Donna may refer to:
Ritchie Valens (born Richard Steven Valenzuela; May 13, 1941 – February 3, 1959) was a Mexican-American singer, songwriter and guitarist.
A rock and roll pioneer and a forefather of the Chicano rock movement, Valens' recording career lasted only eight months. During this time, however, he scored several hits, most notably "La Bamba", which was originally a Mexican folk song that Valens transformed with a rock rhythm and beat that became a hit in 1958, making Valens a pioneer of the Spanish-speaking rock and roll movement.
On February 3, 1959, on what has become known as The Day the Music Died, Valens was killed in a small-plane crash in Iowa, a tragedy that also claimed the lives of fellow musicians Buddy Holly and J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson. Valens was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2001.
Ritchie Valens was born in Pacoima, a neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley region of Los Angeles, on May 13, 1941. His parents were Joseph Steven Valenzuela and Concepcion Reyes. Brought up hearing traditional Mexican mariachi music, as well as flamenco guitar, R&B and jump blues, he expressed an interest in making music of his own by the age of 5. He was encouraged by his father to take up guitar and trumpet, and later taught himself the drums. One day, a neighbor came across Ritchie trying to play a guitar that had only two strings. He re-strung the instrument, and taught Ritchie the fingerings of some chords. While Ritchie was left-handed, he was so eager to learn the guitar that he mastered the traditionally right-handed version of the instrument.[citation needed] Valens had attended Pacoima Junior High School (now Pacoima Middle School). By the time he was attending junior high school, his proficiency on the guitar was such that he brought the instrument to school and would sing and play songs to his friends on the bleachers.[citation needed]
Joan Chandos Baez ( /ˈbaɪ.ɛz/) (born January 9, 1941 as Joan Chandos Báez) is an American folk singer, songwriter, musician and a prominent activist in the fields of human rights, peace and environmental justice.
Baez has a distinctive vocal style, with a strong vibrato. Her recordings include many topical songs and material dealing with social issues.
Baez began her career performing in coffeehouses in Boston and Cambridge, and rose to fame as an unbilled performer at the 1959 Newport Folk Festival. She began her recording career in 1960, and achieved immediate success. Her first three albums, Joan Baez, Joan Baez, Vol. 2, and Joan Baez in Concert all achieved gold record status, and stayed on the charts for two years.
Baez has had a popular hit song with "Diamonds & Rust" and hit covers of Phil Ochs's "There but for Fortune" and The Band's "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down". Other songs associated with Baez include "Farewell, Angelina", "Love Is Just a Four-Letter Word", "Joe Hill", "Sweet Sir Galahad" and "We Shall Overcome". She performed three of the songs at the 1969 Woodstock Festival, helped to bring the songs of Bob Dylan to national prominence, and has displayed a lifelong commitment to political and social activism in the fields of nonviolence, civil rights, human rights and the environment.
Donna Karan (born October 2, 1948) is an American fashion designer and the creator of the Donna Karan New York and DKNY clothing labels.
Karan was born Donna Ivy Faske in Forest Hills, Queens, USA. She grew up in Woodmere, Long Island, New York, with her stepfather, a tailor, and her mother, a model. Karan started selling clothing on Cedarhurst, New York's Central Avenue at age 14.
She graduated from Hewlett High School in 1966, and then went to the Parsons School of Design.[citation needed]
After leaving college, Karan worked for Anne Klein, eventually becoming head of the Anne Klein design-team, where she remained until 1985, when she launched her eponymous Donna Karan label.
Karan began her career as an assistant designer with Anne Klein in the late 1960s, where she was eventually promoted to associate designer in 1971. When Anne Klein herself died in 1974, Takihyo Corporation of Japan became the new owner and Karan, together with her former classmate and friend Louis Dell'Ollio, became head designer of the house. In 1984, Karan left Anne Klein and, together with her then husband Stephan Weiss and Takihyo Corporation, started her own business "to design modern clothes for modern people". She showed her first women's clothing collection in 1985.[citation needed]
LaDonna Adrian Gaines (December 31, 1948 – May 17, 2012), known by the stage name Donna Summer, was an American singer and songwriter who gained prominence during the disco era of the late 1970s. She had a mezzo-soprano vocal range, and was a five-time Grammy Award winner. Summer was the first artist to have three consecutive double albums reach number one on the United States Billboard chart, and she also charted four number-one singles in the United States within a 13-month period.
