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The producers of the "Tsunami Aid: A Concert of Hope" gala saved the best for last, as the show ended with Diana singing her classic hit "Reach Out And Touch (Somebody's Hand)".
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(Published January 15, 2005)
The first MAC picture
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(Published January 13, 2005)
'Tsunami' benefit
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Madonna, Diana Ross, Maroon 5 and Mary J. Blige are among the performers who are joining the NBC Universal benefit special "Tsunami Aid: A Concert of Hope." The program, which will benefit the American Red Cross, will air Saturday on NBC, and NBC cable properties, Telemundo and PAX.
(Published January 11, 2005)
You can make a difference
With 150.000 people dead, the tsunami disaster is one
of the worst catastrophes - ever. People from all over the world are affected,
and we must act now. People in Asia (and Africa) have lost their homes,
children have lost their parents, parents are desperately searching for
their missing kids.
Please donate money now. Reach out and touch...
Please, make this world a better place once again.
Sincerely,
Michael
Webmaster Diana-web.com
Diana to perform in Florida
Diana is doing a concert at the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall, Sarasota, Florida on February 24, 2005. Tickets on sale now (click here for details).
(Published January 7, 2005)
Diana to tour Japan
PLEASE NOTE: These concerts are cancelled (they were never confirmed in the first place).
This all according to Dick's Diana website:
February 28, 2005 – Osaka Festival Theater
March 1, 2005 – Osaka Festival Theater
March 3, 2005 – Tokyo International Forum
March 4, 2005 – Tokyo International Forum
March 8, 2005 – Kobe International Hall
March 10, 2005 – Aichi Art Theater
March 12, 2005 – Hokkaido Hall
This website is in Japanese:
http://www.aianet.ne.jp/~ges/databaseticket/itiosi/dianaross.htm
(Published January 4, 2005)
Where Did Our Love Go - 40th Anniversary Edition
To be released December 23, this double CD features several previously unreleased tracks. For full track listing, sound samples and order information, please click here (This is a Hip-O Select exclusive release, only available from their website.)
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(Published December 22, 2004)
We Are The World on DVD
To be released February 1, 2005, this special edition DVD features the "making of" documentary hosted by actress Jane Fonda, as well as extra behind the scene-fotage, a new documentary and the Grammy Awards performance of the song, and more. As with the record, all proceeds from the DVD will benefit African famine relief. Pre-order it from Amazon.com now (click here)!
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(Published December 11, 2004)
Diana at the Billboard Awards (December 8, 2004)
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The following is taken from the Diana-web.com Message Board, and was written by Lance:
For those of you who missed it, Wonder Diva Diana Ross rocked the 2004 Billboard Music Awards in honor of special Billboard Century Award recipient Stevie Wonder. Following an introduction by legendary producer Quincy Jones and tributes by Mary J Blige and Destiny's Child, Ross took center stage with a majestic entry befitting of a true legend. With a montage of still pictures scrolling across the screen (solo pics and pics of Ross with Stevie), Ross could be heard la-la-ing to the strains of My Cherie Amour, and then bam - the lights lit up and there the Queen of Motown stood in full regalia atop a staircase likened to the staging of her current concert tour, and reminiscent of the film noir, Diva. She then segued her way into a chorus of I Just Called To Say I Love You looking absolutely radiant. The perfectly coiffed mane of hair; the trademark eyes beaming with love; the silky voice now a tad powdery than her yesteryears but ever the moreso tender; the creamy caramel skin covered from neck to toe by a ruffled red garment. The audience roared with approval -- the kind of approval that clearly distinguised Ross as the supreme Supreme; a true diva to today's divettes. Then bang! As the beat pounced to For Once In My Life, Ross flung down her arms right on cue, and what appeared to be the ruffled cape was revealed to actually be a cabaret-like tail to a sleek, sexy red mini-dress that masqueraded a svelt figure befitting of a 30 year-old. Aretha and Tina would've fallen off their seats seeing their 60-year-old peer mesmerize the young Vegas crowd. Once again the audience lavished Ross with their approval with screams and cheers and arms in the air. She got them on their feet in no time and Stevie could be seen shedding a tear. Then Ross dished out yet another divalicious crowd pleaser: the ruffled cape-like tail was ripped entirely off, and Ross, in her red mini, worked the stage and crowd into a frenzy. A standing ovation was inevitable as Ross lifted her arms in triumph. "Please, please welcome ladies and gentlemen, Century Award winner, ladies and gentlemen, the one and only, S... genius ... Stevie, Stevie Wonder!," she said as the strains of Very Superstitious accompanied Little Stevie Wonder to the stage. And there they could be seen: Motown legend to Motown legend in a long, heartfelt embrace. Wayne Gretzky and Gloria Estefan, along with the entire stadium, stood mesmerized. Smiles could be seen and applause could be heard coming from everyone -- from Usher and Alica Keys to Paris Hilton and Britney Spears. The vibe was clearly euphoric and Wonder kept the electricity alive by tearing into a song himself with Ross to his right side dancing and getting the audience to do likewise; to his left stood Quincy Jones, Mary J Blige and Destiny's Child. It was obvious that Ross, a long time friend of Wonder's (he penned and produced her track Force Behind The Power; and she has frequently covered his songs like Ribbon In The Sky and Too Shy To Say; and he also sang I Just Called To Say I Love You at her wedding to Arne Naess)was happy to pay homage to him -- ever the moreso as Ross will share the stage with other singers only on special occasion. Forget the critics who often chastise Ross for not having the pipes of an over-wired soul siren; it was clear that Ross has, and always will be, in a class of her own. Ross proved once again that she is a top notch performer who knows how to enthrall an audience with her mere stage presence, enigmatic energy, and boundless talent. No "wonder" she was awarded Billboard's coveted Entertainer of the Century award three decades ago (a different, but nonetheless prestigious honor). |
A big thank you to Lance.
(Published December 9, 2004)
Another chance to catch The View
According to rockontv.com ABC will re-air Diana's interview on "The View" on November 25 at 11:00 a.m.
