Today, I will be telling you about the famous singer, Diana Ross. Diana Ross was born in Detroit, Michigan on March 26, 1944.When Diana was a teenager, she began singing with her friends and suddenly formed the groundbreaking trio, the Supremes.With the Supremes, Diana made many songs like’’ Come See About Me “ and “ You can’t hurry Love “. Diana left the solo career in 1969.Some of her solo songs are “ Ain’t No Mountain High Enough’’ and “ Love Hangover’’.When Diana finished her songs, she played in a film called “Mahogany and Lady Sings the Blues’’. When Diana started out singing, she began singing in a group called “ The Primates’’ with Mary Wilson,Florence Ballard and Barbara Martin. When Barbara suddenly dropped out, the rest of the group went on and became successful as The Supremes. Later on, the group name became Diana and The Supremes.Diana left the Supremes for a solo career and continued to do music. The following year 1969, Diana came in Top 20 with, …show more content…
“Reach out and Touch Somebody’s Hand” and No.1, ‘ Ain’t No Mountain High Enough”. In 1972, Diana reached out into acting and starred in the “Billy Holiday” and “ Lady Sings the Blues”. Diana’s performance got her to where she won an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress. The next decade started with a note for Diana with the Nile Rodgers-produced,platinum-selling album.
Diana became No.1 with her hit song,”Upside Down’’ better than her Top 5 “ I’m Comming Out”. Diana’s other song,” It’s My Turn” became in the Top 10.Then her next No.1, a duet with Lionel Richie, “ Endless Love “. Diana’s new record label RCA, released songs like,” Muscles” by Michael Jackson. Diana’s scale’s faltered, but she continued to do music. The end, nearly of the 1980’s,Diana made a new album like,” Workin Overtime”, the latter international success with it’s singles. In the 1990’s, Diana made plenty appearances on the small screen. She played in a 1994 TV movie,” Out of Darkness”,playing as a woman with schizophrenia. Diana, afterwards took on lighter fares with Double Platinum,playing as a famous singer who left her child to reach her success. Famous pop performer,Brandy,played her child. Most songs from the making were featured on Diana’s album,”Every Day is a New
Day”. Diana also experienced difficult things.Diana was arrested for getting into an argument with a guard in 1999 at London’s Heathrow Airport,and was detained before being released.In late 2002,Diana was again arrested for driving under the influence in the Tucson,Arizona, and was soon sent to prison. When Diana was out of prison,she was rewarded for her good work in 2007,when she was off with Black Entertainment Television Award. Therefore,when Diana won No.1 with The Supremes,she went on with her music and never stopped on her goal.
“In 1994, at eleven years old Rimes recorded her first album All That” (“LeAnn Rimes”). Rimes signed with Curb records to record her album Blue in 1996. Her album Blue sold more than 123,000 copies withing the first week. “Rimes made a big motion picturing action debut in the film Coyote Ugly” (“LeAnn Rimes”). Rimes says one of her greatest accomplishments was the song, This Woman. “Rimes got 1996 Best New Artist Grammy that a country musician has never achieved before” (“LeAnn Rimes”). LeAnn also won five Billboard awards. LeAnn Rimes song, Blue, was named song of the year by the Academy of Country Music. In 1997, Rimes starred in a television movie called Holiday in Your Heart. When LeAnn Rimes released the song, You Light Up My Life, this helped her to be the biggest- selling recording artist.
Diana Ross once stated “Instead of looking at the past i put myself 20 years and try to look at what i need to do now, in order to get there then.” Back in the 2960’s, Diana Ross was the lead singer of the female group, The supremes. She foresaw the success that they could gain and had to adapt the way the group performed in ways that were not common back then. The supremes were the most influential music group during the 1960’s, because they were the first all-female group to become successful, they won multiple awards for their music, and they helped pave the way for other future female artists.
singing career as a backing vocalist for other artists. Her rapping skill caught Lil Wayne's
You might think that a woman with a pedigree and resume as impressive as this would have had a smooth ride all along. Not so. Says Janet, "I went through a great deal of pain from about sixteen to nineteen and a half… Pain that I really wouldn't wish upon anyone." During those years, challenging years for anyone, Janet released two albums, Janet Jackson (1982) and Dream Street (1984). She spent a difficult and lonely year away from her family in New York while appearing in "Fame," and by the time she was nineteen, had been through a divorce after a short-lived marriage to James DeBarge of another somewhat less famous singing family, the DeBarge Family.
