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A Tribute to Miss Diana Ross

Welcome to this Web Site!!  Enjoy!!
 


                                                                                                                                                                                                            

                                                    

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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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