(Published November 20, 2004)
Diana at the American Music Awards
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Diana Ross at the 32nd annual American Music Awards in Los Angeles November 14, 2004 (On one picture seen with Alicia Keys). REUTERS/Kimberly White
(Published November 15, 2004)
Diana planning book, live DVD and more
The following short interview is from The Rocky Mountain News:
Though Diana Ross doesn't have control over where her classic work in the Supremes is played or licensed - movies, commercials and the like - she has put her imprint on it. The four-CD Supremes box set got her input, as did the Forever Diana box set blending both her group and solo careers. "That's mine. I did that myself. We picked
the color, the picture on the back, the title, everything about
it, the book inside, everything," she says. "That was
my personal project. I just really wanted it to be more out there." "I stay busy all the time, with singing and my family and touring and traveling. It keeps me vital and young and modern. So to stop, it takes me back to the past. I like to stay with being in the moment, being now, and being in the future. Or at least thinking forward," she says. Still, she's trying to get more of her past in order. She's planning a book (not the 'Upside Down' book which is, according to reports, cancelled - webmaster's comment) combined with a live DVD to give a history of her career. She also has a huge project ahead: her career's worth of costumes, many designed by legends such as Bob Mackie. "I really want someone to go through all my costumes with me, put those into a museum. I have so many costumes from the past. I keep everything. It's crazy, but I keep everything." |
(Published November 15, 2004)
Concert Reviews and more
Please visit the Diana-web.com message board for fan reviews of Diana's recent concerts. And don't be afraid to share your thoughts with other fans!
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(Published November 12, 2004, pictures added November 15)
Interview
Here's a recent interview with Ms. Ross, published in The San Diego Union Tribune. Click here.
(Published November 8, 2004)
US TV Alert
Diana will be featured guest on The View,
Thu Nov 4 on ABC Network.
(This show will evidently be reprised in
December, exact date to be determined.)
(Published October 29, 2004)
Diana at the Carousel of Hope Ball
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Diana Ross and Beyonce (pose with host philanthropist Barbara Davis on photo to the right) at the 16th Carousel of Hope Ball in Beverly Hills October 23, 2004. The funds raised from the biggest charity ball in Beverly Hills benefit the Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes which pursues diabetes research. REUTERS/Fred Prouser
(Published October 24, 2004)
Pops, We Love You CD
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Available from Motown (Hip-O) Select, this 1979 compilation includes two versions of Pops, We Love You (on which Diana share lead vocals with Smokey Robinson, Marvin Gaye and Stevie Wonder), as well as the Marvin Gaye duet I'll Keep My Light In My Window and the classic solo effort, Reach Out And Touch (Somebody's Hand). For more info, and to order, click here.
(Published October 1, 2004)
Diana Ross US Tour
These are the dates and venues. Click here to order your tickets now.
Fri, 11/05/04
10:00 PM
Caesars Atlantic City
Atlantic City, NJ
on sale now
Sat, 11/06/04
09:00 PM
Caesars Atlantic City
Atlantic City, NJ
on sale now
Mon, 11/08/04
08:00 PM
Pantages Theatre
Hollywood, CA
on sale now
Tue, 11/09/04
08:00 PM
San Diego Civic Theatre
San Diego, CA
on sale now
Wed, 11/10/04
08:00 PM
Celebrity Theatre
Phoenix, AZ
For tickets to this concert, CLICK
HERE (not available on Ticketmaster)
Sat, 11/13/04
08:00 PM
Flint Center
Cupertino, CA
on sale now
Mon, 11/15/04
08:00 PM
Paramount Theatre
Denver, CO
on sale now
Thu, 11/18/04
08:00 PM
Detroit Opera House
Detroit, MI
on sale now
Fri, 11/19/04
08:00 PM
The Chicago Theatre
Chicago, IL
on sale now
Sun, 11/21/04
07:00 PM
Mystic Lake Celebrity Palace
Prior Lake, MN
on sale now
(Published September 30, 2004, updated October 4, 2004)
Diana on tour
Diana adds more and more shows to her US tour. For tickets, please click here (Ticketmaster). More concerts to be added there in the next few days.
(Published September 22, 2004)
Diana on the red carpet
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Diana Ross arrives at the premiere of the new movie 'Ladder 49' outside the El Capitan Theater in the Hollywood area of Los Angeles, Monday, Sept. 20, 2004. (AP Photo/Jill Connelly)
(Published September 21, 2004)
Atlantic City concerts
Diana plays Atlantic City's Circus Maximus showroom Nov. 5 and 6. Ticket information is found here.
(Published September 17, 2004)
Sacramento concert? Plus UK TV show.
According to SacTicket.com Diana Ross will likely be playing Sacramento's Memorial Auditorium on Nov. 12. Watch this space for more news!
To be broadcast on Channel Five in the UK on Sunday (September 19): "The Truth About Diana Ross", a one hour "documentary". It starts at 10 pm. From what I've heard it's more about gossip and rumours than straight facts. Be warned...
(Published September 15, 2004)
Diana Ross in concert! (Phoenix)
Celebrity
Theatre
Phoenix, Arizona
Wednesday, November 10, 2004
8:00 p.m.
Club doors open at 6:30 p.m.
In the round
Tickets on sale Monday, September 20, 2004 at 10 a.m.
Ticket prices: $125, $90, $65, $45
(Published September 13, 2004)
Where Did Our Love Go Deluxe Edition!
The following is from Billboard's Fred Bronson's "Chart Beat Chat":
Motown hasn't forgotten the 40th anniversary of the first Supremes' No. 1 hit on The Billboard Hot 100. In October, the label will release a double CD deluxe anniversary edition of the "Where Did Our Love Go" album with all songs in mono as well as stereo, plus rare and unreleased tracks.
I have a lot of memories of the single "Where Did Our Love Go" being released, because I had just started working in a record store. I shared those memories with reissue producer Andy Skurow, who is writing the liner notes for the new "Where Did Our Love Go" CD, so I won't post them here, in case he decides to include any of my thoughts. Check out the essay in October in case any of my recollections were included.
Andy had a long interview with writer/producer Lamont Dozier for the liner notes, and also talked to people like Dick Clark, who was touring the country with his Caravan of Stars when "Where Did Our Love Go" was released. The Supremes were at the bottom of the bill when they first went on the road, but during the tour the single climbed to No. 1, and the trio quickly moved up the bill.
(Published September 7, 2004)
VH1 needs you!
Vh1's new series Totally Obsessed is looking for Fans of Diana Ross!
Are you obsessed with Diana Ross?
Do you listen to her music everyday?
Do you have a collection of Diana Ross memorabilia?
Is a part of your daily life devoted to Diana Ross?
If you answered Yes! to any of these questions, Vh1 wants
to hear from you! Please
send an email briefly discussing why you love Diana Ross.
Send stories to:
Jennifer.White@vh1staff.com
(Published August 17, 2004)
Diana!
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Diana Ross arrives at the premiere of the film 'Collateral' at the Orpheum Theater in Los Angeles, Monday, Aug. 2, 2004. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
(Published August 3, 2004)
Universal in UK celebrates Motown 45
To commemorate the 45th anniversary of Motown, Universal Music in the UK has launched a website on which you can vote for your favorite Motown single (think DIANA!) Also there will be a limited edition re-release of several 7" singles (see below). To vote, and for more info,please visit motown45.co.uk
The following is from that very website:
To commemorate this historic event, a select range of strictly limited, 7” vinyl 45rpm singles, replicating the original Motown 45 logo on the label will be released for the 45th anniversary.
