Miss Summer's voice went from soft to majestic.

Donna left us way too soon, she was only 63, you are loved and missed by millions Donna, rest in God's care Donna. Just wonderful seeing Richard playing the piano, excellent performance.

This made me cry. The power of her vocals is unsurpassed. She never even squints, it just blows the roof off. Been loving her since I first heard Love to Love You Baby. She was never as fabulous as when she broke away from the record labels, although she was absolutely fabulous from the start. I'm so lucky to have been born into her musical era. What a loss for us still here.

Just short of miraculous. I hope all those in attendance realize how blessed you are to have been there.

I can't imagine another singer who could have done justice to the powerhouse that was Karen Carpenter. Donna Summer was in a class by herself and not only had the vocals, especially in the lower register, but also the respect and class to pull this off. It's really sad that these two great ladies left us in a world of Katy Perry's and Taylor Swift's.

I was able to see Donna sing this tribute live here in L.A. in 2010. I remember having goose bumps the entire time she sang. Her voice was out of this world. There will never be another voice like hers.

@SWSimpson

3 жыл бұрын

Did she say, "It's getting cold up here"?

The ABSOLUTE BEST tribute to Karen! There are so few singers who would even try to sing this, never mind pull it off! This would be the perfect song at the Kennedy Center Honors with Karen in the audience!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This is great even Donna herself loved the Carpenters like all of us did.😁

Donna was very special. Loved Karen and she was special too. We lost both too soon ❤️

2022. Still perfection

Goose bumps....all over... from Donna's First note

Donna's one of the best. RIP

Donna is once again outstanding. Miss her so much.

I read somewhere that Karen Carpenter was a big fan of Donna's and wanted to do some "Donna Summer type" songs on her solo album.

Who the heck is cutting onions, im trying to watch this video 😥

This song suits her so much wish she’d have recorded it she’s such a huge loss to the music world

Beautiful..she could sing anything. Donna Summer was a tremendous Vocalist and songwriter.

Rare, beautiful and iconic. I had tears in my eyes in the end...Richard Carpenter on the piano & Donna Summer singing lead on an anthem from the early 1970's.

God bless you Donna, how unselfish of you and classy of you to give tribute to The Carpenters. RIP sweet lady...

@Deborahtunes

4 жыл бұрын

Hopefully Karen and Donna are harmonizing up in heaven together...🎤🙂🎶

WHY ON EARTH DID I WATCH THIS! IM A CRYING MESS NOW,BECAUSE HEARING DONNA SING A SONG LIKE THIS IS A REMINDER OF HOW GREAT SHE WAS & I CRY BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE HER HERE IN THIS LIFE TO SOOTH ME WITH HER VOICE. SHE WAS MY ALL TIME FAVORITE A VOICE THAT WILL NEVER BE MATCHED I LOVE YOU MY DONNA DEAREST!

@stevenharland556

5 жыл бұрын

i feel your pain my friend,i am crying also,it took me 2 years to listen to Donna,s music after she passed.stay strong and keep being that great friend unknown.peace to you my friend.

I would have loved to hear Donna sing Rainy days and Mondays by the Carpenters.

great voice great cover ... makes me sad Karen or Donna are no longer with us...but they are singing with the Angels now!

She sounds perfect here!! This is the way I like her to sing!!

I love everything about Donna Summers she sang a beautiful song God bless her

one hundred percent class....

This is so touching because Karen and Donna are my two favorite singers!!!! So when she sings this it's a dream come true!!!

Lovely! "You said you'd be coming back this way, baby!" Wished you'd come back this way, Donna. but you were needed in God's heaven and you now join Karen as you sing this to us from your new home. So very awesome to see Richard again. The orchestra was really feeling this one. Thanks for sharing. Great clip!

To see Richard Carpenter playing this again - so haunting - it brought back so many memories of Karen & now both she & Donna are gone.

Donna could make any song sound more vibrant with her unique voice.

One of the Most Awesomenest Covers ever!!!

Karen would have said.... A Disco Queen? Fabulous! This bought years to my eyes

Absolutely awesome performance, amazing vocal from Donna and a great Tribute to Karen.

