Donna Summer: a life in pictures

Summer recording in a studio in 1970 Photograph: Redferns/Getty Donna Summer on stage circa 1970 Photograph: Richard E. Aaron/Getty Donna Summer with producer Giorgio Moroder in 1976 Photograph: Redferns/Getty Summer in a 1976 photo shoot Photograph: Fin Costello/Getty Summer chats on stage with US president Gerald Ford and first lady Betty Ford circa 1976 Photograph: Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Summer is seen here performing with Tom Jones, Mac Davis and Dolly Parton on the Mac Davis: Sounds Like Home TV show in 1977 Photograph: NBC via Getty Images Summer after having received the Billboard Number 1 Music Award in 1977. Summer won numerous awards in her career including five Grammys, six American Music Awards and she had three multi-platinum albums Photograph: AP Summer gets a lift from the then body builder Arnold Schwarzenegger in 1977 Photograph: Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Summer poses for an album cover session in 1978 Photograph: Harry Langdon/M. Watts/Getty Images Summer in a still from the film Thank God It's Friday, 1978 Photograph: Columbia Pictures/Allstar Picture Library Summer interviewed by Johnny Carson on The Tonight Show in 1978 Photograph: NBC/Getty Images Summer onstage with the vocal group Brooklyn Dreams, which consisted of Joe Esposito, Eddie Hokenson and her boyfriend at the time Bruce Sudano, in 1979 Photograph: Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images Barry Manilow with Donna Summer and Sir Elton John perform at Elton's White Tie & Tiara Ball in 2003 Photograph: KMazur/WireImage Summer performs under a disco ball in 2005 Photograph: Michael Schwartz/WireImage Summer performs with Earth, Wind and Fire in 2007 Photograph: Mario Anzuoni/Reuters Summer performs at the conclusion of the Nobel Peace concert in Oslo, 2009 Photograph: John McConnico/AP