Was it difficult to make the transition from acting in musicals to performing live as a pop singer?
DS: When you’re in a musical, the emphasis isn’t only on you. You have all this support happening. The biggest adjustment was learning to fill up the stage, on my own. There are band members up there, but the main focus is on you as a person. You are given an hour or two on stage and you have to keep the people busy. BB: You and producer Giorgio Moroder worked very closely for much of your career. How did you first meet? DS: I came into the studio to record some sound bites for a TV commercial. I was with a couple of other girls. Giorgio heard me sing and he liked my voice, so he asked me if I would put some vocals on some of his demos. Eventually, we became very friendly. We never dated or anything, but he was like a mentor to me. He was like a big brother. He was very protective, and he really looked after me. BB: Tell me the story behind your first big hit, “Love To Love Baby.” DS: I told Giorgio that I had an idea for a song, and I sang the melody to him and he put down a track. I
