Most of Diana’s albums are a patchwork quilt of writers and producers, and as such tend to be pretty inconsistent. One reason 1980’s diana is considered to be a classic is because it’s the work of one production team-Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers. The men behind the band Chic were near the top of their… Read More “Have Fun (Again)” by Diana Ross (1980)
1981 wasn’t exactly a great music for pop music, but it’s worth mentioning that three songs from that year spent an inordinately long time at Number One on the pop chart, and they’re all really good songs. “Bette Davis Eyes” had a nine week run at the top in the spring, and Olivia Newton John’s… Read More “Endless Love” by Diana Ross & Lionel Richie (1981)
And now we go from one “Boss” to another. Diana’s not particularly known as an albums artist, and there’s a good reason for that: most of her full-lengths are incredibly heavy with filler. Even when Marvin and Stevie were releasing classic albums for Motown in the early ‘70s, Diana didn’t bother too much to make… Read More “The Boss” by Diana Ross (1979)
Motown was well known for having several of its artists record the same songs, often in dramatically different versions. Ashford and Simpson’s “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” was the beneficiary of superlative treatments by both Berry’s queen and his dashing prince (joined in song by a tragic princess.) Miss Ross was omnipresent at the start of the… Read More “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” by Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell (1967)/Diana Ross (1970)
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