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A Tribute to Miss Diana Ross
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Miss Ross lent her time & talents backstage Tuesday night, June
2, to support 12 homeless children as they were given the chance
to perform on Broadway and follow their dreams.
You can read more about this by checking out the following links:
Diana Ross Donates $75,000 to Covenant House
New York (6/4/09)
Diana Ross Returns to Broadway to Support the
Homeless Youth at Covenant House (6/1/09)
Ross to Take Part in Covenant House Gig
(6/1/09)
Covenant House - New York: A Night of Broadway
Stars
Tuesday, June 2, 2009 at 6:00
PM
Hudson Theatre at the Millennium Hotel
145 West 44th Street
New York, New York 10036
"Ain't No Mountain High
Enough - Go For Your Dreams"
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Recent
Event:
Miss Ross performed at Foxwood's MGM Grand Theater
this past Saturday, May 16, at 8 PM in Mashantucket, CT.
CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO!
As always, the show was absolutely
SPECTACULAR & AMAZING!!!!
AP Photo
The night was FABULOUS!!!!
Here are a few great reviews of
the show: (Click Links)
Diana Ross at The MGM Grand at
Foxwoods (5/17/09)
65-Year-Old Diana Ross Still Cool, Comfortable
(5/17/09)
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In celebration of Miss Ross'
birthday, BLACKVOICES put together a "Photo Gallery"
of her through the years. They have also included a commentary
on each photo.
You can check it out by following the link below:
Entertainment: Diana Ross Through the Years -
Diva Extraordinaire (3/26/09)
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Miss Ross attended the Diane Von Furstenberg Fall/Winter 2009
Fashion Show in New York City on February 15, 2009.
  
Fashion Wire Daily /
Grant Lamos IV
AP Photo / Peter Kramer
Reuters / Lucas Jackson
The models walked the runway to some of Miss Ross' famous hit songs!
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"I
Love You"
Miss Ross' "I Love You"
CD is the Perfect Way to Say "I Love You" to
that Special Someone today and any time of the year!
Click here to Order CD (USA)
Click here to Order CD + DVD (Behind the
Scenes Footage) (USA)
Click here to Order CD - Import (USA)
Enjoy this Beautiful Studio Album!!
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New Release:
Motown - January 27, 2009
Click Here to Order CD
- USA
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Enjoy these photos of Miss Ross
singing "The Lady is a Tramp" at
The Westbury Music Fair in 1975. Thank you to Michael Taylor
for
submitting these great pictures!
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"Motown 50"
Fred Prouser / Reuters
Happy Birthday Motown Records !!!!
January 12, 2009
It all began on
January 12, 1959, when Mr. Berry Gordy, Jr. opened Motown Records,
a.k.a. "Hitsville USA," with a dream using an $800.00
family loan.
Mr. Gordy is a genius who applied his knowledge of the assembly line
formula to the record industry from his experiences while working at
Ford Motors, and
history was made! Mr. Gordy also relied on his skills from
being a trained
boxer and his expertise from owning a record shop prior to Motown.
Berry Gordy knew what the kids wanted to hear, but artists weren't
recording
this type of music yet, and he could not sell it to them in his
shop. Motown provided this new type of music to the teens all
across the United States and
the world, and Motown truly became "The Sound of Young America."
Mr. Gordy is an
incredible visionary who was able to see all of this in the
future when he had this dream of Motown Record Corporation and
opened the company on this day in 1959.
I would personally
like to thank you Mr. Gordy for all of the years, the music,
the magic, and the memories of Motown Records. This music has
provided the soundtrack to my life and the lives of so many, many
people.
Congratulations, Mr.
Gordy, on this wonderful honor!!!!
Motown is 50 years
young today, and this music
will always be alive in our hearts
and on our Lps, tapes, CDs, MP3s, iPods, and
whatever format we will have in the future...!!!!
  
Click Here to Order "Motown 50" Box Set - USA
NEWS ALERT:
Mr. Berry Gordy will be on American Idol on Wednesday, March 25,
2009 on FOX TV
(8:00-10:00 PM ET). The TOP 10 finalists will return to the
IDOL stage to celebrate
and pay tribute "50 Years of Motown" & they will perform Motown
Songs.
Congratulations, Mr. Gordy!!
Smokey Robinson & Stevie Wonder will perform on
the show the following night on Thursday, March 26, from 8:00 - 9:00
PM ET.
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** Back to Vinyl **
In celebration of "Motown 50,"
a few original Motown albums
will be rereleased on vinyl this month (May, 2009).
The Motown album covers were always so beautiful! (That is one
thing that CDs do not offer us.) In a sense, LPs are a lost
art. From the way it appears on the bottom of the album, it is
great that one can purchase the original LP today plus receive a
voucher to download an MP3 version of the album. Maybe record
companies will begin to bring back this lost art utilizing this
approach?? It is certainly something to consider!
Two of these albums include "Diana Ross" and "The Supremes: I Hear a
Symphony".
No Info Available on Ordering this
Record Yet
Click Here to Order (USA)
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Photo Credit: REUTERS/Heiko
Junge/Scanpix Norway (NORWAY).
Miss Ross headlined the Nobel Peace
Prize concert on
Thursday,
December 11, 2008 in Oslo, Norway!
 
