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Billboard Says Massachusetts’s Donna Summer Has ‘Best Dance Song’

Massachusetts' own Donna Summer recently had one of her hits named the top dance song of all time by Billboard magazine.
American Songwriter

Donna Summer’s Hit “MacArthur Park” Was First Recorded by Richard Harris, the Original Dumbledore

In 1978, Donna Summer scored a No. 1 disco hit with “MacArthur Park.” This was Summer’s first Grammy nomination as well, as the song earned her a nomination for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance.
Yahoo

A Walk Through ‘MacArthur Park’: Jimmy Webb Tells the History of an Odd Pop Classic That Found New Life as the Musical Climax of ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’

Here’s one cake that didn’t get left out too long in the rain: the eternal pop pastry that is “MacArthur Park.” The song’s epic length and unusual structure haven’t kept it from turning into a decades ...
The New York Times

What Is That Song in ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’?

Meet the new “Day-O”: Richard Harris’s 1968 psychedelic pop hit “MacArthur Park,” which Donna Summer remade as a disco anthem. By Sarah Bahr Some spoilers follow. It’s the climactic moment in ...