"Diana Ross" 1970
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Diana Ross (later reissued as Ain't No Mountain High Enough) was the debut solo album for Diana Ross. The album was the ultimate test to see if the former Supremes frontwoman could make it as a solo act. In those days Diana would open her live shows with the words: "Welcome to the let's see if Diana can do it by herself show"! With the help of the songwriting-producing team of Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson, Ross turned out a successful album. Ross did extensive work with other producers before settling with Ashford & Simpson, including Johhny Bristol, producer of her final single with The Supremes, "Someday We'll Be Together". Bristol here produces "These Things Will Keep Me Loving You"; the rest of the LP is fully written and produced by Ashford & Simpson. Ross' first solo single, "Reach Out and Touch (Somebody's Hand)", was something of a disappointment when it charted at number 20 on the Billboard Hot 100. Its follow-up, a cover of Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell's "Ain't No Mountain High Enough", did considerably better, peaking at number one on the Hot 100, and garnring a Grammy nomination for Best Femal Pop Vocal Performance. As a result of the single's success, Diana Ross was reissued as Ain't No Mountain High Enough would be issued as an eponymous release. Critics have since lauded Diana Ross 1970 as some of the singer's best work ever, with others naming it arguably the best full-length album Ross released in her career. In 2002 Motown re-released the album on cd which included some extra and previously unreleased tracks. One of these unreleased tracks is "Time and love" which had to be Diana's first solo single but never was released until 2002. My favorite songs on the album are: "You're all I need to get by", "Something on my mind", "Can't it wait until tomorrow" and "Ain't no mountain high enough".
Song for today is "Something on my mind (live)"
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Diana Ross (later reissued as Ain't No Mountain High Enough) was the debut solo album for Diana Ross. The album was the ultimate test to see if the former Supremes frontwoman could make it as a solo act. In those days Diana would open her live shows with the words: "Welcome to the let's see if Diana can do it by herself show"! With the help of the songwriting-producing team of Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson, Ross turned out a successful album. Ross did extensive work with other producers before settling with Ashford & Simpson, including Johhny Bristol, producer of her final single with The Supremes, "Someday We'll Be Together". Bristol here produces "These Things Will Keep Me Loving You"; the rest of the LP is fully written and produced by Ashford & Simpson. Ross' first solo single, "Reach Out and Touch (Somebody's Hand)", was something of a disappointment when it charted at number 20 on the Billboard Hot 100. Its follow-up, a cover of Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell's "Ain't No Mountain High Enough", did considerably better, peaking at number one on the Hot 100, and garnring a Grammy nomination for Best Femal Pop Vocal Performance. As a result of the single's success, Diana Ross was reissued as Ain't No Mountain High Enough would be issued as an eponymous release. Critics have since lauded Diana Ross 1970 as some of the singer's best work ever, with others naming it arguably the best full-length album Ross released in her career. In 2002 Motown re-released the album on cd which included some extra and previously unreleased tracks. One of these unreleased tracks is "Time and love" which had to be Diana's first solo single but never was released until 2002. My favorite songs on the album are: "You're all I need to get by", "Something on my mind", "Can't it wait until tomorrow" and "Ain't no mountain high enough".
Song for today is "Something on my mind (live)"
http://download.yousendit.com/6C94F3244201C180
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posted by Patrick at Friday, November 17, 2006
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