July 26th
The Isley Brothers – This Old Heart Of Mine / Behind A Painted Smile
The Temptations – My Girl / Ain't Too Proud To Beg
Four Tops – Reach Out I'll Be There / Bernadette
Smokey Robinson & Miracles – Tears Of A Clown / Tracks Of My
Tears
Jimmy Ruffin – What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted / Farewell Is
A Lonely Sound
August 2nd
Smokey Robinson & Miracles – Going To A Go-Go / I Second That
Emotion
Diana Ross & Supremes – Baby Love / Where Did Our Love
Go
R Dean Taylor – There's A Ghost In My House / Gotta See Jane
Martha & The Vandellas – Dancing In The Street / Forget Me Not
Jr Walker & The All-Stars – Shotgun / I’m A Road Runner
August 16th
Marvin Gaye – I Heard It Through The Grapevine / What’s Going
On
Diana Ross – I'm Still Waiting / Touch Me In The Morning
Stevie Wonder – Uptight / Yester-Me Yester-You Yesterday
Edwin Starr – War / Stop The War
Velvelettes – Needle In A Haystack / He Was Really Saying Something
September 6th
The Temptations – Papa Was A Rolling Stone / Cloud 9
Michael Jackson & Jackson 5 – I Want You Back / Doctor My Eyes
Frank Wilson – Do I Love You / Chris Clark – Do I Love You
Four Tops – I Can’t Help Myself / Walk Away Renée
Marvelettes – Please Mr Postman/When You’re Young And In Love
At the end of the releases, we will produce a highly desirable, strictly limited boxed set containing all of the singles above.
(Published July 7, 2004)
Diana - more beautiful than ever!
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Diana Ross arrives for the Tatler's Summer Party, Thursday July 1 2004 at the Baglioni Hotel, central London. (AP Photo/Yui Mok,PA)
(Published July 2, 2004)
Diana Ross packs in popular tunes at Greenwich benefit
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GREENWICH -- On what was described as a perfect night, a legendary Motown diva transported more than 2,000 people back through 40 years of her career last night as she belted out song after song at a 90-minute show. "Hello, Greenwich," Diana Ross called out as she opened her concert at Roger Sherman Baldwin Park. "I'm going to do a lot of songs tonight," she said, delivering nearly two dozen of her most popular songs, interrupted only by a few costume changes, a solo sung by her son and a short dance from a new Greenwich High School graduate who joined her on stage. "Thank you very much," Ross said during one of the few breaks. "I can't see you all but I know you all are there." The 60-year-old Greenwich resident threw the free concert to help celebrate the Greenwich High School graduation and as a benefit for the Arch Street Teen Center. In addition to people who sat on the lawn, there were 400 people who paid between $250 and $1,000 for prime seats, proceeds of which will go to the center, said executive director Kyle Silver. "It's a lot more money we're going to have than we had last week," Silver said. Ross' two children from her second marriage, Evan and Ross Naess, are active at the teen center, Silver said, adding that the money couldn't have come at a better time. "We were looking at a deficit," he said. "It will help pay the bills." The event also was an opportunity for Evan Naess, 15, who also is taking acting classes, to show off his singing talents as he sang the Stevie Wonder song, "Overjoyed." "I always like singing that song," he said, calling it an uplifting one in an interview before the concert. Evan has heard his mother sing all his life, and it's difficult to pick out a favorite among her songs, he said. "Lately, I really love 'Endless Love'," he said. Ross was singing that song last night and as she looked over to where Evan and Ross Naess stood with some of their friends, she threw them a kiss. The concert also gave Lawrence Haywood, who hours earlier attended his graduation ceremony at Greenwich High School, a chance to steal a few moments in the spotlight as he ran on stage to join Ross, show a few dance moves and give her a hug. "It made my day," Haywood said. "It just felt good to be up there." "I had to take my friend up there," Evan said of Haywood. "He's a silly guy, good guy." Going to the concert was a no-brainer, said Tom Smith, 44, of Shelton, who along with his wife, each paid $500 for VIP seats. "There's just no way we could turn this down," he said. Hearing Ross sing was only part of the attraction, said his wife, Bobbi, 45. "I don't think there could have been a more perfect night," she said as the sun was starting to set right before the concert. "It's not hot, it's not cold." Steve Griffith, 35, of Greenwich, remembered growing up in Trinidad listening to and memorizing Ross' songs. He saw her twice in concert before lining up yesterday for one of the free seats. "She's a true diva," he said. The last time Ross, who has lived in the Belle Haven section of town for about 20 years, held a concert in Greenwich was in 1998. That event benefited the scholarship fund at Greenwich Academy, where her daughter, Chudney, had graduated five years earlier. The Ross family will always have a special place in their heart for Greenwich, Evan said. "This will be our home regardless of where we live," he said. "I love it here." |
(Published June 25, 2004, Source: Hoa Nguyen, Southern Connecticut Newspapers, Inc.)
THE SUPREMES – 'THERE’S A PLACE
FOR US' - PREORDER NOW!
Unreleased LP & More - LIMITED EDITION, only 5000 available.
To be released July 9, preorder now at www.hip-oselect.com
This is the info given on the Hip-O Select website:
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RELEASE DATE: JULY 9TH
Edition limited to 5000 individually numbered copies.
The simultaneous rise of Motown Records and The Supremes is now part of the pop culture: a fantastic story of how Diana Ross, Mary Wilson and Florence Ballard, three young ladies from Detroit’s Brewster projects, spend three years as the company’s pet ‘no-hit’ group, until a song rejected by one group becomes theirs and “Where Did Our Love Go” shoots to No. 1. The Supremes follow it with four more No. 1 hits in a row, and those three ladies rise from B-status to A-plus in a hurry, helping Motown founder Berry Gordy realize his dream of a black-owned record company making it to the top of the heap.
Gordy’s dream got wider: it not only included millions of youth
but their parents too, and The Supremes helped promote the crossover.
Fans know of the famous Copacabana appearances, and their tribute albums
to Sam Cooke, country & western music, and the British Invasion. What
many have heard, but never knew for sure, is that in 1965, in the midst
of mainstream TV appearances, smash tours and that string of memorable
No. 1’s, the Supremes recorded a variety of standards and show tunes
associated with the likes of Al Jolson, Tony Bennett, Judy Garland, Frank
Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr. and Perry Como. A title was announced: There’s
A Place For Us, taken from a line in “Somewhere,” from the
musical West Side Story, a song widely used as a euphemism for civil rights.
