Diana Ross (Detroit, March 26, 1944) rose to fame as the front woman of The Supremes, the most successful girl group of all time. Initially, the trio had great difficulty breaking through. For a long time they were called the 'no-hit-Supremes' at their record label Motown. After the first hit Where Did Our Love Go (1964), everything accelerated. Five years and countless successful singles later,
… Diana Ross started a solo career. With Ain't No Mountain High Enough and Reach Out And Touch, the flow of hits just kept going. She also broke through as a movie star; she played Dorothy in the film adaptation of The Wiz (1973). In 1980 she scored her biggest success with the disco album Diana, which was produced by Chic members Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers and contains the hits My Old Piano, I'm Coming Out and Upside Down. Diana Ross has now become the absolute icon of American soul. She made less and less impression with her records, but in her live performances she proves herself to this day as a gifted and all-round entertainer.more
