Diana Ross
Diana started her carreer with the ladies band "The Supremes", and then started a solo carreer. She is certainly one of the most important contemporary singers. Many of her songs made it to the top of the charts and she has collected an impressive number of awards.
Her voice is exceptional and she is going as strong as ever!
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Diana Ross Singer
- Diana Ross Biography - Diana Ross Bio
- Diana Ross The Supremes
- Quick, what do you think of Diana Ross?
- Take Me Higher Diana Ross
- The Latest News on Diana Ross
- Lady Sings The Blues Diana Ross
- Diana Ross Videos
- Touch Me in the Morning Diana Ross
- Diana Ross Photos - Diana Ross Pictures
- Diana - Diana Ross
- Diana Ross Filmography - Diana Ross Movies
- To Love Again Diana Ross
- Diana Ross - More Resources and Websites about the Star:
- Diana Ross Concerts - Diana Ross Tickets
Diana Ross Biography - Diana Ross Bio
Diana Ross Timeline - Diana Ross Life - Diana Ross Carreer
Diana Ross (born Diana Ernestine Earle Ross, March 26, 1944) is an American singer and actress. During the 1960s, she helped shape the Motown sound as lead singer of The Supremes, before leaving the group for a solo career on January 14, 1970. Since the beginning of her career with The Supremes and as a solo artist, Ross has sold more than 100 million records.[http://fanofmusic.free.fr/BestSellersWorldActs]
During the 1970s and through the mid-1980s, Ross was among the most successful female artists, crossing over into film, television and Broadway. She received a Best Actress Academy Award nomination for her 1972 role as Billie Holiday in Lady Sings the Blues, for which she won a Golden Globe award. She won awards at the American Music Awards, garnered twelve Grammy Award nominations, and won a Tony Award for her one-woman show, An Evening with Diana Ross, in 1977.
In 1976, Billboard magazine named her the "Female Entertainer of the Century." In 1993, the Guinness Book of World Records declared Diana Ross the most successful female music artist in history with a total of eighteen American number-one singles: twelve as lead singer of The Supremes and six as a soloist. Ross was the first female solo artist to score six number-ones. This feat puts her in a tie for fifth place among solo female artists with the most number-ones on the Hot 100.http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/chart_beat/bonus_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003872634 She is also one of the few recording artists to have two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame?one as a solo artist and the other as a member of The Supremes. In December 2007, she received a John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Honors Award.
Including her work with The Supremes, Ross has released 67 albums. Ross is a soprano.
Diana Ross The Supremes
The Band of Diana Ross
Quick, what do you think of Diana Ross?
Take Me Higher Diana Ross
Take Me Higher
1. Take Me Higher
2. If You're Not Gonna Love Me Right
3. Voice Of The Heart
4. Let Somebody Know
5. Keep It Right There
6. Don't Stop
7. Gone
8. Only Love Can Conquer All
9. I Never Loved A Man Before
10. I Thought That We Were Still In Love
11. I Will Survive
What a great album this is!, why it didn't hit the USA, is a mystery, radio airplay just don't seem to click with the contemporary Miss Ross. The best track is "Take Me Higher", "If You're Not Gonna Love Me Right" pure contemporary R&B so delightful!, great songs a mixture with R&B and dance, great artist, a true DIVA! worth your money! -- S. Quinto (Guatemala, Guatemala)
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(1972 Film - Soundtrack)
Lady Sings The Blues (1972 Film)
1. The Arrest
2. Lady Sings The Blues
3. Baltimore Brothel
4. Billie Sneaks Into Dean & Dean's Swingin Uptown
5. T'Ain't Nobody's Business If I Do
6. Big Ben, C.C. Rider
7. All Of Me
8. The Man I Love
9. Them There Eyes
10. Gardenias From Louis
11. Cafe Manhattan
12. God Bless The Child
13. I Cried For You (Now It's Your Turn To Cry Over Me)
14. Billie & Harry, Don't Explain
15. Mean To Me
16. Fine And Mellow
17. What A Little Moonlight Can Do
18. Louis Visits Billie On Tour, Love Theme
19. Cafe Manhattan Party
20. Persuasion, T'Ain't Nobody's Business If I Do
21. Agent's Office
22. Love Is Here To Stay
23. Fine And Mellow
24. Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?)