Yet the resulting 12-track album was never released. Motown instead issued
a Supremes Christmas album and a live recording from the Copa. The studio
recordings, except brief appearances by a few cuts, disappeared into Motown
legend.
Then came the crack producers at Hip-O Select. Yes, deep in the Motown vault, there is an album, in stereo – labeled, simply, “Supremes Place For Us” – lovingly recorded by producers Hal Davis and Marc Gordon in Los Angeles, and Harvey Fuqua, Ron Miller, Ivy Jo Hunter and Mickey Stevenson in Detroit. Everything from classics like “Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody” (a hit for both Al Jolson and Aretha Franklin) to “Make Someone Happy,” from Do Re Mi, to Motown originals like “Little Miss Loser,” co-written by Ron Miller before “For Once In My Life” hit the charts. Diana, Mary and Florence are at their diverse best. While Diana ably handles most of the lead vocals, Mary is featured on “Our Day Will Come.”
But wait, there’s more.
This exclusive Select edition of this album includes an incredible 14 bonus tracks, more than the original LP, and here’s how: we’ve added two more songs from the original LP sessions, including “People,” featuring Flo, and “I Am Woman, You Are Man,” different than the later version released on The Supremes Sing And Perform Funny Girl; three songs from another legendary ‘unreleased’ album, A Tribute to The Girls, which was discovered to be unfinished; an outtake from I Hear A Symphony, “All Of A Sudden My Heart Sings,” originally from the film Anchors Aweigh, here produced by Holland-Dozier, who also produced seven of the eight tracks included here from another unfinished unreleased album, The Supremes And The Motown Sound: From Broadway To Hollywood. Total: nearly 78 minutes of music from the Motown archives, 26 tracks, only 9 of which have been issued and spread around various collections before.
All of this beautiful music comes in a deluxe digipak, with a new essay, detailed recording annotations and many rare and never-before-seen photos of the one and only Supremes.
(Published June 23, 2004)
At first, Kyle Silver didn't believe it was really Diana Ross on the other
end of the phone.
"She called me personally on Wednesday. For a second I thought it was a joke," recalled Silver, executive director of the Arch Street teen center, where Ross' two sons -- Evan and Ross Naess -- are active members. "I mean, when does that ever happen? Then she said, 'Listen, I have this idea I want to talk to you about. Can you come over?' I asked her when and she said, 'How about in the next 15 minutes?' "
Silver drove straightaway to Ross' Belle Haven home, where she told him about a free concert she had in mind, something the two had discussed briefly last summer at a dinner and silent auction benefiting the center.
"She said she was performing Friday in Atlantic City and wanted to bring the band and everything up to Greenwich to do a concert Thursday night," Silver said.
Silver said Ross, who could not be reached by phone yesterday, told him she loved the teen center and viewed the concert as a gift to the town to kick off the summer. Ross understood that the only way to keep the concert a local event would be to announce it mere days before it happened, Silver said.
"Her point is very well taken, otherwise it would just be utter chaos," he said. "She really just wants it to be a Greenwich-based event."
Silver said his first reaction was that the logistics of setting up the concert were too overwhelming.
"I was like, 'How are we going to make this happen?' " he recalled. "But she told me, 'Where there's a will there's a way.' And she's right."
The free concert will be held at Roger Sherman Baldwin Park, and 300 prime seats with passes to a special reception with Ross after the show are selling for $250 each. More than 100 of those tickets had sold by noon yesterday, and the center is considering adding 100 more, Silver said.
All funds raised will benefit the teen center. Located beside the park, the center is a nonprofit organization that promotes a drug- and alcohol-free environment for high-school age teens to socialize and take on active roles in the community.
Silver said he sees Ross' sons at the teen center every week.
"Evan was involved in teaching a hip-hop dance class, and Ross is very active in the Young Life program," he said.
Silver said Ross purposely scheduled the concert to coincide with Greenwich High School's graduation ceremonies Thursday night, to offer the 18-year-olds an alcohol-free option to celebrate their accomplishments.
"We wish for no one to bring alcohol to the event," Silver said.
The concert won't be the first time Ross has taken time out of her busy schedule to benefit the town. Six years ago Ross performed at Greenwich Academy, from which her daughter, Chudney Silberstein, graduated in 1993. All proceeds went toward the academy's college scholarship fund.
"She is a genuine, giving human being. It's an amazing thing she's doing," Silver said. "I'm very proud of her association with us."
-- Patron tickets are still available at $250 each by calling (203) 629-5744, or by stopping by the teen center at 100 Arch St.
By Michael Dinan, Greenwich Time.(Published June 18, 2004, Source: Southern Connecticut Newspapers, Inc.)
Unreleased LP & More
Available soon at www.hip-oselect.com
Original LP
1. Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody
2. Fancy Passes
3. The Boy From Ipanema
4. Put On A Happy Face
5. Our Day Will Come
6. You’re Nobody Till Somebody Loves You
7. Somewhere
8. Something For My Heart
9. Make Someone Happy
10. Little Miss Loser
11. Sleepwalk
12. Big City Babies Don’t Cry
#1-12 scheduled for release on 'There’s A Place For Us,' Motown
628 (1965)
Bonus tracks:
13. People
14. I Am Woman, You Are Man
#13-14 recorded during sessions for the album 'There’s A Place
For Us'
15. Around The World In 80 Days
16. Sincerely
17. Mister Sandman
#15-17 recorded during sessions for the unfinished album 'A Tribute To The Girls,' Motown 637 (1965)
18. All Of A Sudden My Heart Sings
#18 recorded during the sessions for the album 'I Hear A Symphony'
19. If I Ruled The World
20. Strangers In The Night
21. The Sound Of Music
22. Tender Is The Night
23. What Now My Love
24. Who Can I Turn To
25. The Shadow Of Your Smile
26. Fancy Passes (version 2)
# 19-26 scheduled for release on the unfinished album 'The Supremes And The Motown Sound: From Broadway To Hollywood,' Motown 656 (1967)
(Published June 18, 2004)
Supremes On Sullivan - New DVD's
There is a couple of new DVD's available (or soon available) in the UK / Europe, all of interest for Diana Ross / Supremes fans. These are PAL region 0 DVD's.
