Diana Ross

Around 1965, she got romantically involved with Motown CEO Berry Gordy, which resulted in the birth of her eldest child, Rhonda Suzanne Silberstein, in August 1971.

In January 1971, she married music executive Robert Ellis Silberstein with whom she had two daughters. The couple divorced in 1977.

In 1986, she married Arne N�ss, Jr, who was a Norwegian billionaire and shipping magnate. They had two children together but divorced in 2000.

Diana Ross was born in Detroit, Michigan to Fred Ross, Sr., a U.S. Army soldier and mother Ernestine, who was a school teacher.

She lived with her family in at Belmont Road, Detroit and later in 1958 she, along with her family, moved to St. Antoine Street and lived at the Brewster-Douglass housing projects.

She attended the Cass Technical High School, a four-year college preparatory magnet school in downtown Detroit and graduated in the year 1962. She also worked at the Hudson's Department Store.

In 1959, she became part of the female singing group, ‘The Supremes’, who were an enormously successful vocal group in the 1960’s. She was the hairstylist, seamstress and costume designer for the group.

In 1963, as a member of ‘The Supremes’, she recorded their first song, ‘When the Lovelight Starts Shining Through His Eyes’. She gave the lead vocals for the song.

In 1964, she again delivered the lead vocals for ‘The Supremes’, for their song, ‘Where Did Our Love Go’. The song was a hit and it peaked on the music charts.

In 1968, she was a cast member of the TV show, ‘TCB’, which was a musical reveu show that was recorded before live audience and it was broadcast on the NBC network.

In 1970, she released her debut solo album titled, ‘Diana Ross’, which was released under the Motown label. The album featured her first solo single ‘Reach Out and Touch’.

She gave the lead vocals for the song, ‘Where Did Our Love Go’, which peaked at the number one position on the Billboard Hot 100. It was also ranked at the 472 position on Rolling Stone's ‘500 Greatest Songs of All Time’.

The title track ‘Touch Me in the Morning’ of her 1973 album of the same name was a major hit and peaked at the number one position on the Billboard Hot 100 and stayed in the same position for a period of 21 weeks.