DONNA SUMMER: The 100 Essential Songs. Starts with #85-81. Continues: Monday.

Caffè Lattè presents…  THE 100 ESSENTIAL SONGS BY DONNA SUMMER  The single “Love To Love You Baby” and its parent album were followed in 1976 by two new LPs:  ‘A Love Trilogy’ and ‘Four Seasons Of Love’. Both climbed up Billboard’s Album Chart.

85 I’M A FIRE Donna’s final studio album was ‘Crayons’. Unleashed in 2008, the disc was preceded by lead single “I’m A Fire”.

84 MY BABY UNDERSTANDS  On most of her albums, Donna never restricted herself to just dance or disco music. She explored other genres. On the ‘Bad Girls’ LP, she further demonstrated her versatility with “My Baby Understands”, with music and lyrics written by Donna.

83 TAKE ME ‘I Remember Yesterday’ was a concept album, with Donna flirting with styles that spanned decades. She co-wrote all but one of its tracks with Giorgio Moroder and Pete Bellotte.

82 ALL SYSTEMS GO The title track from the ‘All Systems Go’ album was written by Donna with producer Harold Faltermeyer. He is best remembered for the instrumental hit “Axel F” from the ‘Beverly Hills Cop’ motion picture soundtrack.

81 WHATEVER YOUR HEART DESIRES This was one of the 3 tracks on ‘Another Place And Time’ that included songwriting input from Donna. The Stock/ Aitken/ Waterman team had written and/or produced chart smash hits for artists such as Kylie Minogue, Bananarama, Rick Astley, Jason Donovan and Dead Or Alive.