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Diana Ross Biography

By Ana Rivera

if I have someone who believes in me I can move mountains- Diana Ross


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Diana ross was born on march 26 , 1944 in detroit ,michigan. This singer and

actress is a very accomplished performer, Diana began singing as a teenager in a

group with friends Mary Wilson , Florence Ballard , and Barbara Martin. Barbara

Martin eventually dropped out , but the remaining members of the group on to

become an internationally succesful 1960s R&B and pop trio , The Supremes (

which was later named diana ross and the Supremes).Signed to Motown Records by

famed record producer and label founder Berry Gordy, Jr., in 1961, the Supremes

scored its first number one hit with the song "Where Did Our Love Go?" (1964).In all

the trio scored 12 number one hits , including Stop! In the name of Love(1965) and

Someday we will be Together(1969).

Ross left the Supremes for a solo career in that same year of 1969 and hit the

charts the next year with the songs Reach Out and Touch Somebody s Hand and

Aint No Mountain High Enough. In 1972, she branched out into acting with the

Billie Holiday biographical motion picture Lady sings the blues. While the film

receivedmixed reviews, Rosss performance garnered her an Academy Award

nomination for Best Actress. The soundtrack for the film was a huge succes and

helped spurn on new interests in Holiday. Ross went on to star in several more films ,

including Mahogany(1975) and The Wiz(1978).


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The next decade started on a strong note with her album Diana(1980), which

contained the hits Upside Down and Im Coming Out. With her new record label

MCA, she recorded muscles (1982) written by Michael Jackson, which did well on

the charts. Though later on the decade her sales began to fall. Still she continued to

record and perform and returned to motown records near the end of the 1980s. Back

with the label that started her career, she achieved some succes with The Force

Behind The Power( 1991). In the 1990s, she made several appearences on the small

screen. She started in a television movie called Out Of Darkness in 1994 playing a

woman who had schizophrenia. Ross took on a less challenging movies with

Double Platinum in 1999, another television movie. She started as a famous singer

who abandoned her daughter to pursue her dreams. Brandy a, a well known pop

performer played, her daughter. Some of the songs were featured in her album Every

Day is a New Day in 1999.

Around this time Diana experienced some difficulties. She got into a dispute with a

security in 1999 at Londons Heathrow airport and a resultwas arrested and

detained for several hours before being released. The next year she was arrested for

driving under the influence and later convicted. Also in 2000, diana launched a

Supremes tour, which was highly criticized for not including original member


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dreams and her goals she keeps trying and trying until she makes it. I would also

classify her has an amazing singer and actress who has done the impossible in the

blink of an eye like many few people at that time and is still recognized over the years

with many admirance. At this time many of my friends dont know who she was and

I think that is a disgrace because a legend like Diana Ross should be recognized not

forgotten. Finally Diana Ross is and always will be one of my favorite singer in fact

my favorite song is If We Hold On Together I love the meaning and everything

about it is very peaceful.

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