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Endless Love by Diana Ross

Artist Biography For Diana Ross

Diane Ernestine Earle Ross Born March 26 1944 Better Known As Diana Ross Is An American Soul R&B And Pop Singer And Actress Born In Detroit Michigan. Ross Is One Of The Most Successful Female Artists Of Her Era Both Due To Her Solo Work And Her Role As Lead Singer Of The Supremes During The 1960s. In 1959 Ross Was Brought To The Attention Of Milton Jenkins The Manager Of The Local Doo-Wop Group The Primes By Mary Wilson. Primes Member Paul Williams Convinced Jenkins To Enlist Ross In The Sister Group The Primettes Which Included Wilson Florence Ballard And Betty McGlown. In 1976 Billboard Magazine Named Her The Female Entertainer Of The Century. In 1993 The Guinness Book Of World Records Listed Her As The Most Successful Female Artist Ever The Title Is Now Attributed To Madonna Partly Due To Her Combined Total Of Eighteen Number-One Singles Six Of Them Recorded Solo And The Remaining Dozen From Her Work With The Supremes. Ross Was Also One Of The Few Pop Singers To Find Modest Success In The Acting World Winning An Academy Award Nomination For Her Role As Billie Holiday In The 1972 Film "Lady Sings The Blues" As Well As Having Hits With Other Film Roles Such As "Mahogany" "Out Of Darkness" And "Double Platinum" Not To Mention Her Role In "The Wiz". Ross Has Been Awarded Many Lifetime Achievement Accolades From Many Organizations And Media Outlets She Has Been Featured On BET Soul Train And Awarded Multiple Times At The NAACP Image Awards The Kennedy Center Honors In 2007 And Given The Grammy Lifetime Achievement In 2011. Ross' Professional Vocal Collaborators Have Included The Following During Her Career Marvin Gaye Lionel Richie Rod Stewart Stevie Wonder Michael Jackson Julio Iglesias Jose Carreras Placido Domingo And Smokey Robinson Among Many Others.

Frogtoon Music - Song Info: Endless Love

"Endless Love" Is A Song Written By Lionel Richie And Originally Recorded As A Duet Between Richie And Fellow Soul Singer Diana Ross. In This Ballad The Singers Declare Their "endless Love" For One Another. It Was Covered By Soul Singer Luther Vandross With R&B Singer Mariah Carey And Also By Country Music Singer Kenny Rogers. Billboard Has Named It The Greatest Song Duet Of All Time. Ross And Richie Recorded The Song For Motown And It Was Used As The Theme For The Franco Zeffirelli's Film Endless Love. Produced By Richie And Arranged By Gene Page It Was Released As A Single From The Film's Soundtrack In 1981. While The Film Endless Love Was Not A Success The Song Became The Second Biggest-Selling Single Of The Year First Was "Bette Davis Eyes" By Kim Carnes In The U.S. And Reached Number 1 On The Hot 100 Where It Stayed For Nine Weeks From August 15 To October 10 1981. It Also Topped The Billboard R&B Chart And The Adult Contemporary Chart And Reached Number 7 In The UK. The Soulful Composition Became The Biggest-Selling Single Of Ross' Career And Her 18th Career Number-One Single Including Her Work With The Supremes While It Was The First Of Several Hits For Richie During The 1980s. Ross Recorded A Solo Version Of The Song For Her First RCA Records Album Why Do Fools Fall In Love The Duet Version Being Her Last Hit On Motown. The Song Was Nominated For An Academy Award For Best Original Song For Richie And Was The Second Song With Which Ross Was Involved That Was Nominated For An Oscar. It Also Won A 1982 American Music Award For Favorite Pop/Rock Single.

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Diana Ross On EMI In 1993. The Single-Disc Collection Was The Alternative To Ross' 1993 Four CD Box Set Forever Diana Musical Memoirs Which Was A 30th Anniversary Commemorative Of Her Hit Making Years In Three Decades Including Work With The Supremes. This Collection Was Similar Featuring Both Supremes Hits And Solo Hits. It Became Ross' Best-Selling Album In The United Kingdom Selling Over 1 200 000 Copies Certifying The Album Quadruple Platinum There And Peaked At Number One On The UK Album Charts For Two Weeks The Album Was First Introduced To The United Kingdom Europe And International Markets With An Inventive Four Week Sequential Advertising Buy Before Its Release On Prime Time Television. The First Week Began With A Shot Of Her Legs Laying Down And A Music Sound Bed That Included The Just Released New Single "Chain Reaction 1993" The Second Week You Saw Her Mid-Torso And Teaser Quotes Inviting The Viewer To Guess Who It Was Though The Music Gave Huge Cues Of Her Next Single "The Best Years Of My Life" The Third Week The Upper Torso Was Now Visible And More Familiar Music Sound Bed Made It Almost Impossible Not To Know Who It Was. The Final Week Days Before The Album's Commercial Release You Saw Diana In A Full Sensual Albert Watson Photo Shoot Lying Down And A Megamix Of Her Biggest Hits. This Proved To A Hugely Successful Creative Campaign For Which EMI International Received Lots Of Praise. According To Soundscan This Collection Sold Over 275 000 In The United States Despite Never Making The Charts There. 1993 Forever Diana Musical Memoirs 1993 One Woman The Ultimate Collection 1994 Diana Extended The Remixes

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