25. You've Changed
26. Gimme A Pigfoot (And A Bottle Of Beer)
27. Good Morning Heartache
28. All Of Me
29. Love Theme
30. My Man (Mon Homme)
31. Don't Explain
32. I Cried For You (Now It's Your Turn To Cry Over Me)
33. Strange Fruit
34. God Bless The Child
35. Closing Theme
Putting aside all of the liberties taken by the film makers with Billie Holiday's "autobiography" [she reportedly took many herself!], the music and the singing here do the Holiday legacy proud. Diana Ross is simply stunning in these faithful renditions; faithful in capturing the mood and tone, while not actually imitating Ms. Holiday. Holiday is revered by jazz "purists;" I find her fascinating, if not always easy to listen to [especially her later recordings]. Ms. Holiday, nonetheless, influenced probably every major jazz singer, and many musicians to boot (even Frank Sinatra stated what a huge influence she was on his approach and phrasing; being a student of his vocal technique, I do hear the Holiday influence on his performance of "Drinking Again," "I'm A Fool to Want You," and some others). Here, Gil Askey's arrangements are incredibly tasty and palatable. Palatability and accessibility are generally not huge selling points for those who consider themselves purists. But, that's Ross and Motown. And it's all OK.
The dialog and musical excerpts included in the first part of the soundtrack are OK, helping to give one the flavor of the film; the other half of the album features full-length version of the tunes, exactly as arranged for the film sequences. The Michel Legrand score pieces are fine, perhaps a bit overwrought and un-jazzy for this film. But the main theme is a rather lovely melody. The best Holiday songs were selected for Ms. Ross to sing, so this also serves as a fine introduction to Ms. Holiday's work.
This is one Ross album that could do with a deluxe reissue. ESSENTIAL for Ross fans. -- VINCENT P TARSITANO (PORT ORANGE, FL USA)
Touch Me in the Morning Diana Ross
Where the Lady Sings The Blues Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1972) totally shrugged off any Supremes-type number, showcasing Diana Ross's versatile talents, the Touch Me In The Morning (1973) project steered even further away, completely abandoning her previous commercial R&B/Soul/Pop sound. The mood is mellow and soulful throughout, emerging as one of her all-time great albums of the 1970's.
The magnificent title track, Touch Me In The Morning is an absolute cracking masterpiece and is one of Diana's most memroable and timeless classics. A young composer, Michael Masser was drafted in by Motown. His first assignment was to come up with a no.1 hit for Motown's leading lady - Diana Ross. Michael Masser immediately came up with Touch Me In The Morning with Diana Ross in mind. Touch Me In The Morning would also be aided by the compositional and lyrical finesse of Ron Miller. Basically Berry Gordy wanted a No.1 hit waiting in the wings for his leading star just in the event of a needed re-bound if the Lady Sings The Blues movie bombed. Of course we all know Lady Sings The Blues was indeed an enduring success and earned her a much deserved oscar nomination for her powerful and riviting portrayal as the tortured Jazz singer Billie Holiday. Hot on its trail came Touch Me in The Morning. After an extremely sluggish start where it literally hovered for weeks on end down the lower reaches of the Hot 100 it slowly but surely climbed up the charts and eventually zoomed into pole position, remaining there for weeks on end. The formula is vastly similar to Ain't No Mountain High Enough where the rhythm steadily builds to its exalting chrous which Diana tackles with utter style and finesse sounding gutsy and soulful. One of Diana Ross's best classics!
Incidentally Michael Masser described the recording sessions for the Touch Me In The Morning single an emotionally draining experience. He claimed that Diana was very emotional during the sessions, crying a lot when she couldn't hit the notes required for the song and Diana even believed the song was beyond her vocal abilities. After countless takes, Diana finally got that desired vocal performance mastered to perfection.
Another timeless ballad was the remarkably powerful, All Of My Life where Dianas exubearant delivery ignites this breathtakingly beautiful ballad to startling effect. All Of My Life was lifted as a single in the U.K and became a Top 10 hit.
