was first Jimmy Layne Webb is an American songwriter From his initial success with " Up Up and Away," " By the Time I Get to Phoenix," " Wichita "Down Deep Inside" is the theme song from the 1977 film The Deep. The Deep is a 1977 film directed by Peter Yates based on the novel by Peter Benchley. The Suite, as featured on the Various Artists compilation The Casablanca Records Story and the Bad Girls Deluxe Edition is the 1978 12" single version, NOT the original album version, which can only be found on The Dance Collection CD and the original Live and More LP. The difference: in the 12" version, "Heaven Knows" was extended to incorporate the strings intro and bridge horn solo of the radio single, and "One of a Kind" was trimmed of percussion breaks.

Chart positions

Album
Year Chart Position
1978 Billboard 200 1
1978 UK Album chart 16
Single
Year Single Chart Position
1978 "MacArthur park" USA Billboard pop chart 1
1978 "MacArthur park" UK Singles Chart 5
1978 "Heaven knows" UK Singles Chart 34
1977 "Down, deep inside (Theme from 'The Deep')" UK Singles Chart 5

Personnel

Production

External Links

Preceded by
Living In The USA by Linda Ronstadt		 Billboard 200 number-one album
November 11 - November 17, 1978		 Succeeded by
52nd Street by Billy Joel
For the Steve Miller album see Living in the USA. Living in the USA is a 1978 album by Linda Ronstadt. Linda Maria Ronstadt (born July 15 1946 in Tucson Arizona) is an American popular vocalist and Entertainer whose vocal styles in a variety The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard These are the Billboard Magazine number one albums of 1978, per the Billboard 200. Events 308 - The Congress of Carnuntum: Attempting to keep peace within the Roman Empire, the leaders of the Tetrarchy declare Events 284 - Diocletian is proclaimed emperor by his soldiers Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) 52nd Street is the sixth studio album by Billy Joel, released in 1978 William Martin Joel (born May 9 1949 is an American Pianist and Singer-songwriter.
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