Photo Credit: REUTERS/Heiko
Junge/Scanpix Norway (NORWAY).
Photo Credit: AP Photo/Odd Andersen
Diana Ross with Scarlett Johansson and Michael Caine.
Photo Credit: AP/John McConnico
Photo Credit: REUTERS/Heiko
Junge/Scanpix Norway (NORWAY).
 
Photo Credit: AP Photo/Odd Andersen
Photo Credit: AP Photo/Odd Andersen
Photo Credit:
Reuters/ Ints Kalnins
Diana Ross arrived in Oslo,
Norway on Wednesday 12/10/08 with her two sons,
Ross (left) and Evan (right) for the Norwegian Committee's Banquet.
Photo Credit: REUTERS/Heiko
Junge/Scanpix Norway (NORWAY).
Photo Credit: AP/John McConnico
"I'm
Going to Hit You with the Hits"
Mark C
Miss Ross' Sold Out Show on
April 9, 2007 at the Count Basie Theatre in Red Bank, NJ was Voted
one of the "Top 50 Basie Shows of All Time" by a
Recent Audience Poll!!
Click Here to See Link from the Count Basie
Theatre
"I Want to See Some Chair Dancing Out There"
  
"It's My Turn...And Yours"
Click Here to Order (USA)
Click Here to Order (USA)
" The Super Duper Supremes"
Don't you love the prices of
the tickets ($6.80, 5.50, 4.50, & 3.50) back in 1965!!
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Check out Ian
Phillips' new book about Diana Ross!
It is entitled, Diana - Queen of Motown.
The Foreword for this book was written by Sharon Davis.
It will be available
soon through Bank House Books!
Watch out for details about the book on this site!
DIANA - Queen of Motown
A new book about Diana Ross By Ian Phillips
Diana - Queen of Motown,
takes a look at Diana Ross' musical and
acting career in full. The book hosts entertaining, honest and
informative reviews on all of Diana Ross albums (including all
her albums with The Supremes), and her five feature films. It
traces her career way back to 1959 when Ross started out as the
fourth member of The Primettes. Each album review looks at each
track in detail, and where possible, includes behind the scenes
information, and the creative process behind each album. There
are numerous quotes from Diana Ross herself, as well as artists,
songwriters, and producers such as Marvin Gaye, Lamont Dozier,
Michael Jackson, Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson, and many
more.
The book also contains reviews and information on her five
films, including numerous quotes from Diana Ross herself, and
the many people that have worked with her such as Billy Dee
Williams, Sidney Lumet, Jay Weston and Brandy. As well as
personal critiques, it offers numerous background information.
This is a positive career retrospective of Diana Ross' 40+ year
career. Seldom has any book put in such a comprehensive and
critical assessment on her many albums, ranging from the recent
I Love You, to Red Hot Rhythm And Blues, to Eaten Alive, to
Surrender, to The Boss etc. This is the perfect book for the fan
and the general music lover, providing a great source of
entertaining reference.
As well as her albums, and films, the book also takes an
entertaining, fun look at Diana Ross the entertainer, reviewing
her recent I Love You Tour.
Diana - Queen of Motown: COMING SOON
(07-4-08)
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Thank You for the Years, the Music & the Memories!
Mark C
Miss Ross is The Boss!!!!
Mark C
Miss Ross and Lynda Laurence
Mark C
"The Wiz" - 30th Anniversary DVD
Click here to Order (USA)
Diana Ross and The Supremes
Let
the Music Play: Supreme Rarities - 1960-1969
Lost & Found
Release Date: March 14, 2008 (5,000 Limited Edition Copies)
Click here to Order
The Kennedy Center Honors - December 2, 2007
  
(Photo Credits: AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke; AP Photo/Lawrence
Jackson; Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images; AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana;
AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta; White House Photo/Shealah Craighead;
White House Photo/Eric Draper; Reuters)
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