Disney World is famous for its exhilarating rides, fairy-tale performances, and the adolescent environment that can make you disregard the element that you are an adult. However, Disney World is also recognized for its beautiful, unique architect. From Magic Kingdom’s most well known icon the Cinderella Castle, to another famous emblem of Epcot’s, which is an eighteen-story golf ball-like geodesic sphere. Although those icons are beautiful and legendary I feel that people tend to forget the magnificent Animal Kingdoms Tree of Life. Animal kingdom is one of Disney’s parks that is devoted to animal care, education, and research all for the animals. The icon for Disney’s Animal Kingdom Tree of Life symbolizes exactly what the park is all about.
NEW YORK- A man by the name of Alan Austen is pleading for funds to help him reverse the lunacy that has consumed his lover, Diana Rizchek.
Aside from her brief appearance on The Cosby Show in the early 1990s, Rochelle also has an extensive filmography that dates back to
Lana Del Rey is the musical persona of New York native Elizabeth Grant, an alternative singer who first came onto the music scene with her debut single Video Games. After the release of her first album, Lana Del Rey grew in popularity and was later featured on the soundtracks of “The Great Gatsby”, “Maleficent”, and “Big Eyes”. Now, Lana Del Rey has five albums and millions of fans from all over the world, thanks to her unique sound and “bad girl” personality.
Their final number one hit in the 60s was “Someday We’ll Be Together”. The final performance by the group as Diana Ross and the Supremes was in January of 1970 when they performed at the Frontier Hotel in Las Vegas. In the 70s the Supremes without Diana Ross scored such hits as “Up the Ladder to the Roof”, “Stoned Love”, and “Nathan Jones”. Their last Top 20 hit single was released in 1972 “Floy Joy”. Before they disbanded the group gave a farewell concert in June of 1977 at the Drury Lane Theater in London, England. The story of a group like the Supremes was featured in a 1976 movie titled “Sparkle” and had a group called Sister and the Sisters performing as a
On Monday, April 25, 2016 our guest speaker Terri Steward shared her life story in Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi in a criminal justice course named American Prison and Prisoners class by Professor Dr. Dorothy S McClellan.
Jennifer Garner is an American actress. She is best known for portraying CIA secret agent Sydney Bristow in the thriller series Alias. For her performance on the series, she won a Golden Globe Award and a SAG Award and received four Emmy Award nominations.
Shirley Temple was a sign of good times and cheer during the Great Depression. Shirley was a talented singer and dancer. She starred in movies, short films, and even has books about her. Her nickname was Little Miss Miracle. Shirley Temple became the nation's obsession from her singing and dancing in movies.
Walt Disney is one of the most well known animators in the world, but there is so many things he did and so much things about him that so many people don’t know about. For example, I bet you you never knew that Walt Disney’s real name was Walter Elias Disney or that he once drew on the side of his white house with tar when he was a kid. Walt Disney made so many people laugh and enjoy movies through his imagination and creativity. Although in reality he made people laugh and enjoy life itself.Walt Disney was born on December 5, 1901 in Chicago. Now you may be wondering why Walt Disney was named Walt Disney, well I’ll tell you, He was named after a close friend of his father’s, Walter Parr who was a pastor at St. Paul's Congregational Church.
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Madonna was born in Michigan on August 16, 1958. Her real birth name is Madonna Louise Ciccone. She is known as one of America's biggest and well-known stars. Madonna’s extremely successful career began before she even went to college. She was an extremely good dancer, earning a dance college scholarship for the University of Michigan. Within the next two years she dropped out of college and decided to pursue a career elsewhere. She moved to New York because she believed she could do more for herself and find better opportunities in a metropolis-like setting. She still wished to pursue a dance career and began to study and dance with two companies; Alvin Ailey and Pearl Lang. While living with her musician boyfriend, she created a short lived punk styled band called “Breakfast Club.” Shortly after, she got opportunities to perform her first single “Everybody”, which was an electronica-pop club song, which became increasingly popular in NYC. Her career blossomed from there. Madonna has broken several popular music sales records. Her song, "Vogue," released in 1990, became one of the top selling singles ever produced. She has performed a variety of genres, including dance, electronica, rock, pop, and R&B. Madonna's assertive behavior, outspoken personality, and aggressive acts of sexuality, along with her great efforts to push back the borders of the acceptable, have brought her tremendous commercial success in America and abroad. She has achieved the reputation as a forefront performer and entertainer. She always had two career objectives in mind and believed she would definitely achieve one or both of them. She danced with them for a short time period, however, she felt she could do better by focusing her main efforts and ideas ...