The mood turns somewhat chilly on the atmospheric, We Need You where Diana delivers a fantastic and stirring vocal performance. We Need you was written by Deke Richards whose most famous work for Diana Ross was the U.K chart-topping, I'm Still Waiting in 1971.
Also of great musical merit was the pleasant, mid-tempo Leave A Little Room where Diana glides through the verses and is joined by a gospel choir on the chrous which merley adds to its dramatic effect.
Diana surprisingly makes her version of The Carpenters, I Won't Last A Day Without You her own but it's the latter half of the album that displays a lot of true artistic flair. Perharps holding onto Lady Sings The Blues in some way, Diana delivers two Jazz/Blues numbers that are both stunningly atmospheric. Her performance on Little Girl Blue is dreamy and rich whilst the mood deepens and steadily more sombre on the haunting, My Baby (My Own). Her striking, lower throat register performance virtually turns into a subdued howl at the climax of this track.
Diana then delivers a magnificent and sophisticated reading of the John Lennon classic Imagine which she sings with such passion in her voice.
The Touch Me In The Morning (1973) album's climax is a startling and compelling medley (a)Brown Baby (b)Save The Children. More than anything, this medley showcased her versatile vocal style and her overall diversity as a recording artist. The Medley is both touching and hauntingly atmospheric rounding the project off beautifully.
The Touch Me In The Morning (1973) set was a fantastic affair all round and was one of her most artistic and diverse efforts off the 1970's. The bonus was it proved to be another yet massive commercial success where it speedily jumped into the U.K and U.S Top 10 Album charts becoming one of her biggest sellers in that era. -- Ian Phillips (Bolton, Lancashire, UK)
Touch Me in the Morning
1. Touch Me in the Morning
2. All of My Life
3. We Need You
4. Leave a Little Room
5. I Won't Last a Day Without You
6. Little Girl Blue
7. My Baby (My Baby My Own)
8. Imagine
9. Medley: Brown Baby/Save the Children
Release Date: 07/07/2003
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Diana Ross Photos - Diana Ross Pictures
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Diana - Diana Ross
The album
Diana (Deluxe Edition)
Disc: 1
1. Upside Down
2. Tenderness
3. Friend To Friend
4. I'm Coming Out
5. Have Fun (Again)
6. My Old Piano
7. Now That You're Gone
8. Give Up
9. Upside Down
10. Tenderness
11. Friend To Friend
12. I'm Coming Out
13. Have Fun (Again)
14. My Old Piano
15. Now That You're Gone
16. Give Up
Disc: 2
1. Love Hangover (Extended Alternate Mix)
2. Your Love Is So Good For Me (12-in Mix)
3. Top Of The World
4. Lovin', Livin' And Givin' (LP Mix)
5. What You Gave Me (12-in Mix)
6. You Were The One
7. Diana Ross & The Supremes Medley Of Hits (12-in Mix)
8. No One Gets The Prize/The Boss (12-in Re-Edit)
9. I Ain't Been Licked (12-in Mix)
10. Fire Don't Burn
11. We Can Never Light That Old Flame Again (Alternate Mix)
12. You Build Me Up To Tear Me Down
13. Sweet Summertime Livin'
recall hearing how she had remixed this and the Chic team were devastated. No wonder. The released version is still perfect pop and without a doubt the tightest Ross solo project. When I heard the ORIGINAL delivery Nile & Bernard delivered I fell off my chair. That is so hot it sizzles even now. Poor MISS ROSS. She sounds so human and alive - and actually delivers real vocal power - and some growls that are revealing...it is sad that she (and Motown) felt this was too "avante garde". This recording really rocks. I can't wait to blast it at a party. It makes you realize how great Chic were and also it drives home the truth behind the power of the producer. MISS ROSS obviously didn't have the innate talent and depth to continue a career in show business that would not continue to cater to her self absorbed delusions, which in and of itself is very sad. No wonder she hates Cher so much. This is a must have CD: timeless R&B plus great remixes - and the SIZZLING extended LOVE HANGOVER that was only a club treat back in the days. Maybe this will sober Diana up! -- P. Ambrose (Brooklyn NY)
Diana Ross Filmography - Diana Ross Movies
Diana Ross Films - List of Diana Ross Movies
The T.A.M.I. Show (1965) (documentary) (with the Supremes)
Beach Ball (1965) (with the Supremes)
Lady Sings the Blues (1972)
Mahogany (1975)
The Wiz (1978)
The Land Before Time (1988) Song: "If We Hold On Together"
To Love Again Diana Ross
To Love Again (1981) was deleted from Motown's catologue some years ago but re-surfaced in January 2003 with the bonus adding of some rare material and 1 unreleased track. Motown has finally recognised the potential in Diana Ross back catologue of studio albums and let's hope now other classic albums in the Ross catologue such as Everything Is Everything (1970), Surrender (1971), Diana Ross (1976), Baby It's Me (1977) and Ross (1978) find their way to being re-issued with the added bonus of tracks canned from the origanal sessions for the album.