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The Ed Sullivan Show - The Temptations & The Supremes Includes: Come See About Me / Love Is Like An Itching
In My Heart / I'm Living In Shame / Forever Came Today / No Matter
What Sign You Are / Up The Ladder To The Roof |
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The Ed Sullivan Show - Chart Toppers '65/'66/'67 Includes: My World Is Empty Without You / The Happening |
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The Ed Sullivan Show - Chart Toppers '68/'69/'70 Includes: Someday We'll Be Together |
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The Ed Sullivan Show - The Soul Of The Motor City Includes: Love Is Like And Itching In My Heart
/ Love Child / Come See About Me / In And Out Of Love |
(Published June 16, 2004)
Supreme News
Taken from Dick's excellent Diana Ross Website:
Coming soon after all these years will be the release
of THERE'S A PLACE FOR US by The Supremes from the new division of Universal
Music, Hip-O/Motown Select.
Originally scheduled for release in 1965 as MS-628, the album will finally
see the light of day very soon. Harry Weinger, Universal Vice -President
of Catalogue promises the original masters plus more!
(Published June 5, 2004)
Diana Ross & The Supremes: The No. 1's in the charts
The No. 1's entered the UK charts at position 26 yesterday.
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(Published May 24, 2004)
Diana Ross & The Supremes: The No. 1's - UK edition OUT NOW
Out now in the UK is the European edition of The No.
1's. Sporting the same coverart as the US edition, it does not include
the Almighty remix of You Keep Me Hangin' On. Chain Reaction is included,
but not I'm Still Waiting. (Very strange, as I'm Still Waiting was Diana's
first solo No. 1 hit in the UK...) Here is the full track list:
1. Where Did Our Love Go - Supremes
2. Baby Love - Supremes
3. Come See About Me - Supremes
4. Stop! In The Name Of Love - Supremes
5. Back In My Arms Again - Supremes
6. I Hear A Symphony - Supremes
7. You Can't Hurry Love - Supremes
8. You Keep Me Hangin' On - Supremes
9. Love Is Here And Now You're Gone - Supremes
10. The Happening - Supremes
11. Reflections - DR & Supremes
12. Love Child - DR & Supremes
13. I'm Gonna Make You Love Me - DR & Supremes & The Temptations
14. Someday We'll Be Together - DR & Supremes
15. Stoned Love - Supremes
16. Ain't No Mountain High Enough - Diana Ross
17. Touch Me In The Morning - Diana Ross
18. Theme From Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To) - Diana Ross
19. Love Hangover - Diana Ross
20. The Boss - Diana Ross
21. Upside Down - Diana Ross
22. I'm Coming Out - Diana Ross
23. Endless Love - Diana Ross (With Lionel Richie)
24. Chain Reaction - Diana Ross
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it from Amazon UK (click here)
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it from Amazon USA (click here)
(Published May 20, 2004)
UPDATE
There is a second edition available of this CD. The cover is different, and this version includes "I'm Still Waiting" and the Almighty remix of "You Keep Me Hangin' On".
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(Published May 21, 2004)
Diana music clips on DVD - UPDATE
A DVD version of Visions of Diana is
set to be released in the USA on June 1, 2004. Track list as follows:
Missing You
All Of You
Swept Away (long version)
Muscles
Pieces Of Ice
Why Do Fools Fall In Love
There is NO extra features, but at least we now will get a few Diana Ross
music videos on DVD. Let's hope for a DVD edition of the One Woman collection
as well.
Preorder it here.
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(Published April 23, 2004, updated April 27, 2004)
Diana and daughter on the cover of Essence
Available now is the May issue of Essence. From the Essence website:
THE ICON AND THE INGENUE— International icon Diana Ross and daughter, actress Tracee Ellis Ross help ESSENCE celebrate its anniversary and Mother’s Day by gracing the cover of the May 2004 issue. Some call her The Queen of Motown. Others, an International Icon. A Legend. A Diva. A Survivor. Daughter Tracee Ellis Ross of UPN’s hit sitcom Girlfriends and her four other siblings proudly add mother to those titles. Writer Isabel Wilkerson sits-in on the mother-daughter cover shoot to get a real feel for the two’s unconditional love and connection.
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(Published April 21, 2004)
Supremes Remixed
There's a new Almighty compilation available, called 12" Of Pleasure. It includes Almighty remixes of "You Keep Me Hangin' On" and "Love Child". Order it from the Almighty website (klick here).
(Published April 21, 2004)
Order the upcoming Diana Ross & The
Supremes And The Temptations
‘Joined Together: The Complete Studio Duets’
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To be released April 27, 2004.
Disc 1
‘Diana Ross & The Supremes Join The Temptations’
1. Opening Medley: When The Lovelight Starts Shining Through His Eyes/Come
See About Me/Stop! In The Name of Love/Love Is Like An Itching In My Heart/You
Keep Me Hangin’ On *
2. Try It Baby
3. I Second That Emotion - extended LP mix*
4. Ain’t No Mountain High Enough
5. I’m Gonna Make You Love Me
6. This Guy’s In Love With You
7. Funky Broadway
8. I’ll Try Something New
9. A Place In The Sun
10. Sweet Inspiration
11. Then - extended LP mix*
12. The Impossible Dream
Bonus Tracks:
13. Medley: You Can’t Hurry Love/You Keep Me Hangin’ On*
14. Got To Get You Into My Life*
15. You Gave Me Something (And Everything’s Alright)*
16. A House Is Not A Home*
17. If You Should Walk Away*
18. Amen*
Disc 2
‘Together’
1. Stubborn Kind of Fellow
2. I’ll Be Doggone
3. The Weight
4. Ain’t Nothing Like The Real Thing
5. Uptight (Everything’s Alright)
6. Sing A Simple Song
7. My Guy, My Girl
8. For Better Or Worse
9. Can’t Take My Eyes Off You
10. Why (Must We Fall In Love) - extended undistorted LP mix*
Alternate Mixes:
11. I’ll Try Something New - single mix
12. Stubborn Kind Of Fellow - single mix*
13. Try It Baby - single mix*
14. Funky Broadway - mono mix*
15. The Weight - mono mix*
16. Sing A Simple Song - mono mix*
17. My Guy, My Girl - mono mix*
18. Can’t Take My Eyes Off You Mary Wilson - solo version
19. I’m Gonna Make You Love Me - alternate mix w/spoken intro*
And One More
20. Not Now, I’ll Tell You Later – The Temptations with The
Supremes -- extended alternate stereo mix*
* Previously unreleased
Buy it now:
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USA
Amazon
UK
Amazon
Germany
(Published February 25, 2004, updated with pic and links April 7, 2004)
MARCH 26, 2004: DIANA TURNS 60 YEARS YOUNG. HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
(Published March 25, 2004)
Diana at Wembley
Well, what can I say that hasn't already been said. Diana
is truly back in form, and on Wembley last Thursday (March 18), she showed
the crowd (the concert was sold out) that at soon-to-be-60 she is still
an entertainer on top of the game. She did a version of "Love Child"
that was really funky and had a lot of attitude, and she got standing
ovations after almost every song she performed. Other amazing moments
included an accappella encore of "If We Hold On Together", and
a very emotional "Lady Sings..." segment. "Reflections"
was yet another highlight, and it's great to hear all the Supremes songs
in full versions again, after too many years of being part of medleys.