Dang she can sing anything. Very good

Karen would be so very proud. Donna did such an awesome job covering this song

@wallybrown9509

4 жыл бұрын

j8464m I was going to say the same thing. Karen was smiling down.

@thermionic1234567

2 жыл бұрын

Both The Carpenters and Donna Sommer did this as a cover. It is a Delaney and Bonnie song.

Donna if you read this, we need you to release an album of old standard like this song. No one can reach your level when it comes to dance songs that now have become evergreen. Your voice has such range and strenght still, please give to your fans who still adore you a bit more of summer to come home to. Bring joy and love to our hearts once again, please!!

The 3 GREATEST female vocalists to come out of the '70's: Karen Carpenter, Linda Ronstadt, and Donna Summer. All had great range and powerful voices and could make you shiver when they sang. They are so close in my mind, all legendary. I hate comparing them, but I have to give a slight edge to Donna!! There will NEVER be another like her. NEVER! She was the G.O.A.T (the greatest of all time.)

@michaelgambino3847

7 ай бұрын

Agree with you 100%!.. I was there for this night. I had goosebumps the entire time.

Wow ....thank you Donna.

What a gift they both were...

Donna & Karen singing duets for the angels!

Would make a fabulous duet with Karen and Donna playing two separate women.

I forgot how the original version sounded, mainly because of the Luther Vandross arrangement, but Donna did a great job. The horns made it feel vintage and as classic as songs go.

@Deborahtunes

4 жыл бұрын

Donna's version here was fairly close to the Carpenters. Even her vocal tempo was very good. I thought maybe DS would sing it a bit too fast. But she pleasantly surprised me...🎤🎶🙂

If there is a heaven, can you imagine all of the great singers performing in harmony - that's an angelic chorus, for sure (Etta James, Donna Summer, Karen Carpenter, Janis Joplin, Sarah Vaughn, Billy Holiday, Amy Winehouse, Judy Garland, on & on & on....)

Donna is for me the queen beside Karen...the best two female voices in the world...

Great version by Donna

Donna Summer A True Superstar!!! R.I.P My Beautiful Empress!....

Wonderful wonderful wonderful.

After the tear are gone, you'll still be here with us, those who won't let go of your memory. RIP Donna 5.17.2012.

For eternity ...

Fantasic

Such sad news. I saw Donna perform this set live here in LA. It was amazing.

Life is so precious you appreciate it while it is here. When it’s gone it’s gone. No angels. No mythical man in the clouds. Period. So appreciate the talent while still alive knowing their recordings will live on.

@clapolla

Жыл бұрын

Not sure about a mythical man in the clouds but Jesus is alive in Heaven, and I'm looking forward to meeting him when it's over.

The both sang forward, with a lot of resonance, and sweetness.

Such a beautiful woman and a lovely voice. Donna has been in the music business for decades, yet she looks more beautiful than ever in 2010. What a great career from disco to contemporary music.

Must have been strange for Richard being part of that song again, with the same arrangement, but not hearing Karen. Donna sounded great too...

just beautiful,cant say anymore.

Hermosa y Única la Interpretacion de esta Inolvidable y Exitosa Canción de los Carpenters,,la Audiencia lo ha Reconocido y Nosotros sus Fans también,,Viva la Reina Donna Summer,,Siempre Vivirá en Nuestros Corazones 💖💞💝💘💌🙏🙏🙌🙌🇵🇷🇵🇷💋

Great tribute to Karen, her signature song, I think, RIP Donna.

I love you Donna, Richard was never going to be the same, as is evident here. Miss you as much as Karen, Baby ! !❤

Im addicted to Donna, its very sad to watch this vid 😢

@gotti6969

Жыл бұрын

So am I

Incredible! Thanks for posting!

damn the tears are falling now.....

I love this so much!

That was Karen's brother, Richard, that came out and sat down down at the piano. What a effing treat for everyone. I thought the music was really spot on when it started. Of course it was. Richard was the arranger of all their music. I'm stoked..

