Do you have any information on Donna Hightower singer?

Answer 1

* Genre: Jazz

* Active: '50s

* Instrument: Vocals, Performer

"Little" Donna Hightower had a dynamic, big voice and made some fine shouting records for Decca and RPM in the '50s. Unfortunately, she never landed any hits, but that wasn't due to any lack of skill. She not only had range and power, but was equally compelling doing sentimental, soft ballads. She was backed by the orchestras of Horace Henderson and Maxwell Davis on the Decca and RPM material, respectively. ~ Ron Wynn, All Music Guide.

Source: Answers.com Donna made a comeback in the early 70s in Europe. In 1959 she performed at The Stork Club in London, England, and liked it so much that she made Europe her home for the next 31 years. She moved to Switzerland in the second half of the 60s, and released at least one single in Germany (Casablanca b/w Liebe Macht Blind, Ariola, 1966). She then relocated to Madrid in the early 70s, forming a songwriting/production partnership with spanish writer and performer Danny Daniel AKA Daniel Candon De La Campa, the first fruits of their labour being the song Soy Feliz, an entry in the Spanish selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 1970. Although Donna and song wasn't selected, success was just around the corner with the major European hit The World Today Is A Mess (originally titled Este Mundo Es Un Conflicto) recorded in 1971 (but released 1972 in some countries), over seven million copies were sold. Donna also came second in the Malaga song festival of 1971 with Dreams Like Mine, which was featured on the B-side of The World Today... in most countries, and won the contest the year after with Si Tu Coges Mi Mano (which was a follow up hit to The World Today Is A Mess and an entry in the World Popular Song Festival in Tokyo 1971, under the English title If You Hold My Hand). Naturally an album was released to capitalize on these first two hits, and Donna continued to eke out a pop career on the continent, at least until 1977, when disco versions in English of the traditional Spanish song Granada and the standard Besame Mucho (retitled Kiss Me). She moved back to America in the early 90s, and is now supposedly living in Austin, Texas and performing with the Marc Devine Trio. Sources: Book "1000 Nadelstiche" by Bernd Matheja www.youtube.com (various videos) http://www.bide-et-musique.com/song/4966.html http://www.discogs.com/artist/Donna+Hightower http://users.telenet.be/wpsf/WPSF1971.htm http://schuon25-xi.blogspot.com/2007/05/donna-hightower.html