My travels led me to where I am today. Sometimes these steps have felt painful, difficult, but led me to greater happiness and opportunites.
~Diana RossYou know, you do need mentors, but in the end, you really just need to believe in yourself.
~Diana Ross
Love Child (1968)
Ballard became one of rock’s greatest tragedies, eventually ending up on welfare, and dying in 1976.
~Richie Unterberger (allmusic.com)
Here’s a nice YouTube tribute:
Continue reading Feb 22: Florence Ballard passed away in 1976
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Continue reading Today: Del Shannon passed away 24 years ago in 1990
A very good 88-concert and the sound on the circulating soundboard tape is incredible.
It is concert #15 of the Never Ending Tour & this tour is “labeled” the Interstate 88 Tour, part 1.
Jones Beach Theater
Jones Beach State Park
Wantagh, New York
30 June 1988
Wantagh (pronounced /WAHN-taw/) is a hamlet and census-designated place (an unincorporated section of the town of Hempstead) in Nassau County on Long Island, New York, United States. The population of Wantagh was 18,871 at the time of the 2010 census.
Wantagh is known as “The Gateway to Jones Beach“.
Musicians:
| Address | 1000 Ocean Parkway Wantagh, New York 11793 |
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| Location | Jones Beach State Park |
| Type | Amphitheatre |
| Opened | 1952 |
| Renovated | 1992 |
| Expanded | 1998 |
| Former name(s) | Jones Beach Marine Theater(1952-94) Jones Beach Amphitheater (1994-2000) Jones Beach Theater (2000-02) Tommy Hilfiger at Jones Beach Theater (2002-06) |
| Capacity | 15,000 |
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My travels led me to where I am today. Sometimes these steps have felt painful, difficult, but led me to greater happiness and opportunites.
~Diana RossYou know, you do need mentors, but in the end, you really just need to believe in yourself.
~Diana Ross
Love Child (1968)
Wikipedia:
| Birth name | Diana Ernestine Earle Ross |
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| Born | March 26, 1944 (age 69) Detroit, Michigan |
| Genres | R&B, soul, disco, jazz, pop, dance |
| Occupations | Singer, record producer, actress |
| Years active | 1959–present |
| Labels | Lu Pine, Motown, RCA, EMI |
| Associated acts | The Supremes, The Temptations, The Jackson 5, Marvin Gaye, Michael Jackson, Lionel Richie |
| Website | www.dianaross.de |
Diana Ernestine Earle Ross (born March 26, 1944) is an American vocalist, music artist and actress.
Ross first rose to fame as a founding member and lead singer of the Motown group The Supremes during the 1960s. After leaving the group in 1970, Ross began a solo career that has included successful ventures into film and Broadway. She received a Best Actress Academy Award nomination for her role as Billie Holiday in Lady Sings the Blues (1972), for which she won a Golden Globe award for most promising female newcomer. She has won seven American Music Awards, and won a Special Tony Award for her one-woman show, An Evening with Diana Ross, in 1977.
When The Lovelight Starts Shining Through His Eyes:
Gold (2005)
