The definitive biography of one of the world's greatest musical icons.

Diana Ross was raised in the Detroit projects and, through hard work and determination, scaled the heights of superstardom, first as lead singer of the Supremes and then as a solo artist.

Introduction xv

Prologue

Part One

 DIANE

 I remain in bondage

 Fight like you never fought before

 The Brewster Projects and the Primettes

 Father and daughter in conflict

 The Primettes start rehearsals

 Berry Gordy Jr: pioneering a movement

 Auditioning for Berry Gordy

 The first recording sessions

 Fred Ross's bad idea

 A loss of innocence

 Diana and Smokey

 Cass Technical High School

 1962

 The Motor Town Revue

 Just a little bit softer now

 Why are they singing leads?

 Girl trouble

Part Two

 SUPREME SUCCESS

 Twists of fate

  The first hit: Where Did Our Love Go?

 The Motown Sound - The Motown way

 1965: a banner year

 Somebody loves you

 The balance of power

 Ecstasy to the tenth power

 Finances

 Class will turn the heads of kings and queens

 Are you mad because I'm the lead singer?

 The Supremes at the Copa

 Florence: I'll do it my way

 Coming home

 No Flo, no show

 Diana's Boston breakdown

 No one ever wins

 Call her Miss Ross

 The die is cast

 Florence is fired

 I'll bet Diane just loves that marquee...

 Florence's birthday

 Not over till the fat lady sings?

Part Three

 DIANA ROSS AND THE SUPREMES

 Deconstruction

 Echoing Martin Luther King's words

 Emestine's advice

 Florence is pregnant

 From Funny Girl to Love Child

 Making a statement for civil rights

 The lonely leading lady

 Cindy is kidnapped

 Someday we'll be together?

 A Farewell in I.as Vegas

Part Four

 SOLO STAR

 Las Vegas solo turn

 Heartbreak

 Finally breaking from Berry

 A wedding and a baby.., but whose?

 The blues? But why?

 Why pick a girl who cant really act?

 It's official: Diana will play Lady Day

 Recording the Lady soundtrack

 Making the movie

 Touch me in the morning

 Lady Sings the Blues

 Consensus

 Oscar, anyway

 How do you follow a Lady?

 Preparing for Mahogany

 Casting Mahogany: How much?

 Filming Mahogany

 Diana slaps Berry

 Forget Diana

 Mommy

 Love, Flo

 Diana and Bob divorce

 A million bucks before breakfast

 The W/z

Part Five

 MISS-ROSS

 Miss-Ross-To-You

 Ryan O'Neal

 Coming out

 Diana leaves Motown

 The RCA years

 Grappling with the past

 No wind, no rain can stop me...

 Classic Miss Ross

 The good life

 A death and a new life

 Arne

 Paparazzi nightmare

 Michael Jackson sends his regrets

 Diana and Arne marry

Part Six

 ORDEAL

 Mary Wilson's Dreamgirl

 More babies.., and back to Motown

 Chico in trouble

 Out of darkness.., but not quite

 Diana's marriage to Arne in trouble

 T-Boy dies

 Diana and Arne split

 Detained at Heathrow

 Diana and Mary: battle royale

 A return to love?

 Recrimination

 Promises made and broken

 DUI

 Death and life

 Epilogue: home at last

 A final note

 Acknowledgements

Personal Acknowledgements

Index