"The Boss" turned the arena into a disco, as did "I'm Coming
Out", "Chain Reaction" and "Upside Down".
She didn't talk that much this evening, but put her heart and soul into
each song. She did however mention that she's been through a rough couple
of years, and that she was thankful for the support from her fans, to
which the audience responded with a standing ovation that seemed to go
on forever. Diana seemed very humbled and touched, and this was a night
of true emotions - somehow the personal turmoil that she's been through
has made her, if possible, an even better and stronger performer than
before. Even her rendition of the sugary"Endless Love" took
a new meaning when she sung it for Katinka (eldest daughter of her recently
deceased ex-husband) who was there to see her "step mother"
perform. Yes, this night Diana Ross let the music do the talking, and
I don't ever think I've been so touched by a performance. I also love
the fact that the ballads has been toned down, with a much more acoustic
sound to them. "When You Tell Me That You Love Me" is almost
a completely new song as performed on this tour, with Diana's voice doing
the magic instead of being drowned by blaring instruments.
And yes, she is still beautiful - no picture can do her justice. In short,
this turned out to be a magic evening of fantastic music and lots of emotions.
The love affair between Diana Ross and her (European) fans seems to go
on forever, and rightly so. The lady is still (and yes, here's the tabloid
punch line)... Supreme. /Mike
P.S. The tour is now over (it ended with the extra concert in Dublin, March 20), but it's been said that Diana Ross is discussing a possible U.S. tour. Fingers crossed...
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Diana at the Pride of Britain Awards
Diana will be a presenter at the Pride of Britain Awards which is to be televised on Tuesday, March 16 at 9:00 p.m. on I.T.V. Channel 1. This according to Dick's Diana Ross Website.
(Published March 15, 2004)
Reviews, interview and more
Diana's European tour is a great success! Tonight she will be in Glasgow for yet another sold out performance. Below you will find links to a couple of reviews, as well as a recent interview. Enjoy.
Reviews:
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/lifestyle/music/story.jsp?story=500489
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2004/03/12/bmlh12.xml
http://www.billboard.com/bb/livereviews/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000461624
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,7948-1035623,00.html
Interview:
http://arts.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2004/03/15/bmross13.xml
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(Published March 14, 2004)
More set lists and pictures
Here's the set lists for the Dublin and Belfast concerts, courtesy of Diana Ross fan Lee.
dublin (2 hours 10 mins)
1/higher (bt mix intro)
2/higher
3/my world is empty
4/where did our love go
5/baby love
6/cant hurry love
7/love hangover
costume change
8/reflections
9/love child
10/keep me hanging on
11/im still waiting
12/the boss
INTERMISSSION
1/im comin out
2/chain reaction
3/touch me in the morning
4/upside down
5/when u tell me
6/one shining moment
7/ mirror mirror
costume change
8/fine and mellow
9/dont explain
10/my man
11/i cried for you
12/why do fools
costume change
13/do you know
14/aint no mountain
15/i will survive
16/best years
BELFAST (2 hours)
same as dublin except "if we hold on together" after"love
child"
no "my man". "endless love" after "aint no moutain"
and no"best years"."i will survive" is last song.
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(Published March 12, 2004)
More pictures
Thanks for the overwhelming response to my questions. Here is a few pictures that appeared in Dutch magazines after the Ahoy concert.
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Philippe from France reports that the Paris concert
was as breathtaking and wonderful as the Rotterdam and Antwerp concerts.
The audience reportedly became ecstatic during the second half of the
concert, and especially when Diana sang Ain't No Mountain High Enough.
Fellow French fan, Jean-Marc, wrote (among other things) the following
about the Paris concert:
The 3 "Lady" songs she performed were full renditions of
"Fine and Mellow", "Don't explain" and "My man".
Then, as opposed to the Rotterdam show song list, she didn't perform "Missing
you", "It's my turn" or "Endless love". Instead,
she sang her full length slow version of "Reach out, I'll be there"
as well as "Reach out and touch..." without the audience participation
routine.
It was altogether a great great show, Diana seems to have learned from
her problems, failures and troubles in life - she now appears more humble
and human although she is still the glamorous lady we all love and admire.
The 5 gowns + coats she wears during the show are as outrageous as one
can expect and in spite of a little tummy (she's had 4 children!), her
figure and body are fantastic... let's not forget she's turning 60 in
a few days (as she reminded us during the show)!
Anthony from Belgium gave us a few more details about the merchandise sold at the concert: A tour programme (as pictured below), the Diana Ross doll, a small teddy bear with a Diana Ross T-shirt and finally T-shirts in three colours (black, pink and light blue).
Keep the information coming! I will gladly publish entire reviews, both from fans and selected reviews from magazines and newspapers. Mail me at webmaster@diana-web.com.
(Picture below is from Diana's Olympia concert.)
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(Published March 9, 2004)
Set list and info on the new Diana Ross tour
Here is a set list from the Rotterdam and Antwerp en concerts, thanks to Michael and Jeroen. Fan Helmut reports that merchandise for sale at the concerts includes tour programme, T-shirts, the recent Diana Ross doll and some sort of teddy bear! More information is appreciated, contact me at webmaster@diana-web.com. I will attend the Wembley concert and I intend to share my thoughts on that show a few days later. It's great to have Diana back on stage, looking and sounding better than ever! /Mike
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Rotterdam Ahoy (2 and a half hour set):
01.intro taken from take me higher(bt's sonic illusion
mix)
02.take me higher
03.my world is empty without you
04.where did our love go
05.baby Love
06.come see about me
07.you can't hurry love
08.back in my arms again
09.stop in the name of love
10.you keep me hanging on
11.i'm still waiting
12.the boss
13.love is like an itching in my heart
14.reflections
15.love child
16.remember me
Intermission
17.i'm coming out
18.chain reaction
19.missing you
20.touch me in the morning
21.upside down
22.it's my turn
23.when you tell me that you love me
24.one shinning moment
25.mirror,mirror
26.fine and mellow
27.don't explain
28.good morning heartache
29.i cried for you
30.my man
31.why do fools fall in love
32.do you know where you're going to
33.ain't no mountain high enough
34.endless love
35.i will survive
36.the best years of my life
Antwerpen Elisabeth Hall (2 hours set):
01.intro taken from take me higher(bt's sonic illusion
mix)
02.take me higher
03.my world is empty without you
04.where did our love go
05.baby love
06.you can't hurry love
07.back in my arms again
08.stop in the name of love
09.reflections
10.the boss
11.i'm still waiting
12.remember me
13.love child
Intermission
14.i'm coming out
15.chain reaction
16.touch me in the morning
17.upside down
18.when you tell me that you love me
19.one shinning moment
20.mirror,mirror
21.fine and mellow
22.don't explain
23.good morning heartache
24.i cried for you
25.why do fools fall in love
26.do you know where you're going to
27.ain't no mountain high enough
28.endless love
29.i will survive
30.the best years of my life
31.i will survive (reprise)
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(Published March 8, 2004)
Track list for the upcoming Diana Ross &
The Supremes And The Temptations
‘Joined Together: The Complete Studio Duets’
To be released April 27, 2004.
