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. . User-Contributed Text Is Available Under The Creative Commons By-SA License Additional Terms May Apply.
"Chain Reaction" Is A Melodic R&B Song Sung By Diana Ross And Written By The Bee Gees Who Also Provided The Backing Vocals For The Single. The Track Was Released On The Album Eaten Alive In 1985 And As A Single Twice - In 1985 And Again In 1986. According To The Gibbs Biography The Brothers Had Initial Reservations About Offering The Song To Diana In Case It Was Too Motown-Like For Her. The Single Became Her First #1 Single In The UK Since "I'm Still Waiting" In 1971. The Song Also Reached #1 In Australia And Was The Top Selling Single Of The Year 1986 In That Country. In New Zealand It Peaked At #3. The Song Fared Poorly In The USA Where It Initially Peaked At #95 On The Billboard Hot 100 Late In 1985. A Few Months Later A Remixed Version Of The Song Was Issued As A Single Ross Performed This Version Of The Song On The American Music Awards Which She Hosted That Year . The New Version Re-Entered The Chart And Performed Better But With The Diminished Momentum It Stalled At #66. Twenty-Six Years Later - 2012 - It Stands As Diana's Last Appearance On The Hot 100.