Born into a devoutly Christian lower middle class African American family in Boston, Massachusetts, Summer first became involved with singing through church choir groups before joining a number of bands influenced by the Motown Sound. Influenced by the counterculture of the 1960s, she became the front singer of a psychedelic rock band named Crow and moved to New York City. Joining a touring version of the musical Hair, she spent several years living in West Germany, where she married Helmut Sommer, whose surname she adopted as her stage name.
Once upon a looking-for-Donna-time
There was a sixteen year old virgin
Oh Donna oh oh Donna oh oh oh
Looking for my Donna
I just got back from looking for Donna
San Francisco
Psychedelic urchin
Oh Donna oh oh Donna oh oh oh
Looking for my Donna
Have you seen
My sixteen year old tattooed woman
Heard a story
She got busted for her beauty oh oh oh
Oh oh!
Once upon a looking-for-Donna-time
There was a sixteen year old virgin
Oh Donna oh oh Donna oh oh oh
Looking for my Donna
I've been to India and saw the yogi light (lie?)
In South America the Indian smoke glows bright
I'm reincarnated and so are we all
And in this lifetime we'll rise
Before we fall
Before we fall
Once upon a looking-for-Donna-time
There was a sixteen year old virgin
Oh Donna oh oh Donna oh oh oh
Looking for my Donna
And I'm going to show her
Life on earth can be sweet
Gonna lay my mutated head (self) at her feet
And I'm gonna love her make love to her
Till the sky turns brown
I'm evolving I'm evolving
Through the drugs
That you put down
Once upon a looking-for-Donna-time
There was a sixteen year old virgin
Oh Donna oh oh Donna oh oh oh
Looking for my Donna
Looking for my Donna
Donna!
Donna, pretty as U can be (So pretty)
Oh pretty Donna, when will U ever see (When will U ever see?)
That U belong 2 another man?
And I believe he'll try 2 keep U anyway he can
Donna, I guess it's not meant 2 be
Donna, pretty as U can be
Donna, when will U ever see (When will U ever see? [x2])
That U belong 2 another man?
And I think he will try 2 keep U anyway he can
Donna, I guess it's not meant 2 ..
Donna, I guess it's not meant 2 ..
Donna, I guess it's not meant 2 be
Donna [x2]
Donna hat gelogen
sie nahm ihren Mantel
Donna Königin im Kirchenchor
sie ist die Mutter Jesu
hasst ihre Verwandten
sie ist all die Liebe
die ich als Kind verlor
Wenn die Sonne regnet
und die Stummen schrei'n
und die Eisberge brennen
wirst du versteh'n
ich werd für Dich da sein
auch wenn nichts mehr geht
Donna große Lieben tun immer weh
oh Donna
ein Leben lang ist nicht genug
oh Donna
ein Leben lang ist für uns beide nicht genug
Donna hat gelogen
sie schenkt mir ihr T-Shirt
Donna hat den Frauen nie getraut
vergräbt in ihrer Tasche
ein verbotenes Foto
und für ihre Tränen
hat sie ein Boot gebaut
Wenn die Sonne regnet
und die Stummen schrei'n
und die Eisberge brennen
wirst du versteh'n
ich werd für Dich da sein
auch wenn nichts mehr geht
Donna große Lieben tun immer weh
oh Donna
ein Leben lang ist nicht genug
oh Donna
ein Leben lang ist für uns beide nicht genug
Donna hat gelogen
wer kennt ihre Gründe
Donna hat das alles nie gebraucht
sie hat nach mir gerufen
dann war sie verschwunden
Donna festzuhalten
hätt' ich mich nie getraut
Wenn die Sonne regnet
und die Stummen schrei'n
und die Eisberge brennen
wirst du versteh'n
ich werd für Dich da sein
auch wenn nichts mehr geht
Donna große Lieben tun immer weh
oh Donna
ein Leben lang ist nicht genug
oh Donna
ein Leben lang ist für uns beide nicht genug
If you want love to stay
Don't give all your secrets away
It's not the fashion
But hold back your passion
Don't - open your heart
No, don't - share all your dreams in one night
No, don't - tell the whole story
Why should you hurry?
