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Diana Ross-Touch Me in the Morning

Diana Ross-Touch Me in the Morning

It's a mistake for jazz fans to compare Diana Ross to jazz vocalists. Ross' intonation, timbre and roots all come from a completely different place. Her Lady Sings the Blues (1972) drew praise from jazz circles, and it was a big seller. But to me, Ross as Billie Holiday always felt inconceivable and forced. Too much ...

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Blue

Label: Motown
Released: 2006
Track listing: What A Diff'rence A Day Makes; No More; Let's Do It; I Loves Ya Porgy; Smile; But Beautiful; Had You Been Around; Little Girl Blue; Can't Get Started With You; Love Is Here To Stay; You've Changed; My Man (Mon Homme); Easy Living; Solitude; He's Funny That Way; T'Aint Nobody's Bizness If I Do.

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Article: Album Review

Diana Ross: Blue

Read "Blue" reviewed by Samuel Chell


This album is an eye-opener, especially after all the negative press and peer criticism that followed the R&B queen's starring role in the 1972 film Lady Sings the Blues: her portrayal of America's foremost tragic jazz diva, as well as her impersonation of a music persona of cult-like proportions in the inner, exclusive circles of the ...

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Article: Album Review

Diana Ross: Blue

Read "Blue" reviewed by R. Emmet Sweeney


In late 1971, after Diana Ross completed filming the Billie Holiday bio-pic Lady Sings the Blues, Motown put her in the studio to record an album of jazz standards to coincide with the movie's release. The material was shelved after the producers decided to keep Ross on the pop-star track, which soon produced the #1 hit ...

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Diana Ross In Concert

Label: Verve Records
Released: 2004

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Ultimate Diana

Label: Verve Records
Released: 1999

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Lady Sings The Blues (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Label: Verve Records
Released: 1993

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Live Stolen Moments: The Lady Sings...Jazz And Blues

Label: Verve Records
Released: 1993

Album

Greatest Hits

Label: Verve Records
Released: 1985


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