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Pop singer and film actress Diana Ross,
b. Detroit, Mar. 26, 1944, was the lead singer of the Supremes,
originally comprising Ross, Florence Ballard, and Mary Wilson.
After joining the record company MOTOWN in 1961, the group
began an immensely successful career, recording numerous hit
singles including such songs as "Stop! in the Name of
Love" (1965). After Ross left the group to solo in 1969,
she continued to record million-seller hits. Her performance
as Billie Holiday in the film Lady Sings the Blues (1972)
won her an Oscar nomination.
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