Disc 1
‘Diana Ross & The Supremes Join The Temptations’
1. Opening Medley: When The Lovelight Starts Shining Through His Eyes/Come
See About Me/Stop! In The Name of Love/Love Is Like An Itching In My Heart/You
Keep Me Hangin’ On *
2. Try It Baby
3. I Second That Emotion - extended LP mix*
4. Ain’t No Mountain High Enough
5. I’m Gonna Make You Love Me
6. This Guy’s In Love With You
7. Funky Broadway
8. I’ll Try Something New
9. A Place In The Sun
10. Sweet Inspiration
11. Then - extended LP mix*
12. The Impossible Dream
Bonus Tracks:
13. Medley: You Can’t Hurry Love/You Keep Me Hangin’ On*
14. Got To Get You Into My Life*
15. You Gave Me Something (And Everything’s Alright)*
16. A House Is Not A Home*
17. If You Should Walk Away*
18. Amen*
Disc 2
‘Together’
1. Stubborn Kind of Fellow
2. I’ll Be Doggone
3. The Weight
4. Ain’t Nothing Like The Real Thing
5. Uptight (Everything’s Alright)
6. Sing A Simple Song
7. My Guy, My Girl
8. For Better Or Worse
9. Can’t Take My Eyes Off You
10. Why (Must We Fall In Love) - extended undistorted LP mix*
Alternate Mixes:
11. I’ll Try Something New - single mix
12. Stubborn Kind Of Fellow - single mix*
13. Try It Baby - single mix*
14. Funky Broadway - mono mix*
15. The Weight - mono mix*
16. Sing A Simple Song - mono mix*
17. My Guy, My Girl - mono mix*
18. Can’t Take My Eyes Off You Mary Wilson - solo version
19. I’m Gonna Make You Love Me - alternate mix w/spoken intro*
And One More
20. Not Now, I’ll Tell You Later – The Temptations with The
Supremes -- extended alternate stereo mix*
* Previously unreleased
(Published February 25, 2004)
Diana Ross / Supremes on the Billboard Chart
The "Diana Ross & The Supremes: The No. 1’s" entered the Billboard album chart at no. 72 this week.
(Published February 12, 2004)
New RCA compilation in July / CD update
As part of the BMG Heritage's Platinum &
Gold series, a new Diana Ross 12 track compilation will be released
in the USA in July. It is said to include some rare gems from Diana's
RCA years, a complete track listing will be posted here as soon as I get
it.
As previously reported, Diana is to record a duet with Westlife.
It is to be part of Westlife's upcoming Motown tribute album. It is unclear
if this song (as rumored) will actually be released as a single to coincide
with Ms. Ross' 60th birthday (March 26).
The next Diana compilation to be released is the Diana Ross & The
Supremes with The Temptations collection, Joined Together: The
Complete Studio Duets, a 2 CD set. Street date is April 27, 2004
And don't forget to pick up the new "The No. 1's" CD. (see below).
(Published February 7, 2004))
The No. 1's OUT NOW! Order now on-line.
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Available February 3, this CD (as described earlier,
scroll down to see press release) includes all the US number one hits,
as well as a new remix of You Keep Me Hangin' On. Let's make this one
a No. 1 bestseller!
PLEASE NOTE: The Canadian version of the album does NOT include the new
remix version of You Keep Me Hangin' On. I do recommend Canadian Diana
Ross fans to buy the US version instead. Use links below.
To order from Amazon.com, click
here
To order from Amazon.co.uk, click
here
To order from Amazon.de, click
here
Listen to the entire album here! Extended versions of most Supremes tracks, new remix etc. (VH1)
(Published January 23, 2004, updated January 28)
Arne Naess, Diana's ex-husband, killed in accident
CAPE TOWN (AFP) - A Norwegian mountaineer, Arne Naess, the former husband of pop diva Diana Ross (news), was killed in a mountain accident in South Africa, police said.
Captain Etienne Terblanche said Naess, from Oslo and
in his 60s, fell to his death at 12:30 pm (1030 GMT) on a mountain in
the wine producing town of Franschoek, about 80 kilometres (50 miles)
north of Cape Town."Mr Naess was a guest on the farm Lomarins in
Franschoek. He went climbing at 8:00 am this morning and fell to his death
at about 12:30 pm," Terblanche said.
"An inquest will be held to determine exactly what happened,"
he said.
A spokesman for the Norwegian embassy in Pretoria confirmed that a person
from the country had died in an accident.
"A Norwegian person died in an accident in the Western Cape province,
but that is all the information we have now," the spokesman said.
Naess, a renowned mountaineer, divorced Ross in May 1999 after 13 years
of marriage. The couple had two sons.
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(Published January 13, 2004)
Diana Ross Concerts 2004 - LIVE LOVE TOUR - Extra Dublin concert added!
March
06, 2004 Ahoy, Rotterdam, Holland (tickets
here)
March
07, 2004 Queen Elizabeth Hall, Antwerp
March
08, 2004 L'Olympia, Paris, France (tickets
here)
March
10, 2004 The Point, Dublin, Ireland (SOLD OUT)
March 11,
2004 Odyssey Arena, Belfast, N. Ireland (tickets
here)
March 13,
2004 Newcastle, Telewest Arena, UK (tickets
here)
March 14,
2004 Glasgow, SECC, UK (tickets
here)
March 16,
2004 Sheffield, Hallam FM Arena, UK (tickets
here)
March 17,
2004 Birmingham, NEC Arena, UK (tickets
here)
March 18,
2004 London, Wembley Arena, UK (SOLD OUT)
March 20,
2004 The Point, Dublin, Ireland (tickets
here)
(Published January 10, 2004)
New single in March
Diana is to release a single in March, to celebrate her 60th birthday and to promote the concert tour. It is said to be a duet with Irish boyband Westlife. More details soon.