You don't want love to leave
So don't wear your heart on your sleeve
It's not a crime to
Give her some time and
Don't - drive her away
No, don't - love isn't built in a day
No, don't - let it grow stronger
Feed in the hunger
Hold back your passion
You're not an open book
So don't let her take just one look
Under the cover
Let her discover
Don't - stop the surprising
Don't - take all the mystery out of it
Don't - put out the fire
Kill her desire
Don't - open your heart
No, don't - share all your dreams in one night
No, don't - tell the whole story
Why should you hurry?
Don't
Don't, don't
Don't, don't
Don't, don't
Don't, don't
Don't, don't
Don't, don't
Oh, Donna, Oh, Donna
Oh, Donna, Oh, Donna
I had a girl, Donna was her name
Since she left me I've never been the same
'Cause I love my girl, Donna where can you be
Where can you be?
Now that you're gone, I'm left all alone
All by myself to wander and roam
'Cause I love my girl, Donna, where can you be
Where can you be?
Well, darlin', now that you're gone
I don't know what I'll do
All the time and all my love
For you.
I had a girl Donna was her name
Since she left me I've never been the same
'Cause I love my girl, Donna, where can you be
Where can you be?
Oh, Donna.
Oh, Donna.
Oh, Donna, oh, Donna
Oh, Donna, oh, Donna
I had a girl, Donna was her name
Since she left me, I never been the same
'Cause I love my girl
Donna, where can you be? Where can you be?
Now, that your gone, I'm left all alone
All by myself, you wonder [Incomprehensible]
'Cause I love my girl
Donna, where can you be? Where can you be?
Darling, now, that your gone
I don't know what I'll do
All the time and all my love for you
I had a girl, Donna was her name
Since she left me, I never been the same
'Cause I love my girl
Donna, where can you be? Where can you be?
Darling, now, that your gone
I don't know what I'll do
All the time and all my love for you
I had a girl, Donna was her name
Since she left me, I never been the same
'Cause I love my girl
Donna, where can you be? Where can you be?
Oh, Donna, oh, Donna
Oh, Donna, oh, Donna
Oh, Donna, oh, Donna
Oh Donna
Oh Donna
Oh Donna
Oh Donna
I had a girl Donna was her name
Since she left me well I've never been the same
'Cause I love my girl, Donna where can you be?
And now that you're gone I'm left here all alone
All by myself to wander and roam
How I love my girl, Donna where can you be?
Oh Donna, now that you're gone
I don't know what to do
All my love and all my kisses
Were for you, you just you
I had a girl Donna was her name
Since she's been gone I've never been the same
'Cause I love my girl, Donna where can you be?
Oh Donna, now that you're gone
I don't know what to do
All my love and all my kisses
Were for you
I had a girl Donna was her name
Since she's been gone, I've never been the same
I love my girl, Donna where, where can you be?
