Although later retitled Ain't No Mountain High Enough to get buyers into it thanks to the song of the same name's absolute success, 1970's Diana Ross album was the ultimate test to see if the former Supremes frontwoman could make it as a solo act and with the legendary songwriting-producing team of Ashford & Simpson, Ross proved it. Critics have since lauded the work as some of her best ever, others naming it arguably the best full-length album Ross released in her career. 1970 was a common year starting on Thursday. ... Reissue album cover showing The Supremes in 1966. ... Nickolas Ashford (born May 4, 1942, in Fairfield, South Carolina) and Valerie Simpson (born August 26, 1946 in The Bronx, New York) are a successful songwriting/production team, as well as being recording artists in their own right. ...
DianaRoss (later reissued as Ain't No Mountain High Enough) was the debut solo album for DianaRoss.
Ross did extensive work with other producers before settling with Ashford and Simpson, including Johhny Bristol, producer of her final single with The Supremes, "Someday We'll Be Together".
Ross' first solo single, "Reach Out and Touch (Somebody's Hand)", was something of a disappointment when it charted at number 20 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Ross is one of the most successful female artists of her era, due to both her solo work and her tenure as lead singer of Motown girl group The Supremes in the 1960s.
DianaRoss and the Supremes were the most successful American musical group of the 1960s, and the second most successful international group of the decade, behind The Beatles.
Ross was born the second eldest of six children born to Fred and Ernestine Ross in Detroit, Michigan.
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