I love Diana Ross's vocals, but I have yet to hear a tune that inspires me, did she ever make any decent soul music other than the over-played chart stuff?

I love Diana Ross's vocals, but I have yet to hear a tune that inspires me, did she ever make any decent soul music other than the over-played chart stuff?

Diana did a wonderful version of "These things will keep me loving you" on her 1st album, worth the price of the lp alone.

Regards

Alan

love is like an itching in my heart/hes all i got,motown 1094 is not too bad??

stormy by the supremes?? is also not too bad imo.

most of her 80s/90s stuff imo is not very good.

Standin`at the crossroads is pretty good.

I love Diana Ross's vocals, but I have yet to hear a tune that inspires me, did she ever make any decent soul music other than the over-played chart stuff?

Try these:-

"You Keep Me Hanging On"

"Love Is Like An Itching In My Heart"

From the Supremes era,

"One Love In My Lifetime"

"Love Hangover"

"The Boss"

"No One Takes The Prize"

"It's My House"

"Missing You"

From the Diana Ross era

Best,

Ian D

Quite like

And IfYou See Him,

Has a feel of All Up to you-The Dells

Tony

Come see about me.

Just listen a few times.

Deffo a developing sound / style.

stormy by the supremes?? is also not too bad imo.

That's the cred one.

Got a clip of an early one by her and the suprems at work.

Always loved 'come see about me' fond of 'stoned love' & plenty of others.

Gordy love certainly took her and Marvin's career's to the top of the Motown pile.

Gordy love certainly took her and Marvin's career's to the top of the Motown pile.

'Fond' of one and the other married to a sibling

'Fond' of one and the other married to a sibling

Poor old Smokey couldn't sh*g his way to the top, so he just named his kids after them.

The Supremes' 'Will This Be The Day' is a nice sweet girly tune - flip of 'Love Child'.

Try the b side of Baby love

Ask any girl

Its not bad heard it played a few times at venues.

I Like "Nathan Jones" & "Happy as a Bumpy Road" as well as an unreleased version of "In My Lonely Room"

I think she was rising as a solo artist as the Northern soul scene was moving in a different direction, for many she was the epitome of black american music for others she was identified with the commercialism we weren't looking for.

I've always liked Let Me Go The Right Way

I Like "Nathan Jones" & "Happy as a Bumpy Road" as well as an unreleased version of "In My Lonely Room"

I think she was rising as a solo artist as the Northern soul scene was moving in a different direction, for many she was the epitome of black american music for others she was identified with the commercialism we weren't looking for.

I was going to say Nathan Jones myself but wasn't it Jean Terrell singing lead on this. I think she got the job because she had a similar voice to Diana Ross.

hope these supes tunes work ok,

https://www.soulclub.org/stream/The_Supreme...In_My_Heart.ram

https://www.soulclub.org/stream/Diana_Ross_...es_-_Stormy.ram

https://www.soulclub.org/stream/The_Supreme...Lonely_Room.ram

https://www.soulclub.org/stream/The_Supreme...s_All_I_Got.ram

IMHO:

Nothing but Heartaches

Back in my Arms Again

These Things will keep me Loving You

Uptight

In and out of LOve

Someday we`ll be Together

i agree about the flip to 'baby love' - 'ask any girl' is really good imo

shane

What about primettes.on pink pussy.

If you want straight from the heart, gut wrenching, That artist really f####ing means that shit soul, then listen to the live version of 'Someday We'll Be Together' on the Ten years of Motown box set.

I've said it on here many times, you cant get the hairs standing up on your neck if it aint soul. And WOW that track is just about as good as it gets.

I LIKE STORMY

CHRIS

There`s a few other good ones on the same CD all unissued,got somewhere but cant be bothered

I love Diana Ross's vocals, but I have yet to hear a tune that inspires me, did she ever make any decent soul music other than the over-played chart stuff?

Imho Dianna Ross is totally overrated and has never made a decent record, made records yeah,some stuff with the Supremes was ok and aimed at the pop market. but other motown females were far more talented and over looked.

Any girl in love (knows what I'm going through)

The way you hesitate to kiss me

Makes me cry sometimes

The way you never seem to miss me

Makes me cry sometimes

But i never bother

To wipe the tears from my face

'cause i know another tear

Will fall in it's place

Holland/Dozier/Holland

I Like "Nathan Jones" & "Happy as a Bumpy Road" as well as an unreleased version of "In My Lonely Room"

I think she was rising as a solo artist as the Northern soul scene was moving in a different direction, for many she was the epitome of black american music for others she was identified with the commercialism we weren't looking for.

nathan jones was Jean Terrell

I like Touch me in the Morning .......

but thats anova thread entirely!!!

Helen

XXXX

youve been so wonderful to me / Hes All I Got /Reach out and Touch...More recently NOT OVER YOU YET

no ross on this one either

...not unless she had joined The Four Tops without anyone being told.

Paul Mooney

nathan jones was Jean Terrell

The things you find out when you weren't really looking!

IMO, You've Been So Wonderful To Me is an excellent record which shows how well DR could sing without being surrounded by loads of Instumental noise.

I've always thought that her records get a poor deal from the scene.

Nice to hear some underplayed (i.e not Baby Love) Supremes being played at the odd do I've been to recently.

I've said this before and I'll say it again, IMHO Diana Ross had a better singing voice than Martha Reeves and maybe Berry Gordy thought so to, but I'm sure someone will put me right with the history/politics of Motown at the time.

KTF.

Drew.

Diana Ross to me was so much better with the supremes. However she did do Chain Reaction as a solo artist which i like

But what about anything she did as a solo artist which is more Northern Soul if any

nothing but heartaches by the supremes is a nice tune imo here they are doing it live(ish!!!).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBh60cD7C9o

'Brown Baby' off 'touch me in the morning' album