The Hollywood Bowl didn't even record this to make it available on a cd or anything. Lost opportunity:(

Absolute GOLD!

Lindo Maravilhoso momento !

Now Donna is hanging out with Karen up there.

@47and28

5 жыл бұрын

up where? in the attic?

@JimmieJamOfTheDay

3 жыл бұрын

In heaven.

@gvalley07

3 жыл бұрын

When Karen talked to record producer Phil Ramone about what kind of songs she wanted to record for her solo album, she specifically cited Donna Summer and "Hot Stuff" and how much she would love to do a song like that.

PERFECT

The late donnr summer singing carpenters

Instrumental is RIGHT ON!!! GREAT JOB MZ.DIVA DONNA,SEE U IN HEAVEN,,,, HEAVEN KNOWS

what a sad news, rest in peace miss Summer. I miss you........😭

Fantastic.

The real real queen 👑 RIP my queen 👸 l miss you every day 😢😢😢😢

Donna and the carpenters. What an association.

Thank God we have several great recordings / videos of this. I was there that night but my memory card maxed out just as this started. I hate when that happens.

Donna I hope for all your fans u finish ur standard album n dance album because u truly sound so Amazing in this rendition of Karen Carpenter Superstar!! May u both R.I.P missing you.......

THE WORLD HAS LOST ANOTHER GREAT SINGER,BUT SHE IS SINGING TO HIGHER AUDIENCE,NOW! SHE IS SINGING WITH A HIGHER CHOIR!! MY ALL-TIME FAVORITE FEMALE VOCALIST OF "MY GENERATION"!!! I'M SO DISTRAUGHT,I CAN'T BELIEVE SHE'S GONE. (MY IDOL)>>>R.I.P

so beautiful

Fantastic!

Donna canta tudo muito bem!

Similarity between voices, would love a studio version

Donna Summer had the quality of voice that she could sing just about anything. She could hit low notes, she could hit high notes, and she could hold notes out. She was a perfect choice for this song, and what a great tribute to Karen Carpenter, and the chance to perform with Richard Carpenter. That said, Richard was twacked out and I hope he gets help and lives his best life until the final curtain comes down.

How could someone so great and beautiful end before her time?

dang...goosebumps from the very first note

It doesn't get much better frankly.

Sempre linda e maravilhosa!!!...inesquecível.

AMAZING! MISS YOU DONNA AND KAREN!

love Donna

I will bring this song when I go to heaven.

Donna Summer will be missed by all who ever listened to her voice. AMA should be ashamed of themselves for not giving her credit for her contributions to the industry. David Jones, Etta James and Donna Summer were all excluded from mention for more time with "todays" so called talent.

Hubiera sido grandioso que hubiera grabado un album de covers una grandiosa voz

voce é demais Donna Summer

RIP to the Queen of Disco. Outstanding job of an amazing song

Beautiful..

WOW, absolutely amazing!

@kevinlewis7561

8 күн бұрын

That's an understatement! 👍🙂

@user-ht4cx8zp1e

7 күн бұрын

@@kevinlewis7561 She was the best of the best!

Dos grandes artistas como Donna Y Karen Carpenter son inigualables, únicas.

Donna was capable of so much more than Neil Bogart allowed her to display on record- she was able to sing songs other than her hits in concert though. What her fans would have loved from her would've been an album of 70's classics. This song above, "Superstar", along with songs by Linda Ronstadt, Carole King, Roberta Flack, Chaka Khan, etc., would have been great to hear. Of course, to cover all bases, she would've had to include a bonus disc of dance versions of those songs, but I wouldn't have complained. I always wanted her to do dance versions of "My Knight In Black Leather" (sung by Bonnie Tyler, then covered by Bette Midler), and of course- her own mega extended version of "The Main Event". : )

@serflo59 I so agree with you, she still sounds amazing, and songs like these show what she is really capable of, instead of trying too hard to follow current trends, that don't do justice to her vocal talents.

Awesome, thanks for sharing... Donna did an amazing job on a high bar song ... thanks for sharing... 👍

Goose bumps..Like opera!