(Published January 10, 2004)
The Beatles and Elvis had theirs. Now it’s the ladies’
turn, as every No. 1 Motown hit from Diana Ross, The Supremes, and Diana
Ross & The Supremes is presented on one CD for the first time. 'Diana
Ross & The Supremes: The No. 1’s' (Motown/UTV Records), released
February 3, 2004, features 23 classics from the Sixties, Seventies and
Eighties, each newly digitally remastered, plus a new bonus remix of “You
Keep Me Hangin’ On,” from the U.K.’s top pop remix team,
Almighty Associates. In addition, all 15 of the Supremes tracks are heard
in new mixes, direct from the Motown session tapes, offering the best
fidelity of any Supremes and/or Ross collection.
From “Where Did Our Love Go” in 1964 to “Endless Love” in 1982, The No. 1’s spans 18 years in the history of artists who changed pop music and pop culture forever. Every song influenced the next generations; every performance defines an era. The package contains a deluxe 16-page booklet with an essay by music historian Brian Chin, track annotations and classic photos, including rare images of each single’s picture sleeve.
The Supremes – Miss Ross, Mary Wilson and Florence Ballard – scored an unprecedented five Billboard Pop No. 1’s in a row in the Sixties: “Where Did Our Love Go,” “Baby Love,” “Come See About Me,” “Stop! In The Name of Love” and “Back In My Arms Again” (also No. 1 R&B). Also topping the Pop charts in the decade were “I Hear A Symphony,” “You Can’t Hurry Love” (No. 1 R&B), “You Keep Me Hangin’ On” (No. 1 R&B), “Love Is Here And Now You’re Gone” (No. 1 R&B) and “The Happening.” Even after two significant changes in 1967, the group’s name became Diana Ross & The Supremes and Cindy Birdsong replaced Ballard, the No. 1’s continued, first with “Reflections” (a Detroit and regional No. 1).
All had been written by Brian Holland-Lamont Dozier-Edward Holland, Jr. and produced by Brian Holland and Dozier. The Supremes then scored Pop No. 1’s via other writer-producers with “Love Child,” “I’m Gonna Make You Love Me” with The Temptations (No. 1 Pop and R&B Cashbox) and “Someday We’ll Be Together” (No. 1 R&B).
In the Seventies, Ross went solo. The Supremes, with Jean Terrell in the lead, hit No. 1 R&B with “Stoned Love.” Ross would claim the top spot on various charts several more times on Motown, including these eight: Ashford & Simpson’s “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” (No. 1 Pop/R&B) and “The Boss” (No. 1 Dance); Michael Masser’s Pop No. 1’s “Touch Me In The Morning” and “Theme From Mahogany (Do You Know Where You’re Going To)” (also No. 1 Adult Contemporary); “Love Hangover” (No. 1 Pop, R&B and Dance), and Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers’ “Upside Down” (No. 1 Pop, R&B and Dance) and “I’m Coming Out” (No. 1 Dance), the latter two opening the Eighties. “Endless Love,” a duet with Lionel Richie, who also wrote and produced the song, was No. 1 Pop, R&B and Adult Contemporary, and No. 1 on the U.K. Pop chart, in 1981.
Today, the most successful female group in Pop history, and most successful solo female artist in Pop history, are still No. 1.
(Published December 10, 2004)
Press release: Live Love Tour
The legendary Diana Ross, in London this week, has announced tour dates for 2004 - her first in six years, last touring here with her 1997 Voice Of Love tour.
The LIVE LOVE tour, with concert dates in London, Birmingham, Sheffield, Glasgow, Newcastle, Belfast, Dublin, Paris, Antwerp, and Rotterdam, will be her first live performance in Europe since 2002's Picnic In The Park for the Prince's Trust in London's Hyde Park.
Diana Ross "Live Love" Tour Dates for March 2004
Sat 6 March Ahoy, Rotterdam
Sun 7 March Queen Elizabeth Hall, Antwerp
Mon 8 March Olympia, Paris
Wed 10 March Point, Dublin
Thu 11 March Odyssey Arena, Belfast
Sat 13 March Newcastle Telewest Arena
Sun 14 March Glasgow SECC
Tue 16 March Sheffield Hallam FM Arena
Wed 17 March Birmingham NEC Arena
Thu 18 March London Wembley Arena
It's remarkable to consider that Diana Ross's career spans over 40 years. She first signed with Motown back in January 1961. As lead singer of the World's most successful female group the Supremes, and as a solo artist from 1969, Diana has achieved a total of 28 UK Top 10 hits - altogether spending a total of 1,466 weeks on the UK singles and albums charts, equal to over 28 years of chart action. She is the most prolific American female singer in UK chart history, singing lead vocals on at least one hit per year for an incredible 33 consecutive years (1964-1996). She has also had more albums on the UK chart than any other American female artist.
And even today, almost 40 years since she first reached the No.1 position in both the USA and UK charts with the June 1964 hit "Where Did Our Love Go" (the first of a number of consecutive no.1 hits in the US), Diana Ross is still winning awards and receiving accolades. September 2003 saw Diana collect the Legendary Female Artist award from radio station Capital Gold, voted for entirely by the public collectively through Capital Gold, VH-1 and readers of a national newspaper, in a category which also saw nominees Tina Turner, Whitney Houston, Madonna, and Annie Lennox.
Renowned for her lavish on-stage costumes, and intimate live performances, Diana's Live Love tour is to be performed in the round at all UK venues except Glasgow. UK ticket prices range from GBP30 to GBP45 depending on venue, from Ticketmaster's 24-hour credit card hotline 0870 400 0688 or online at www.cclive.co.uk
(Published December 5, 2003)
Diana Ross Concerts 2004 - LIVE LOVE TOUR
March
06, 2004 Ahoy, Rotterdam, Holland (tickets
here)
March
07, 2004 Queen Elizabeth Hall, Antwerp
March
08, 2004 L'Olympia, Paris, France (tickets
here)
March
10, 2004 The Point, Dublin, Ireland (tickets
here)
March 11,
2004 Odyssey Arena, Belfast, N. Ireland (tickets
here)
March 13,
2004 Newcastle, Telewest Arena, UK (tickets
here)
March 14,
2004 Glasgow, SECC, UK (tickets
here)
March 16,
2004 Sheffield, Hallam FM Arena, UK (tickets
here)
March 17,
2004 Birmingham, NEC Arena, UK (tickets
here)
March 18,
2004 London, Wembley Arena, UK (tickets
here)
More details soon when available. Make sure to buy your tickets ASAP!
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(Published November 28, 2003, revised December 4, 2003)
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