I have always loved, and still love, the Banjo Band song. I didn't hear the rest of the CWP album until much later, but Banjo Band was included on the first album of the 6-LP Diana Ross and the...
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I have always loved, and still love, the Banjo Band song. I didn't hear the rest of the CWP album until much later, but Banjo Band was included on the first album of the 6-LP Diana Ross and the...
"Touch by Touch" was a surprise Top 10 hit in the Netherlands, one of her bigger hits in the 1980s. "All of You" also made the Top 10, while "Missing You" didn't even chart [[which has always...
He was involved in The Wiz, as music arranger.
It is surprising that Ross [[or her producers) did not opt to do a duet on the Thank You album, as most "legacy artists" do when they release new material -- if only for the promotional value. An...
There was actually a music video for Upside Down, creatively created from images from Mahogany, pictures of The Boss, and even shots of TCB. I assume that was created for the European market, as...
Yes, there are clearly some parts in the concert in which some pre-recorded vocals are used for enhancement, but for me that does not take anything away from the experience. Also, there clearly were...
[QUOTE=Circa 1824;779236]The whole show would be enormously better with large live screen videos so everyone can see the legend well in real time. This is normal for most artists.QUOTE]
At the...
Only Sunday [[and Thursday in Amsterdam)
Yes, she "recreated" the moment. It was the same coat, not a replica! It was a very special moment of a wonderful evening.
Although I like "The Composer" as a song, and Ross provides a great vocal, the song is so frantic and rushed. The slower version by The Miracles, but then sung by Ross and The Supremes, might have...
I really never got that impression. In many interviews Ross has praised Lionel Richie as a song writer. Having Ross on the record has helped Lionel Richie to establish his solo career, and I'm sure...
This reminds me of what Viola Davis said a couple of years ago about being a Black actress in Hollywood, even today!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sf0kDGVkVzQ
This is the tracklist of the bootleg Diana Ross Live At the Grove '70 album.
https://www.discogs.com/release/10654810-Diana-Ross-Live-At-The-Grove-70
1
Don't Rain On My Parade
If I'm not mistaken, this mix was commissioned by Universal to be included as a digital, iTunes bonus track for the 2005 Motown Remixed compilation, but not used. It was released on The Tom Moulton...
The last shows I've seen of Ross didn't include Missing You and Endless Love -- particularly nice to have Missing You back on the setlist.
I always loved the way the version of Boys Town Gang brings the two songs really together. It was a much bigger hit than the Ross originals in the Netherlands, reaching number 7 on the charts in 1981...
She also lip-synced "What About Love" during her Symphonica in Rosso concert of 2009 in the Netherlands. It was quite obvious, even though she moved to the back of the stage. I don't think anyone in...
Recording dates I don't know, but the Robert's album was released three months before the one by Ross and he also wrote the song and released it on single, so I assumed his version would be the first...
I wanted to add Silk Electric to the list, but then "Anywhere you run to" is actually a cover.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iiAu792F06U
One good thing that came out of the whole RTL debacle is that Ross for a while put many more Supremes songs on her setlist, and singing them in full rather than reducing them to a medley. I have...
That happened on the same tour, but in Paris. It's quite frightening the way the fan approached her, so her reaction is quite understandable.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uudjkmaari0
That's also because Donna Summer did not get her break in the US until 1975, while she had performing in Europe for seven years already. She starred in the German version of Hair in 1968, only four...
On the Luther Vandross tribute album, Beyoncé and Stevie Wonder sing So Amazing together; would have been even more amazing if Wonder had sung it with Diana Ross. It really is a crime that Ross is...
That is a cute interpretation... Here's another version she did:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThJPuuQu1I8
At least Ross got "revenge" with Blue... #2 on Billboard's Jazz album charts.