Biography of Diana Ross

The owner of more than ten Grammy awards. The holder of six titles "best" according to American Music Awards. The four -time owner of the “Awards for Achievements in Life” has 2 stars at once on the Hollywood alley of Glory. Diana Ross was the second child in a Baptist family of 6 children.

After the birth of Diana for some time, the Ross family lived on Belmont Street Northern District of the city. When the girl was 7 years old, her mother fell ill with tuberculosis. The father was forced to send children to live with relatives in the city of Bessemer Alabama. When the mother recovered, the Ross family returned to Detroit. When Diana turned 14, the family again changed their place of residence.

Later her parents parted. Mother again got married. Like her father, Ross studied at a technical secondary school. It was there that Diana had already begun to get carried away with singing. At the school with her new friends, Mary Wilson, Florence Balland and Betty McGlone-she organized the “The Primettes” female quartet later renamed The Supremes. Thus began the musical career of Diana Ross.

At the very beginning of their career, the group experienced certain difficulties: its singles were not popular and were not perceived by critics. In the year, the director of Motown Berry Gordy made a fateful decision: he offered Ross to be a vocalist in the group before that the Girls participating in turn performed songs, suggesting that it was the vocals of the Diana that could provide the Hits of The Supremes victory in musical charts.

And did not lose. Indeed, soon the first success came to the trio. In the city, it began to be promoted on television. Diana Ross collaborated with various producers. In the year, Diana Ross and Marvin Gay, he also recorded on the Motown label began to create a joint album. He was a great success, and the single "You are Everything" entered the top of the British Hitparad.

The ballad “Touch Me in the Morning” became the second “star” hit of Ross, taking the first line in the ranking of solo pop hits of the year. In addition, it was for this single Ross that Ross was again nominated for Grammy. At the end of the same year, it was announced that Diana Ross would play the role of the famous black jazz singer Billy Holide in the biographical film “Lady Singing the Blues” English.

Lady Sings The Blues. The premiere took place in October. The film was a phenomenal success, and filmmakers and spectators failed Diane Ross with compliments. In their role, Ross was nominated for the Golden Globe and Oscar as the best actress. The success of these songs allowed the album “Diana Ross” to climb the top in her solo performance on Broadway a special prize - Tony Award.

The following year, she collaborated with Lionel Richie over the composition of Endless Love. This song was awarded the Oscar Prize, recognized by single number 1 in the world and became the last hit recorded on Motown Records. Ross seemed that the leadership of the label, especially Gordy, did not allow her to express themselves freely, keep it within a certain framework, so the singer signed a contract for $ 20 million with RCA.

At that time, it was a fabulous amount that a music performer had ever received. When the Endless Love single came in the first place of the charts, Diana Ross became the first singer in history, whose compositions headed Billboard Hot 6 times in the year of Diana Ross gave a live concert in the central park, the income from which was launched for further promotion of Ross as a singer.

The show was broadcast by Showtime cable television channel. Thousands of spectators came to the concert. 15 minutes after the start of the performance, rain went, the performance had to be interrupted. The concert was continued the next day, but it had already gathered at it half a million and, according to some reports, thousands of people. It was one of the most numerous free shows in the history of the park.

A month after this incident, Diane Ross was detained at Khitrovo London Airport for attacking a secretary woman. The singer assured that she was subjected to violence during a personal inspection and applied force. In response, she was accused of trying to touch the guard's chest. After some time, Ross was released from arrest. In December, Diane Ross was arrested in Arizona for drunk driving.

The singer did not deny the deed, for which she was sentenced to two days of prison, which she served near her home in Greenwich, Connecticut. Diana Ross has 5 children from 3 marriages. As a result of competent business investments and proper management of Ross’s income, according to experts, he now owns a fortune of millions of dollars. According to the testament of Michael Jackson, who died in the year, Diana Ross will become the guardian of his children if the mother of Jackson is incompetent for their upbringing.

The note was prepared by Anna Votinova.