Thank God It's Friday is a 1978 American musical-comedy film directed by Robert Klane and produced by Motown Productions and Casablanca FilmWorks for Columbia Pictures. Produced at the height of the disco craze,the film features The Commodores performing "Too Hot ta Trot",and Donna Summer performing "Last Dance",which won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1978. The film features an early performance by Jeff Goldblum and the first major screen appearance by Debra Winger. The film also features Terri Nunn,who later achieved fame in the 1980s new wave group Berlin. This was one of several Columbia Pictures films in which the studio's "Torch Lady" came to life in the opening credits,showing off her moves for a few seconds before the start of the film.
"Last Dance" is a song by American singer Donna Summer from the soundtrack album to the 1978 film Thank God It's Friday. Casablanca Records released it the album's second single on July 2,1978. The song was written by Paul Jabara,co-produced by Summer's regular collaborators Giorgio Moroder and Pete Bellotte,and mixed by Grammy Award-winning producer Stephen Short,whose backing vocals are featured in the recording.
Paul Frederick Jabara,was an American actor,singer,and songwriter. He was born to a Lebanese family in Brooklyn,New York. He wrote Donna Summer's Oscar-winning "Last Dance" from Thank God It's Friday (1978),as well as "No More Tears ",Summer's international hit duet with Barbra Streisand. He also co-wrote the Weather Girls' iconic hit "It's Raining Men" with Paul Shaffer.
"No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)" is a 1979 song recorded by American singers Barbra Streisand and Donna Summer. It was written by Paul Jabara and Bruce Roberts,and produced by Giorgio Moroder and Gary Klein.
Eddie Murphy is the self-titled debut solo album by Eddie Murphy. It was released in late 1982,on Columbia Records. It was certified as a Gold record and received a Grammy award nomination. The album drew ire from the gay community,Asian-American groups and Women's groups for some of the humor.
The Dance Collection:A Compilation of Twelve Inch Singles is a compilation album by Donna Summer released in 1987. Summer had become the biggest star of the disco era in the 1970s when signed to Casablanca Records. By 1987,Summer was signed to the Geffen label,and Casablanca had long since been bought out by Polygram. This album was released on Polygram's Casablanca label. It features some of her most famous songs from the disco era in their extended 12" versions,as they would often have been played in the clubs during their popularity.
The Donna Summer Anthology is a double compilation album by the American singer Donna Summer,released by Polygram Records in 1993. The compilation featured the majority of Summer's best known songs right from the start of her success to the present day. Summer had originally made her name during the disco era in the 1970s and in the decade that followed had experimented with different styles. Most of the tracks on this compilation are the original album versions of the songs,which were sometimes edited down for their release as a single. Included for the first time are two remixed tracks from her then unreleased album I'm a Rainbow,which had been recorded in 1981 but was shelved by her record company. The album also featured the Giorgio Moroder-penned and produced song "Carry On"',marking the first time Summer and Moroder had worked together since 1981. Summer and Moroder,together with Pete Bellotte had written the vast majority of her 1970s disco hits. Four years later,"Carry On" would be remixed and become a big dance hit. It also won Summer a Grammy for Best Dance Recording,her first win since 1984 and her fifth win in total.
Endless Summer:Donna Summer's Greatest Hits is a compilation album by American singer-songwriter Donna Summer,released on November 8,1994. It contains many of Summer's best known songs,from her 1970s breakthrough to the release of the album. Unlike 1993's The Donna Summer Anthology,which contains the majority of the songs in their original longer forms,Endless Summer generally includes single versions of the songs. However,the version sold in the United Kingdom uses the album version of the track "I Don't Wanna Get Hurt",,not the more club-oriented mix released as a single there.
Live And More Encore is a live album released by Donna Summer in 1999,an edited version of a televised concert of the same name. Released on Sony Music's sublabel Epic,it featured a live concert which had been filmed especially for the VH-1 channel,and also two new dance tracks,including a re-working of "Time To Say Goodbye",a semi-classical song previously made popular by Andrea Bocelli and Sarah Brightman. Summer's dance version of the song was entitled "I Will Go with You ". Both of the album's two studio recordings,the other being "Love Is the Healer",reached #1 on the US dance charts,with "I Will Go With You" nominated for a Grammy as Best Dance Recording.
Success is a 1983 studio album originally released by American singing duo The Weather Girls. The album includes the group's biggest hit,"It's Raining Men",which peaked at number one on the U.S. Dance chart,number 46 on the U.S. Pop chart,and 34 on the U.S. R&B chart.
The Ultimate Collection is a greatest hits three-CD compilation of recordings by American singer Donna Summer released in the Netherlands in early 2003.
Shut Out is the debut album by American actor,singer and songwriter Paul Jabara.
Keeping Time is the second studio album by American actor,singer and songwriter Paul Jabara.
The Third Album is the third studio album by American actor,singer and songwriter Paul Jabara. The album includes the single releases "Disco Wedding" and "Never Lose Your Sense of Humor". The Third Album,whose title and cover picture paraphrases the Barbra Streisand album of the same name,was released in 1979 on the Casablanca Records label,and again features guest vocalist Donna Summer. In 1979 Jabara also composed the Streisand &Summer duet "No More Tears ".
Paul Jabara &Friends is the fourth studio album by American actor,singer and songwriter Paul Jabara,best known for writing Donna Summer's hit "Last Dance" and the Summer/Barbra Streisand duet "No More Tears ". The album includes the multimillion-selling single release "It's Raining Men" by The Weather Girls,written and produced by Jabara in late 1982.
Greatest Hits... and Misses is a compilation album by American actor,singer and songwriter Paul Jabara. The album includes tracks from Jabara's three studio albums on the Casablanca Records label;Shut Out (1977),Keeping Time (1978) and The Third Album (1979).
Bruce Roberts is an American singer and songwriter. His songs have been recorded by such artists as The Pointer Sisters,Donna Summer,Barbra Streisand,Jeffrey Osborne,Whitney Houston and Laura Branigan. He has released three albums as a solo artist including Intimacy (1995),which featured musical and vocal contributions by many notable artists;Elton John and Kristine W contributed to the single "When the Money's Gone".
Something's Missing (In My Life)" is a song composed by Paul Jabara and Jay Asher,and recorded by various artists. The song was recorded as a duet with Jabara and Donna Summer in 1978,and appeared on Jabara's album Keeping Time.
The Ultimate Collection is a greatest hits compilation of recordings by American singer Donna Summer released in the United Kingdom in late 2016. The album was certified Silver in the UK.