This updated edition of the album opens with one of her most powerful and passionate ballads - It's My Turn. The song is positivley timeless and almost seemed like a direct message to Motown and of course, Berry Gordy - her mentor, her one-time lover and the father of her first child, Rhonda. The lyrics are strongly emotive, the musical arrangements gloriously assembled and Dianas performance is truly impeccable. It's My Turn hit No.9 on the U.S Charts whilst gliding in at No.16 in the U.K though had all the fire and potential to go to No.1.
Stay With Me is an overly sugary ballad that is redeemed and ignited by Dianas sensational performance. No one delivers a ballad quite like Diana Ross and had it been any other artist recording slush like this, i'd most likely run for cover but Diana has that uncanny ability to really make an overly schmaltzy song like this come to life and her performance is just so heart-warming and genuine that it's virtually impossible to fault. One More Chance has more punch in the musical arrangements and Diana neatly surfboards along the complex musical arrangements. One More Chance was lifted as a single and stalled within the Top 100 on both sides of the Atlantic.
Cryin' My Heart Out For You was another touching ballad that failed to gain wide-commercial acclaim where it merley stalled within the U.K Top 60 but still is a divine classic, delivered with style, class and finesse by Diana. More famous though was The Theme From Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To) which features divine musical arrangements and a magnificent classical ending which is quite startling for what is initially a soul track. Theme From mahogany hit No.1 in the U.S in 1975 whilst bouncing to No.5 in the U.K.
I Thought It Took A Little Time (But Today I Fell In Love) was another underated gem. Featured on the fabulous Diana Ross (1976) album, it's success was perharps overshadowed by the rapid release of Love Hangover. This glossy number contains another sensual and exuberant performance from it's star. I Thought It Took A Little Time became a Top 40 struggler.
The exotic, To Love Again, featuring an effective spanish guirtar interlude in the arrangements is breathtakingly beautiful and is delivered with such class from Diana. The track had origanally been featured on Ross (1978), a studio album that was similar in it's content to this album. No One's Gonna Be A Fool Forever is more forgetable taken from the oddest entry in her catologue, Last Time I Saw Him (1973).
Touch Me In The Morning is of course one of her most definitive and most timeless classics - a song she will always be remembered for. Similar to the formula of an earlier classic, Ain't No Mountain High Enough, the rhythm builds to an exalting climax which Diana tackles well and sounds convincing and utterly compelling in the process. Touch Me In The Morning raced to the top of the American charts whilst hitting No.9 in the U.K.
Another exotic sounding number was the lush, Love Me which was one of the better songs on the Last Time I Saw Him (1973) album. Dramatic in it's content and sweetly soulful musically, Love Me is one of the long-lost and forgotten Diana Ross classics, even though it was a Top 40 struggler when lifted as a single in the U.K belatedly in 1974.
Her duet with the king of Motown, Marvin Gaye, Stop! Look! Listen, To Your Heart was a masterful ballad that features strong, emotive and passionate performances from both Diana and Marvin. On this edition of the album, the track is featured in it's alternate mix though there is barley any difference. Stop! Look! Listen, To Your Heart was released as a single in the U.K where it hit No.25 on the main singles charts.
Together was a pleasantly mellow ballad that features a heavenly performance from Diana, was recorded back in 1975 and eventually surfaced on the Ross (1978) album. This glorious number, again produced by Michael Masser, origanally was featured as the B-side to her 1975 hit, Sorry Doesn't Always Make It Right.
