Diana Ross
USA
Born: 26 March 1944
Years Active: 60, 70, 80, 90, 2000
Genres: R&B, Pop/Rock, Electronic
Styles: Soul, R&B/Soul, Disco, Dance, Urban, Hip-Hop/Urban, Motown, Pop-Soul, AM Pop, Early Pop/Rock, Pop/Rock
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As a solo artist, Diana Ross is one of the most successful female singers of the rock era. If you factor in her work as the lead singer of the Supremes in the 1960s, she may be the most successful. With her friends Mary Wilson, Florence Ballard, and Barbara Martin, Ross formed the Primettes vocal quartet in 1959. In 1960, they were signed to local Motown Records, changing their name to the Supremes in 1961. Martin then left, and the group continued as a trio. Over the next eight years, the Supremes (renamed "Diana Ross and the Supremes" in 1967...
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