Ashford &Simpson were an American husband-and-wife songwriting,production,recording duo composed of Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson.
"I'm Gonna Make You Love Me" is a soul song most popularly released as a joint single performed by Diana Ross &the Supremes and the Temptations for the Motown label. This version peaked for two weeks at No. 2 on the Hot 100 in the United States,selling 900,000 copies in its first two weeks,and at No. 3 on the UK Singles Chart in January 1969.
"Ain't No Mountain High Enough" is a song written by Nickolas Ashford &Valerie Simpson in 1966 for the Tamla label,a division of Motown. The composition was first successful as a 1967 hit single recorded by Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell,and became a hit again in 1970 when recorded by former Supremes frontwoman Diana Ross. The song became Ross's first solo number-one hit on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance.
You're All I Need is the second studio album by soul musicians Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell,released in August 1968 on Motown-subsidiary label Tamla Records. Highlighted by three hit singles written by Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson,You're All I Need was recorded throughout 1966 and 1967 and features two Top 10 Billboard Hot 100 hits,"Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing" and "You're All I Need to Get By". It peaked at #60 on the U.S. Billboard 200 Album Chart. You're All I Need was the two singers' final collaboration effort,as Terrell would become ill following recording,before succumbing to a brain tumor in 1970.
"Reach Out and Touch (Somebody's Hand)" is the debut solo single of singer Diana Ross,released in April 1970 as the first single from her solo self-titled debut 1970 album by Motown Records.
Diana Ross is the debut solo studio album by American singer Diana Ross,released on June 19,1970 by Motown Records. The ultimate test to see if the former Supremes frontwoman could make it as a solo act,the album was overseen by the songwriting-producing team of Nickolas Ashford &Valerie Simpson,who had Ross re-record several of the songs the duo had recorded on other Motown acts. Johnny Bristol,producer of her final single with The Supremes,contributed on The Velvelettes cover "These Things Will Keep Me Loving You."
Diana &Marvin is a duets album by American soul musicians Diana Ross and Marvin Gaye,released October 26,1973 on Motown. Recording sessions for the album took place between 1971 and 1973 at Motown Recording Studios in Hollywood,California. Gaye and Ross were widely recognized at the time as two of the top pop music performers.
Diana Ross &the Supremes Join the Temptations is a collaborative album combining Motown's two best selling groups,Diana Ross &the Supremes and the Temptations. Issued by Motown in late 1968 to coincide with the broadcast of the Supremes/Temptations TCB television special,the album was a success,reaching #2 on the Billboard 200. Diana Ross &the Supremes Join the Temptations spent four weeks at number one on the UK Albums Chart.
Love Child is the fifteenth studio album released by Diana Ross &the Supremes for the Motown label in 1968. The LP was the group's first studio LP not to include any songs written or produced by any member of the Holland–Dozier–Holland production team,who had previously overseen most of the Supremes' releases.
Touch is the twenty-third studio album by The Supremes,released in the summer of 1971 on the Motown label. It was the third and final LP under the supervision of Frank Wilson,who had been the group's main producer since 1970,when Jean Terrell joined as lead singer. The album also marked the first Motown contributions by composer-producer Leonard Caston,Jr. and writer-lyricist Kathleen Wakefield:"Nathan Jones",a hit single sung by all three members,which was later recorded by Bananarama,and "Love It Came to Me This Time".
An Evening with Diana Ross is a 1977 live double album released by American singer Diana Ross on the Motown label. It was recorded live at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles in December 1976 during the international tour of Ross' one-woman show,for which she was awarded a special Tony Award after the show's run at Broadway's Palace Theater,followed by an Emmy-nominated TV special of the same name. It marked the first time in history a solo female headlined a 90-minute TV special. The album reached #29 in the USA . The album showcased her live performances for the second time as a solo performer,following 1974's Live At Caesars Palace. It was the last live album Ross released until 1989's Greatest Hits Live.
The Return of the Magnificent Seven is the second collaborative album between Motown label-mates The Supremes and Four Tops,released in 1971. The production only featured two covers compared to their first album together,The Magnificent 7,that included more than eight. Although the three albums the Supremes recorded with the Four Tops did not match the commercial success of the Supremes/Temptations duet albums,what they did have instead were original tunes,soulful lead vocals by Jean Terrell and Levi Stubbs and high production values in terms of arrangements and orchestration.
Dynamite is the third and last collaborative album between labelmates The Supremes and The Four Tops,released on the Motown label in 1971. The album was a collection of material recorded for the Magnificent Seven albums,but which had not been included on either of those two albums. The cover artwork was an illustration based on photo sessions from the Return of the Magnificent Seven album artwork. In the US,Dynamite was as commercially unsuccessful as The Magnificent 7 (1970) and The Return of the Magnificent Seven (1971),peaking at the lower hundreds of the Billboard Top 200. The album fared much better on the Billboard R&B charts,peaking at 21.
Diana Ross &the Supremes:Greatest Hits Vol. 3 is a 1969 compilation album by Diana Ross &the Supremes,released on the Motown label. It features all of the hits released by the group between 1967 and 1969 save for the Supremes/Temptations duet singles. After Florence Ballard's mid-1967 departure from the group,Supremes singles were recorded by Diana Ross with session singers The Andantes on backgrounds instead of new Supreme Cindy Birdsong and founding member Mary Wilson,including "Love Child" and "Someday We'll Be Together".
All The Great Hits is a compilation album by American singer Diana Ross,released in October 1981 by Motown Records. It was the second Motown compilation set to capitalize on the success of 1980's diana produced by Chic. Her duet "Endless Love" with Lionel Richie was from the film of the same name,Endless Love and,just like 1980's "It's My Turn",had already been released as a single and on a soundtrack album.
Anthology,also known as Anthology:The Best of The Supremes,first released in May 1974,is a series of same or similarly titled compilation albums by The Supremes. Motown released revised versions in 1986,1995 and 2001. In its initial version,a 35-track triple record collection of hits and rare material,the album charted at No. 24 on Billboard's "Black Albums" and No. 66 on "Pop Albums".
Live at Caesars Palace is a live album by the American singer Diana Ross,released in 1974. It was recorded during a 1973 performance at Las Vegas' Caesars Palace. It was the first of two live albums Ross recorded for Motown. It reached No. 64 in the USA.
Sophisticated Soul is the eighth album issued by Motown girl-group The Marvelettes. It is the first album to feature Ann Bogan who replaced Gladys Horton in 1967,and most of the lead vocals are by Wanda Young. Like many Motown albums produced in the late 1960s,Sophisticated Soul featured backing from The Andantes,Motown's premier backing group,on certain tracks,others feature Bogan and Katherine Anderson.
Upside Down:The Collection is a compilation album by Diana Ross,released by Spectrum Music/Universal in the United Kingdom in 2012. This album is a budget collection containing songs that were released from 1970 through 1981 on Motown Records. In the UK,17 of the 20 songs contained in this compilation reached the Top 40. In the U.S.,12 of these songs made it onto the Billboard Top 40 singles charts,and 6 of those 12 reached number 1.
"Without the One You Love (Life's Not Worth While)" is a song written by Holland–Dozier–Holland and released as a single in 1964 by the Motown singing group The Four Tops as the second single from their self-titled debut album,Four Tops. The group would later cover the song with The Supremes.