After You was swiped from her glorious, Diana Ross (1976) album. It's another mellow, sophisticated ballad with a forceful and full-throated performance from Diana. The mesmerising, Too Shy Too Say was a dazzling Stevie Wonder compostion thats hauntingly atmospheric in it's content. Too Shy To Say had origanally been featured on the Baby It's Me (1977) album and used as the B-side for the American single, You Got It (which also appeared on Baby It's Me).
Come In From The Rain was another truly touching and tear-jerking ballad that again was directly swiped from the Baby It's Me set. Though overly schmaltzy, the song is touching purley in it's mere simplicity whilst Diana delivers this beautifully (as she does every song on here). Never Say I Don't Love You is a more modern-sounding ballad where Diana is joined by an effective backing choir on the tracks chrous. Never Say I Don't Love You had also been used as an album track for the Ross (1978) album.
Share Some Love was a previously unreleased track and is nothing out of the ordinary for Diana Ross though her performance is still as engaging as ever whilst the fun, mid-beat, Dreaming Of You on which she duets with the fabulous Lionel Richie, is one of the more enjoyable rarities to be found on here.
Of course her most famous work with Lionel Richie was on the unforgetable classic, Endless love which raced to the top of the American charts, remaining there for nine weeks and became Motown's biggest ever selling single to that point. There was an interesting transistion of harmonies combined on Endless Love with Lionel Richies strong and assertive tone to the yearning vulnreability that you can easily detect in Dianas vocal delivery. A monster classic that is still timeless and no one has done it better than Diana Ross and Lionel Richie (even Mariah Carey and Luther Vandross' version pales in comparison).
The album then closes on another golden rarity with the heart-felt and breathtakingly beautiful, We're Always Saying Goodbye. This closes this timeless, sophisticated album on a high!
On it's origanal release in mid 1981, To Love Again became a Top 40 seller on both sides of the Atlantic and was deleted in the early 1990's so it's re-issue on CD is much welcome and long over-due. -- Ian Phillips (Bolton, Lancashire, UK)
To Love Again
1. It's My Turn
2. Stay With Me
3. One More Chance
4. Cryin' My Heart Out For You
5. The Theme From Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To?) (single mix - first time on CD)
6. I Thought It Took A Little Time (But Today I Fell In Love)
7. To Love Again (first time on CD)
8. No One's Gonna Be A Fool Forever (single mix - first time on CD)
9. Touch Me In The Morning - extended single mix (first time on CD)
10. Love Me (Bonus Track)
11. Stop, Look, Listen (To Your Heart) - duet with Marvin Gaye (altenate mix) (bonus track)
12. Together - single mix (first time on CD) (bonus track)
13. After You (bonus track)
14. Too Shy to Say (bonus track)
15. Come In From The Rain (bonus track)
16. Never Say I Don't Love You (first time on CD) (bonus track)
17. Endless Love - duet with Lionel Richie (bonus track)
18. Dreaming of You - duet with Lionel Richie (bonus track)
19. Share Some Love (previously unreleased) (bonus track)
20. We're Always Saying Goodbye (previously unreleased) (bonus track)
Well Finally!After Waiting For Over 15yrs. Motown Finally Released This Great Cd And Boy, What A Rerelease(Tons Of Extras)It Is. The Original Release Was A Patch Work Of Old & New But Showcased Diana's Remarkable Way With A Love Song!!! The Songs Are Wonderful & Bring Back Found Memories. The Added Bonus Songs Are Great, Including "Endless Love", "Dreamin' Of You" An Extended Version Of "Touch Me In The Morning" & Plenty Others!! The Sound Is Glorious!! Thanks You Motown & PLEASE Keep Them Coming!!!! -- David A. Preiser "Mannequin Man" (Tacoma, WA United States)
Diana Ross - More Resources and Websites about the Star:
- Diana Ross Official Site
- The official website of Diana Ross
- Diana Ross - IMDb
- Self: An Evening with Diana Ross. Best known as the the lead singer of the popular 1960s singing group...
- Diana Ross - NNDB
- Diana RossAKA Diane Ernestine RossBorn: 26-Mar-1944 Birthplace: Detroit, MI Gender: Female Race or Ethnicity: Black Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: Singer
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