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Released
  
January 18, 1977

Length
  
66:05

Artist
  
Diana Ross

Label
  
Motown/Universal Records

Recorded
  
1976

An Evening with Diana Ross (1977)
  
Baby It's Me (1977)

Release date
  
18 January 1977

Genres
  
Soul music, Pop music

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Similar
  
Diana Ross albums, Soul music albums

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 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. The album reached #29 in the USA (#14 R&B). 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.

Contents

This album was certified Silver in the UK for sales in excess of 60,000 copies.

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Side A

  1. "Overture" - 2:35
  2. "Here I Am" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) - 1:02
  3. "I Wouldn't Change A Thing" (Johnny Bristol) - 1:50
  4. "The Lady Is a Tramp" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) - 2:00
  5. "Touch Me in the Morning" (Michael Masser, Ron Miller) - 2:54
  6. "Smile"/"Send In the Clowns" (Charlie Chaplin, Geoffrey Parsons, John Turner)/(Stephen Sondheim) - 4:30
  7. "Love Hangover" (Marilyn McLeod, Pam Sawyer) - 4:49

Side B

  1. "Girls" (John Phillips) - 1:20

The Point

  1. "Everybody's Got 'Em" (Harry Nilsson) - 1:05
  2. "Me and My Arrow" (Nilsson) - 1:17
  3. "Lifeline" (Nilsson) - 3:01
  4. "Everybody's Got 'Em" (Reprise) (Nilsson) - 1:07

The Working Girls (Billie Holiday, Josephine Baker, Ethel Waters, Bessie Smith)

  1. "Lady Sings The Blues" (Holiday, Herbie Nichols) - 1:00
  2. "T'Ain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do" (Grainger, Prince, Williams) - 1:02
  3. "I Cried For You" (Arnheim, Freed, Lyman) - 0:53
  4. "Aux Iles Hawaii" (Bastia) - 1:00
  5. "Stormy Weather" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) - 1:50
  6. "Jump in the Pot (And Let's Get Hot)" (Instrumental) - 0:23
  7. "I Need a Little Sugar in My Bowl" (Brymn, Smalls, Williams) - 2:13
  8. "My Man" (Jacques Charles, Channing Pollack, Albert Willemetz, Maurice Yvain) - 2:18

Side C

The Motown Story - 4:52

  1. "Motown Overture"
  2. "Money (That's What I Want)" (Janie Bradford, Berry Gordy)
  3. "Please Mr. Postman" (Robert Bateman, Georgia Dobbins, William Garrett, Freddie Gorman, Brian Holland)
  4. "I Want You Back" (The Corporation)
  5. "Fingertips" (Clarence Paul, Henry Cosby)

The Supremes - 6:28

  1. "You Keep Me Hanging On" (Holland-Dozier-Holland)
  2. "Baby Love" (Holland-Dozier-Holland)
  3. "Someday We'll Be Together" (Johnny Bristol, Jackey Beavers, Harvey Fuqua)
  4. "Stop! In the Name of Love" (Holland-Dozier-Holland)
  5. "You Can't Hurry Love" (Holland-Dozier-Holland)
  6. "Reflections" (Holland-Dozier-Holland)
  7. "My World Is Empty Without You" (Holland-Dozier-Holland)
  8. "I Hear a Symphony" (Holland-Dozier-Holland)

Reach Out

  1. "Reach Out and Touch (Somebody's Hand)" (Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson) - 2:49

Side D

One Giant Step

  1. "The Music in the Mirror" (Hamlisch, Kleban) - 3:35
  2. "What I Did for Love" (Hamlish, Kleban) - 2:17
  3. "Improvisations" - 1:19
  4. "Dance: Ten; Looks: Three" (Hamlisch, Kleban) - 2:59
  5. "Theme From Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To)" (Gerald Goffin, Michael Masser) - 1:15
  6. "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" (Ashford, Simpson) - 4:05

Personnel

  • Diana Ross - vocals
  • Gregg Wright - keyboards
  • Marty Harris - piano
  • Gene Pello - drums
  • Louis Spears - bass guitar
  • Jerry Steinholtz - conductor
  • John Colins - guitar
  • The Jones Girls - backing vocals

    • Songs

    1Overture2:36
    2Here I Am1:07
    3I Wouldn't Change a Thing1:47

    References

    An Evening with Diana Ross Wikipedia
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