Diana Ross: A Biography
by J. Randy Taraborrelli
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Author: J. Randy TaraborrelliEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2007-05-01
ISBN: 0806528494
Number of pages: 528
Publisher: Citadel
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Book Review: "This Is It!"
Summary: 5 Stars
If your looking for a book that details the life and career of one of the greatest superstars of all-time, look no further than "Diana Ross: A Biography". J. Randy Taraborrelli does a remarkable job detailing who Diana Ross really is, how she wanted desperately to get out of Detroit, her hunger for music stardom, her tumultuous relationships with the men in her life, her career as a Supreme, her descent into a remarkable solo career, her downfall as a recording artist when she couldn't get played anymore on the radio, and more. If anyone says writing a tell-all book on a star is easy, especially a career that is as long and diverse as Diana's, they are making an understatement. Randy performed hours of extensive interviews with those who knew Diana from the beginning, from former employees to record executives. Here on these pages is everything you wanted to know about Diana, from her record and concert sales, to her life as a wonderful mother and daughter. A lot of what you see in "Diana Ross: A Biography" has already been written in Randy's former book "Call Her Miss Ross", but that book is out-of-print. Here, "Call Her Miss Ross" has been updated to detail Diana's life since 1989 including the loss of her brother in a shooting in Detroit, to her return to Motown. Yes there are parts of the book that fans will cringe when reading how difficult Diana can be, but that makes the book special: Randy doesn't sugarcoat who Diana is. We see, for the first time, the many shades of gray that make Miss Ross the icon and diva she has become.
Diana Ross published her memoirs in the late 1990's called "Secrets of a Sparrow", but that book was not well-received by the critics or the public who stated that Diana didn't bare the absolute truth of her life. Here in "Diana Ross: A Biography" that truth has been unearthed.
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