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Released
  
May 1974

Live at Caesars Palace (1974)
  
Diana Ross (1976)

Release date
  
5 May 1974

Genres
  
Soul music, Pop music

Length
  
46:13

Artist
  
Diana Ross

Label
  
Motown/Universal Records

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Recorded
  
February 1974, Caesars Palace, Las Vegas

Producer
  
Berry Gordy - executive producer

Similar
  
Diana Ross albums, Soul music albums

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Live at Caesars Palace is a 1974 live album released by American singer Diana Ross during her performance at Las Vegas' Caesars Palace. It was Ross' first of two live albums she recorded for the Motown label. It reached #64 in the USA (#15 R&B) and sold over 200,000 copies.

Contents

Track listing

Side A:

  1. "Overture" - 0:49
  2. "Don't Rain on My Parade" [from Funny Girl] (Jule Styne, Bob Merrill) - 2:21
  3. "Big Mable Murphy" (Dallas Frazier) - 3:02
  4. "Reach Out and Touch (Somebody's Hand)" (Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson) - 6:57
  5. "The Supremes Medley: Stop! In the Name of Love / My World Is Empty Without You / Baby Love /I Hear a Symphony" (Lamont Dozier, Eddie Holland, Brian Holland) - 5:19
  6. "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" (Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson) - 4:57

Side B:

  1. "Corner of the Sky" [from Pippin] (Stephen Schwartz) - 4:04
  2. "Bein' Green" (Joe Raposo) - 2:49
  3. "I Loves You, Porgy" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward) - 1:37
  4. "Lady Sings the Blues Medley: Lady Sings the Blues / God Bless the Child / Good Morning Heartache / 'Tain't Nobody's Biz-ness if I Do"" (Billie Holiday, Ervin Drake, Porter Grainger, Arthur Herzog Jr., Dan Fisher, Irene Higginbotham) - 7:24
  5. "The Lady Is a Tramp" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) - 2:29
  6. "My Man" (Channing Pollack) - 4:25

Personnel

  • Diana Ross - vocals
  • Gil Askey - arranger, conductor
  • Marty Harris - piano
  • Gene Pello - drums
  • Greg Poree - guitar
  • Jerry Steinholtz - percussion, conga
  • Nat Brandwynne and His Orchestra
  • Devastating Affair - background vocals
  • Pepito Hernandez - bass
  • Technical
  • Armin Steiner - recording engineer
  • John E. Mills, Ralph Lotten - remix engineers
  • Bill "The Blade" Lazerus - engineer
  • David Larkham, Ed Caraeff, Michael Ross - art direction, package concept
  • Ed Caraeff - photography
  • Songs

    1Overture0:50
    2Don't Rain on My Parade (from Funny Girl)2:21
    3Big Mable Murphy3:02

    References

    Live at Caesars Palace Wikipedia