Oh Donna
Oh Donna
Oh Donna
Oh Donna, oh Donna, oh Donna, oh Donna
I had girl, Donna was her name
Since she left me, I've never been the same
'Cause I love my girl, Donna where can you be
Where can you be
Now that your gone, I'm left all alone
All by myself, to wonder and groan
'Cause I love my girl, Donna where can you be
Where can you be
Well darling now that your gone
I don't know what I'll do
Oh time had all my love, for you
I had girl, Donna was her name
Since she left me, I've never been the same
'Cause I love my girl, Donna where can you be
Where can you be
Donna hat gelogen
sie nahm ihren Mantel
Donna Königin im Kirchenchor
sie ist die Mutter Jesu
haßt ihre Verwandten
sie ist all die Liebe
die ich als Kind verlor
Wenn die Sonne regnet
und die Stummen schrein
und die Eisberge brennen
wirst du verstehn
ich werd für dich da sein
auch wenn nichts mehr geht
Donna große Lieben
tun immer weh
Oh Donna ein Leben lang
ist nicht genug
Oh Donna ein Leben lang
ist für uns beide nicht genug
Donna hat gelogen
sie schenkt mir ihr T-Shirt
Donna hat den Frauen
nie getraut
vergräbt in ihrer Tasche
ein verbotenes Foto
und für ihre Tränen
hat sie ein Boot gebaut
Wenn die Sonne regnet
und die Stummen schrein
und der Teufel betet
wirst du verstehen
ich werd für dich da sein
auch wenn nichts mehr geht
Donna große Lieben
tun immer weh
Oh Donna ein Leben lang
ist nicht genug
Oh Donna ein Leben lang
ist für uns beide nicht genug
Donna hat gelogen
wer kennt ihr Gründe
Donna hat das alles
nie gebraucht
sie hat nach mir gerufen
dann war sie verschwunden
Donna festzuhalten
hätt' ich mich nie getraut
Wenn die Sonne regnet
und die Stummen schrein
und der Teufel betet
wirst du verstehn
ich werd für dich da sein
auch wenn nichts mehr geht
Donna große Lieben
tun immer weh
Oh Donna ein Leben lang
ist nicht genug
Oh Donna ein Leben lang
Oh Donna, Oh Donna, Oh Donna, Oh Donna
I had a girl.
Donna was her name.
Since you left me, I've never been the same
Cause I love my girl.
Donna where can you be?
Where can you be?
Now that you're gone I'm left all alone
All by myself to wonder and yoam
Cause I love my girl
Donna where can you be?
Where can you be?
Well, Darling now that you're gone
I don't know what I'll do
Cause I had all my love for you
Oh Donna, Oh Donna, Oh Donna, Oh Donna
If I had one wish
It would be for Donna
One pair of lips
Only hers on mine
No, I can't resist
Any thought of Donna
Takes a hold of my heart
Like a clinging vine
Have you ever wanted something
So bad it makes you blind?
And each night
It's the last thing on your mind
Oh Donna all I wanna do
Is somehow make you mine
Maybe your heart's
Not the hurting kind
I've been getting worse
Hypnotized by Donna
In a social decline
That's what people say
If I can't converse
It's because of Donna
Don't be asking me
For the time of day
Have you ever wanted something
So bad it makes you blind?
And each night
It's the last thing on your mind
Donna Donna I gave up on
Trying to be fine
What's been running
Up and down my spine
Have you ever wanted something
So bad it makes you blind?
And each night
It's the last thing on your mind
Oh Donna all I wanna do
Is somehow make you mine
Maybe your heart's
Once upon a looking-for-Donna-time
There was a sixteen year old virgin
Oh Donna oh oh Donna oh oh oh
Looking for my Donna
I just got back from looking for Donna
San Francisco
Psychedelic urchin
Oh Donna oh oh Donna oh oh oh
Looking for my Donna
Have you seen
My sixteen year old tattooed woman
Heard a story
She got busted for her beauty oh oh oh
Oh oh!
Once upon a looking-for-Donna-time
There was a sixteen year old virgin
Oh Donna oh oh Donna oh oh oh
Looking for my Donna
I've been to India and saw the yogi light (lie?)
In South America the Indian smoke glows bright
I'm reincarnated and so are we all
And in this lifetime we'll rise
Before we fall
Before we fall
Once upon a looking-for-Donna-time
There was a sixteen year old virgin
Oh Donna oh oh Donna oh oh oh
Looking for my Donna
And I'm going to show her
Life on earth can be sweet
Gonna lay my mutated head (self) at her feet
And I'm gonna love her make love to her
Till the sky turns brown
I'm evolving I'm evolving
Through the drugs
That you put down
Once upon a looking-for-Donna-time
There was a sixteen year old virgin
Oh Donna oh oh Donna oh oh oh
Looking for my Donna
Looking for my Donna
Oh, Donna, Oh, Donna
Oh, Donna, Oh, Donna
I had a girl
Donna was her name
Since she left me
I've never been the same
'Cause I love my girl
Donna, where can you be
Where can you be
Now that you're gone
I'm left all alone
All by myself
To wander and roam
'Cause I love my girl
Donna, where can you be
Where can you be
Well, darlin
Now that you're gone
I don't know what I'll do
All the time
And all my love for yo-ou-ou
I had a girl
Donna was her name
Since she left me
I've never been the same
'Cause I love my girl
Donna, where can you be
Where can you be
Oh, Donna, Oh, Donna
I had a girl
Donna was her name
Since she left me
I've never been the same
'cause I love my girl
Donna, where can you be? Where can you be?
