Heaven Knows
Donna Summer featuring Brooklyn Dreams | Artist Essentials
First released: 1978 (year verified)
Original 1978 Donna-led short studio recording with Brooklyn Dreams
MusicAtlas editorial note: Listen to the exchange between the lead and answering voices within the compact arrangement.
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Release evidence and recording details
First released: 1978 (year verified)
The selected Donna-led short recording with Brooklyn Dreams is dated 1978, before the retained 1979 annual entry.
Recording: Original 1978 Donna-led short studio recording with Brooklyn Dreams
Credit: Donna Summer featuring Brooklyn Dreams
Role in this collection: Lead vocalist with guest group Brooklyn Dreams
Original single: Heaven Knows
Heaven Knows - original Donna Summer recording with Brooklyn Dreams
The item explicitly features Brooklyn Dreams and retains a 1978 song date. Public item data identifies the short approximately 3:39 recording; the later compilation does not date it. | Reviewed 2026-10-17
Giorgio Moroder - Live and More original 1978 program
The producer dates Live and More to 1978 and separately lists a shorter Heaven Knows segment in the final-side program. The partial discography omits MacArthur Park and is not treated as a complete tracklist or evidence that the studio suite was a live performance. | Reviewed 2026-10-17
Annual version match under review
The selected recording has release evidence, but its version has not been matched to the retained annual entry. It is omitted from Beyond the yearly lists until this match is resolved.
The selected Donna-led short recording explicitly features Brooklyn Dreams and is dated 1978. Live and More also indexes a shorter suite segment. The actual 1979 joint-credit entry identifies no edition, so the link remains provisional; no different lead-vocal performance is silently substituted.
Heaven Knows - original Donna Summer recording with Brooklyn Dreams
The item explicitly features Brooklyn Dreams and retains a 1978 song date. Public item data identifies the short approximately 3:39 recording; the later compilation does not date it. | Reviewed 2026-10-17
Giorgio Moroder - Live and More original 1978 program
The producer dates Live and More to 1978 and separately lists a shorter Heaven Knows segment in the final-side program. The partial discography omits MacArthur Park and is not treated as a complete tracklist or evidence that the studio suite was a live performance. | Reviewed 2026-10-17
About Donna Summer
Donna Summer was a Boston-born singer and songwriter whose early church singing and European musical-theater work preceded her recording career. In Munich she developed a partnership with Giorgio Moroder and Pete Bellotte, combining expressive vocals with extended disco arrangements and electronic rhythms. Her late-1970s records also drew on rock, soul and orchestral pop. Subsequent albums explored new wave, R&B and contemporary dance production, with studio work continuing through Crayons in 2008.
Artist background sources
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame - Donna Summer induction essay by Harry Weinger
Career history supporting the Boston and church background, European musical theater, Munich partnership, stylistic range and later recording work through Crayons. No song-inspiration, sales-total, chart-record or present-day claim is made. | Retrieved 2026-10-17
Profile reviewed: 2026-10-18. Artist background does not establish a song's creative origin or release date.
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