• Diana Ross is an R&B singer and actress who rose to prominence in the 1960s as the lead singer of the all-girl group The Supremes.

  On July 1, 2009, following the death of Michael Jackson, his will was filed in a Los Angeles court. Jackson's will names his mother, Katherine Jackson, as the guardian of his his children. If anything should happen to her, Jackson requested that Diana Ross become guardian.

  On July 7,2009 Diana Ross did not attend Michael Jackson's memorial service, instead she sent a letter that was read at the service by Smokey Robinson.

• 1. Name: Diane Ernestine Earle Ross
  2. Born: March 26, 1944
  3. Birthplace: Detroit, Michigan
  4. Record labels: Motown Records, MCA Records
  5. Years active: 1959–present
  6. Children: Rhonda Suzanne Silberstein ("a.k.a.Rhonda Ross Kendrick"), Tracee Joy Silberstein ("a.k.a" Tracee Ellis Ross), Chutney Lane Silberstein ("a.k.a. Chudney Ross"), Ross Arne Næss, Evan Olav Næss ("a.k.a Evan Ross")
  7. Diana Ross is the successor Guardian of Michael Jackson's children.

• The Supremes

  Ross was born in Detroit, Michigan on March 26, 1944. For a time, Ross' family lived in the northern side of Detroit's streets where Ross befriended next-door neighbor Smokey Robinson. Ross' father moved his children to live with relatives in Bessemer, Alabama when her mther contracted Tuberculosis and became very sick. After her mother recovered, her family moved back to Detroit, and lived in the Brewster-Douglass projects. The following year, Ross began her music career with neighborhood friends Mary Wilson,Florence Ballard, and Betty McGlown as the doo-wop quartet "The Primettes" (later renamed The Supremes), a sister group to local act "The Primes" (later The Temptations).

• Top Ten Singles

  • 1970: "Ain't No Mountain High Enough"
  • 1970: "Remember Me"
  • 1971: "I'm Still Waiting"
  • 1971: "Surrender"
  • 1973: "Touch Me in the Morning"
  • 1973: "All Of My Life"
  • 1974: "You Are Everything"
  • 1975: "Do You Know Where You're Going To"
  • 1976: "Love Hangover"
  • 1980: "Upside Down"
  • 1980: "I'm Coming Out"
  • 1980: "My Old Piano
  • 1980: "It's My Turn"
  • 1981: "Endless Love"
  • 1981: "Why Do Fools Fall in Love"
  • 1982: "Mirror Mirror"
  • 1982: "Work That Body"
  • 1982: "Muscles"
  • 1985: "Missing You"
  • 1986: "Chain Reaction"
  • 1991: "When You Tell Me That You Love Me"
  • 1992: "One Shining Moment"
  • 1999: "Not Over You Yet"
  • 2005: "When You Tell Me That You Love Me"

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