Now that you're gone
I'm left all alone
All by myself
To wander and roam
'cause I love my girl
Donna, where can you be? Where can you be?
Well, darlin', now that you're gone
I don't know what I'll do
All the time and all my love for yo-ou-ou
I had a girl
Donna was her name
Since she left me
I've never been the same
'cause I love my girl
Donna, where can you be? Where can you be?
Oh, Donna, Oh, Donna
Oh
Once upon a looking-for-Donna-time
There was a sixteen year old virgin
Oh Donna oh oh Donna oh oh oh
Looking for my Donna
I just got back from looking for Donna
San Francisco
Psychedelic urchin
Oh Donna oh oh Donna oh oh oh
Looking for my Donna
Have you seen
My sixteen year old tattooed woman
Heard a story
She got busted for her beauty oh oh oh
Oh oh!
Once upon a looking-for-Donna-time
There was a sixteen year old virgin
Oh Donna oh oh Donna oh oh oh
Looking for my Donna
I've been to India and saw the yogi light
In South America the Indian smoke glows bright
I'm reincarnated and so are we all
And in this lifetime we'll rise
Before we fall
Before we fall
Once upon a looking-for-Donna-time
There was a sixteen year old virgin
Oh Donna oh oh Donna oh oh oh
Looking for my Donna
And I'm going to show her
Life on earth can be sweet
Gonna lay my mutated head (self) at her feet
And I'm gonna love her make love to her
Till the sky turns brown
I'm evolving I'm evolving
Through the drugs
That you put down
Once upon a looking-for-Donna-time
There was a sixteen year old virgin
Oh Donna oh oh Donna oh oh oh
Looking for my Donna
Looking for my Donna
Donna!
Oh Donna, oh Donna
Oh Donna, oh Donna
I had a girl Donna was her name
Since she left me I've never been the same
'Cause I love my girl
Donna, where can you be?
Where can you be?
Now that you're gone I'm left all alone
All by myself to wander and roam
'Cause I love my girl
Donna, where can you be?
Where can you be?
Oh, well darlin', now that you're gone
I don't know, what I'll do
All those time, and all my love for you
I had a girl Donna was her name
Since she left me I've never been the same
'Cause I love my girl
Donna, where can you be?
Where can you be?
Oh Donna, oh Donna
Once upon a looking-for-Donna-time
There was a sixteen year old virgin
Oh Donna oh oh Donna oh oh oh
Looking for my Donna
I just got back from looking for Donna
San Francisco
Psychedelic urchin
Oh Donna oh oh Donna oh oh oh
Looking for my Donna
Have you seen
My sixteen year old tattooed woman
Heard a story
She got busted for her beauty oh oh oh
Oh oh!
Once upon a looking-for-Donna-time
There was a sixteen year old virgin
Oh Donna oh oh Donna oh oh oh
Looking for my Donna
I've been to India and saw the yogi light (lie?)
