Diana Ross - Born 1944
American Singer, Songwriter and Actress
It was seeing the photograph above of Diana Ross that prompted me to add her to the album. I absolutely love the image of her sat bare-foot in the iconic Studio 54 nightclub, her face seemingly lost in the music being played. It's a wonderful image of a wonderful woman.
Diana started her career with the girl group The Supremes, who signed to Motown Records in 1961. During the sixties, the group enjoyed mainstream success with hits like Where Did Our Love Go, You Can't Hurry Love and Stop! In the Name of Love, records that still enjoy radio play to this day. In 1967, Motown boss, Berry Gordy renamed the group Diana Ross and The Supremes, he stated that the reasons were financial, he could claim two acts were on the bill rather than one (he had also done this with a number of other acts) but the other members of the group felt that Gordy was lavishing too much attention on the lead singer (there were some grounds for this, one of Diana's five children was fathered by Gordy) and tension built within the group. By 1969, Diana embarked on a solo career.
As a solo artist Diana has a huge back catalogue of hits, including iconic numbers such as Ain't No Mountain High Enough, Touch Me In The Morning, Love Hangover and Endless Love with Lionel Richie. She has notched up almost thirty albums since going solo, won a Grammy Award for Lifetime Achievement, along with a plethora of other awards and she was once named in The Guinness Book of World Records as The Most Successful Female Artist of All Time.
As well as six decades in the music industry, Diana has a successful acting career. She has appeared in films such as The Wiz, Mahogany and the Billie Holiday (Wonderful Woman No. 4) biopic Lady Sings The Blues, for which she was nominated for an Academy Award.
A true icon.
You know, you do need mentors, but in the end, you really just need to believe in yourself.
Diana Ross
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