Donna Summer's "MacArthur Park" reaches #1 1978

The Goddess of Disco Donna Summer's MacArthur Park reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 November 11, 1978 and stayed for 3 weeks.  It was written and composed by Jimmy Webb.  Richard Harris was the first to record it and in 1968 it reached #2 on the Billboard Hot 100.  Waylon Jennings recorded it in 1969 and won a Grammy Award for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal in 1970. 

Donna's cover of the song garnered her first nomination for a Grammy, for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance.  

Donna Summer releases "Live and More" 1978

The Queen Donna Summer released her double album Live and More, August 31, 1978, the recording of a concert she performed at the Universal Ampitheater in Los Angeles the previous June. It was her first live album and second double album.  It went to #1 on the Billboard 200 and became double platinum in the U.S.

My man Billy Joel knocked Live and More out of the top spot with his album 52nd Street.

The album featured a studio recording, the MacArthur Park suite, which was edited and released as a single MacArthur Park. She earned a Grammy nomination for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance




https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_and_More