Originally Posted by
sup_fan
i agree with you that were it not for Diana Ross, we probably wouldn't have had a Supremes' as successful
but my point earlier is that were it not for the Supremes', we might not have had a DR as successful
Ran stated that if DR had been a soloist in 61 or so, that she probably still would have made it. I'm not 100% sure. Diana was weird, different, unique. her rail-thin look, her mannerisms, her very nasal voice. I think because she was so odd, you needed the group setting to help balance that out. by herself it might have been just too much. but because she was part of this very talented group, it gave her this framework to refine her talents, to grow, to develop.
the other female vocalists were, for the most part, talented women. attractive. but none of them had the "it factor" that DMF. all 3 had this immense talent. it's just that DR was this radically unique talent AND had this major drive/ambition AND had this major work ethic. that's what elevated her above M and F but DMF were all already elevated from the others.
there's a story/quote from i think Mabel John that said when she started, Diana was a diamond but totally in the rough. not polished. a diamond right out of the ground so to speak. her diamond would always shine but it was once this diamond was set upon the lush, rich velvet background of M and F that the true magnificence of the Diana Diamond shone.
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