In a remarkable career now due to enter its fourth decade, Diana Ross has proven to be the consummate music artist as well as the leading female singer of all time. With The Supremes she achieved unprecedented feat of 12 number one hits in America and they rivalled The Beatles for the most successful recording group of that generation. Featuring in the British and American charts every year since 1963, Diana has received the Guinness Lifetime Achievement Award - presented to individuals reaching a standard of excellence in their particular career. This work chronicles Diana Ross' amazing career, looking at the early Supremes days, the TV shows, films and business enterprises - and, of course, all the musical high points. It includes pictures, a discography and an illuminating "did you know?" section which sheds light on the superstar.
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Diana Ross has had a remarkable career. With The Supremes, she achieved the unprecedented feat of 12 number-one hits in America, and since launching her solo career in 1970, she has recorded more than 50 top-sellers. As an actress, her debut film, Lady Sings the Blues, earned her an Oscar nomination. Now Sharon Davis takes a look at Diana Ross¹ career to date, from the early Motown days with Berry Gordy and The Supremes to her film and television work ‹ and, of course, all the musical highlights on record and stage. A treat for fans, with more than 100 rarely-seen photos and a complete discography. Motown authority Sharon Davis previously worked with Diana Ross on her autobiography, Secrets of a Sparrow; among her other books is Marvin Gaye: I Heard It Through the Grapevine, which KIRKUS REVIEWS called ³a consummate biography.²
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19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
This Book Does No Justice To The Diva :o(,
By Miss DTP "upper_echelon" (San Antonio, TX USA) - See all my reviews
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The diva, Miss Ross has got to be my all-time favorite female artist. I have many of her concerts on tape: TCB, GIT with the Tempts, Central Park, An Evening with (1977) and many of her world-wide tours from Japan and Denmark. I've also read 4 bio's about her and even invested in her 4 CD box-set. Having read the outstanding work Davis did on Marin Gaye, 'I heard it through the Grapevine', I was anxious to pick this one up. I'm sorry I wasted my money-although new insight on Ross is always a good thing, this FOCUS gave little, if none at all. Any decent Diana Ross fan website can fill you in on the reviews of her CD's, chart placement of her singles or awards she's won. Davis also GLAZES over many known details, such as the 'success' of Motown 25. We all know that Ross pushed Mary twice during the telecast and tried to grab the microphone away from her when she tried to speak to Gordy. It may not be nice but we all love Ross for her jaunty behavior :o). Davis also called Ross's Working Overtime CD a 'healthy seller'. Any Ross fan-even Ross herself-knows her return to Motown was a dismal failure due to lack of promotion. I have the CD in my Walkman right now and there's no reason why 'Overtime' did not score at least two top ten hits. Even the cancellation of her much hyped Return to Love Tour is glazed over. No talk about the controversy, no talk about Mary or Cindy and no talk about the tour not even selling out Detroit! Oh well, the book does have decent never before seen pics of the diva and the 70's Supremes but any other work on Diana has the same stuff times 4. For Die-hard Ross fans just borrow this one for the pics. Long live Diana! I'm waiting for her Real Bio, not 'Secrets', to set the world straight. We love Ross!
13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Soft Focus Is More Like It,
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I got this book because of the author Sharon Davis' past work, in particular Motown: The History, a thorough look at Motown from its humble beginnings through the mid-80s that featured vivid portraits of even the lesser known, talented, artists like Blinky, the Monitors, and the Elgins.Unfortunately, this book is not so objective as that effort. Ross cooperated with the creation of this book and it is easy to see why. Davis portrays her in only flattering tones - and, as anyone who has followed Miss Ross and her career knows, she is a complex, often difficult, diva. Also frustrating are Davis' evaulations of Ross' musical, tv, and film ventures. Every project Ross did is considered to be a major success. Even duds like Ross' '80s tv special Red Hot Rhythm & Blues which failed to crack the Nielsen ratings' top 50 in the US, and her box-office disaster The Wiz. Curiously, this book, which is supposed to be solely focused on Miss Ross, devotes a large section to the post-Ross Supremes. While among the more interesting reading in the book, it is clearly out of place in this Ross lovefest. Where this book does succeed is as eye candy. It is over-sized, with beautiful, full-page pictures (some previously unpublished) and would make a nice addition to any coffee table.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
miss ROSS is still the BOSS.,
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this is a great tribute to a living legend=singer & actress Diana Ross...pretty photos & inside info on one of the Greatest Pop Icons of the 20th century. buy it NOW!!! LR
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