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Diana Ross

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Last updated on August 24, 2024


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  • Born: Mar 26, 1944

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Diana Ross (born March 26, 1944) is an American singer, songwriter and actress from Detroit. She rose to fame as the lead singer of the vocal group the Supremes, who became Motown’s most successful act during the 1960s and one of the world’s best-selling girl groups of all time. They remain the best-charting female group in US history, with a total of twelve number-one hit singles on the US Billboard Hot 100, including, “Where Did Our Love Go”, “Baby Love”, “Come See About Me”, and “Love Child”.

Following departure from the Supremes in 1970, Ross embarked on a successful solo career in music, film, television and on stage. Her eponymous debut solo album, featured the U.S. number-one hit “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” and music anthem “Reach Out and Touch (Somebody’s Hand)”. It was followed with her second solo album, Everything Is Everything, which spawned her first UK number-one single “I’m Still Waiting”. She continued her successful solo career by mounting elaborate record-setting world-wide concert tours, starring in a number of highly watched prime-time television specials and releasing hit albums like Touch Me in the Morning (1973), Mahogany (1975) and Diana Ross (1976) and their number-one hit singles, “Touch Me in the Morning”, “Theme from Mahogany” and “Love Hangover”, respectively. Ross further released numerous top-ten hits into the 1970s, 80s and 90s. She achieved two more US number-one singles, “Upside Down” (1980) and “Endless Love” (1981), as well as UK number-one hit “Chain Reaction” (1986) and UK number-two hit “When You Tell Me That You Love Me” (1991). […]


Paul McCartney met Diana Ross when she performed in London in January 1968, with the Supremes.

In November 1968, Paul made an informal comment about Diana Ross when explaining to Donovan the meaning of the song “Blackbird

Paul: I sang it to Diana Ross the other night. She took offense.

Everyone laughs.

Paul: Not really. But I did mean it like that originally.

Donovan: Really?

Paul: Yeah, I remember… I’d just read something in the paper about riots and then (singing briskly) Blackbird singing in the dead of night, take these broken wings and learn to fly, all your life, you were only waiting…

From Sold Price: Paul McCartney, Diana Ross and Mary Wilson signed photo – July 6, 0120 9:00 AM PDT (invaluable.com) – Paul McCartney and The Supremes signed photo from meeting on January 22, 1968. Photo is autographed by Paul McCartney, Diana Ross and Mary Wilson.
From Meet the Beatles for Real: The Talk of the Town – 30 Jan 1968 — The Beatles’ Paul McCartney congratulates the Supremes at a party after their London debut show. — Image by © Bettmann/CORBIS

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