In South America the Indian smoke glows bright
I'm reincarnated and so are we all
And in this lifetime we'll rise
Before we fall
Before we fall
Once upon a looking-for-Donna-time
There was a sixteen year old virgin
Oh Donna oh oh Donna oh oh oh
Looking for my Donna
And I'm going to show her
Life on earth can be sweet
Gonna lay my mutated head (self) at her feet
And I'm gonna love her make love to her
Till the sky turns brown
I'm evolving I'm evolving
Through the drugs
That you put down
Once upon a looking-for-Donna-time
There was a sixteen year old virgin
Oh Donna oh oh Donna oh oh oh
Looking for my Donna
Looking for my Donna
Donna was seventeen and
And she had some big dreams
She wanted to be a big star and
Move away out to LA
She's having a rough time now
'Cause she's pregnant with her second child
I'm calling out your name girl
Just to let you know before you go
The storm won't last always
It's gonna be a brighter day
Don't listen to what people might say
The storm won't last always
She's living back with mama now
And her so called friends have let her down
And every night before she sleeps
I can hear her pray
Take my pain away
Wherever you?re going
There is someone who really cares for you
Say Jesus can take your heart and
Make brand new if you let Him in, just let Him in
The storm won't last always
It's gonna be a brighter day
Don't listen to what people might say
The storm won't last always
Lord, I'm so tired of this pain
And I know that You are the only one
That I can depend on right now
So if You please help me, just help
No matter what people say
You can make it anyway
You don't have to be afraid
I know the Lord will make a way
All my burden He will
Gods love will never change
The storm won't last always
It's gonna be a brighter day
Don't listen to what people might say
Donna, you won't leave me
You won't leave me
I know why
Without me to bring you comfort
You'd live in darkness
And there you'd die
And Donna speaks of leaving
It's not that easy
And Donna comes to the graveyard
Still dressed in mourning
And calls my name
And sometimes she hears an answer
But now the voices
All sound the same
And Donna, she speaks of leaving
It's not that easy
And you stay, but you say
You're wasting time
And you go, but you know
You're tasting wine
And there's still so much
You'd like to learn
Donna, you won't leave me
You won't leave me
And I know why
You stay here, so close to leaving
I know there's less reason
Each time you try
And Donna, she speaks of leaving
Ritchie Valens Donna Lyrics:
(Oh, Donna, oh, Donna.)
(Oh, Donna, oh, Donna.)
I had a girl, Donna was her name.
Since she left me I've never been the same.
'Cause I love my girl.
Donna, where can you be?
Where can you be?
Now that you're gone I'm left all alone.
All by myself to wander and roam.
'Cause I love my girl.
Donna, where can you be?
Where can you be?
Well, darlin', now that you're gone,
I don't know what I'll do.
All the time and all my love for yo-ou-ou.
I had a girl, Donna was her name.
Since she's been gone I've never been the same.
'Cause I love my girl.
Donna, where can you be? Where can you be?
Oh, Donna.
Oh, Donna.
Oh, Donna.
[Fade.]
Oh, Donna.
Oh, Donna
Oh, Donna
Oh, Donna
Oh, Donna
I had a girl
Donna was her name
Since she left me
I've never been the same
'Cause I love my girl
Donna, where can you be?
Where can you be?
Now that you're gone
I'm left all alone
All by myself
To wander and roam
'Cause I love my girl
Donna, where can you be?
Where can you be?
Oh, darlin', now that you're gone
I don't know what I'll do
All the time and all my love
For you
I had a girl
Donna was her name
Since she left me
I've never been the same
'Cause I love my girl
Donna, where can you be?
Where can you be?
Oh, Donna
Oh, Donna
Oh, Donna
Oh, Donna, Oh, Donna
Oh, Donna, Oh, Donna
I had a girl
Donna was her name
Since she left me
I've never been the same
'Cause I love my girl
Donna, where can you be? Where can you be?
Now that you're gone
I'm left all alone
All by myself
To wander and roam
'Cause I love my girl
Donna, where can you be? Where can you be?
Well, darlin', now that you're gone
I don't know what I'll do
All the time and all my love for yo-ou-ou
I had a girl
Donna was her name
Since she left me
I've never been the same
'Cause I love my girl
Donna, where can you be? Where can you be?
Oh, Donna, Oh, Donna
Oh Donna, won't ya pick me up tomorrow?
I need to get out of this place I'm in, and get my life in order.
Although this world, just might fall apart,
I've got enough in my heart to get us started.
Come with me, oh, I'm beggin' you please,
or just say goodbye, cuz' this is the end of me.
Let's go far away from here, and not come back until the
coast is clear. I'm fallin', thinkin' of you, I count the days
and all the funny things we do. I'm so sorrym now you
ignore me, tried to explain, but it's such a long story.
Now ya never call me, saw you in the lobby,
you smiled, then pretended that you never saw me
[Chorus]
doo-doo, doot-doo-doo-doo, doot-doo-doo-doo, doot-