She was the first crossover superstar. Men of all races loved her as a beauty and talent and women loved her fashion and elegance. Bravo Diana you paved the way. And yes many before you paved the way for you too.

@clamclam3

2 ай бұрын

That was actually Dionne Warwick.

@cajayson8301

Ай бұрын

@@clamclam3 both Diana Ross and Dionne Warwick blazed trails for women

@clamclam3

Ай бұрын

@@cajayson8301 agreed!

Greatest, most well rounded entertainer ever!!!

@Blessed-tn1wd

Жыл бұрын

Definitely agree 🌸🌹

OMG, She is so AWESOME ! I have heard of this tv special, but I never saw it til now. I love her, she's the best entertainer ever. This was the year she left the Supremes, I believe.

@iluvrachellef

8 жыл бұрын

nope.....she left at the end of 69.

@terrancetyson7535

7 жыл бұрын

cottonceena Diana's farewell performance with the Supremes was January 15, 1970 in Las Vegas.

@stanleyhopkins912

7 жыл бұрын

Forgot this!!! LOL!!!!!

@blogshagify

4 жыл бұрын

No she left in 1970

@hollygab8188

4 жыл бұрын

The year after

She killed that Remember Me!!! Diana is magical!!

@jacquelinelowery5589

2 жыл бұрын

She sure did, but I think she lipped synced.

That gown is absolutely amazing. Way to go Bob.

That little boy named Kennedy is Berry Gordy's son and grew up to become "Rockwell".

@LisaLisaCJ

2 жыл бұрын

He looks just like his dad

@bogat_perso

Жыл бұрын

Can someone tell me what he said a 5:07, "cos if I was 5, I wouldn't be in a ???" ?

So Beautiful Of Diana Ross & Young Michael Jackson.

Fabulous Diana Ross. Diana Ross: The Best.

I’m old enough to remember when this came on TV! I’m so happy I can watch it over and over now. In ‘71 I was 13 years...just like Michael. The highlight for me I’d Diana doing the three classic comedians in B&W. She’s already a good actress.

OMG Diana Ross is AWESOME!!! I love all of her songs.

She was ravishing at that time.....so innocent....so talented and off to an amazing ride.......thanks for posting.

@erossinema8797

3 жыл бұрын

She was dynamic. At her age here 26? 27? She was far more dynamic and talented of a singer than many of these so called singers today

@DavidLopez-jl2ug

Жыл бұрын

@@erossinema8797 Yes indeed. I was born in 1973 (50 now) and I love the 60s to mid 80s. Diana Ross, Donna Summer, Cher (70s mainly), and the Pointer Sisters are my top favorites. Afterwards come Tina Turner, Chaka Khan, and Bette Midler. My collection is huge including photos. I do have the complete Diana! 1971 special just to name 1 thing. Legendary classics!

I remember this special. I was 17 yrs old when it aired. Couldn't wait to get the soundtrack album. I was always a Diana Ross fan. I was 15 I think when The Jackson 5 debuted. Was a big fan of them also. So this Diana Ross Special was a treat for me. I've been looking for this for years. I just happened to search YT and there it was. I also wish I could get a dvd of this. This was when Michael Jackson was at his best (my opinion). Thanks for the memories! 🎤🎶

@nakitawilliams4259

Жыл бұрын

Michael was always at his best. If you’re gonna say a compliment say it and don’t make it backhanded. Michael was at his best and then became the greatest the older he got.

On my 10th birthday, my Mum and Dad gave me the soundtrack album for this show and 46 years later I not only still have it , I still play it..........

@dennisbashore26

6 жыл бұрын

MegaWelshie1 My Friend, I was 19 and bought the soundtrack album during my sophomore year at college. And, like you, I still have my copy and still play it........ Oh, yeah, I watched the special on our local ABC station at the time.

@angelholema4401

3 жыл бұрын

Me too!!!

@kpitt1204

Жыл бұрын

I still have my copy too, even though I didn’t remember all of the show. I know the family watched it together. We didn’t have but a few channels to choose from. I wish my Mom and Dad were here to watch it with me now.

Who knew the first chlild that Diana interviewed, Berry Gordy's son Kennedy, would grow up to be Rockwell, the singer who recorded the hit "Somebody's Watchin' You", which featured Michael and Jermaine Jackson in the background?

@bogat_perso

Жыл бұрын

Can someone tell me what he said a 5:07, "cos if I was 5, I wouldn't be in a ???" ?

Just stunning Queen Diana

The one an only Diana Ross

This was ten years before I was born and I'm watching it for the first time in 2016... Totally coo

Wow! Going from this to the Wiz? Man times fly!

I could watch this show forever I Love it. Remember seeing this as a teenager babysitting for My Aunts Kids, I missed the beginning while changing the baby diaper. Now I can see it over and over which I do. Thank You Miss Ross for the memories. Kurt Evans Beverly Hills, Ca.

Fantastic! Not only a phenomenal singer - but a versatile entertainer! Audiences love and want to be entertained…Diana was a Master class in entertainment for her contemporaries!

Thank you!! I saw this when aired in 1971, it still one of my best TV variety show memories thanks for posting it!

I saw this when it first aired, Magical

She slayed (They Long To Be) CLOSE TO YOU as well as REMEMBER ME...

Love Diana Ross ❤️❤️❤️

Love Miss Diana Ross. What a great show.

That wonderful voice that Micharl had OMG😮!!

Thank you! I am big fan of Diana Ross. 🤗

Great special, thanks for sharing!

2:32 Don’t Rain On My Parade (Live TV Special) Diana performanced it also in the 1973-1975 tour, including her “Live at Caesar’s Palace” album from 1974.

thank you love this you are a star

JACKSON 5!!!

Can't thank you enough for posting this! THANK YOU!

Wow, truly amazing. Everyone's performance was a master piece.

Thank you so much for uploading this tv special...fun memories.

Hahaha so funny sweet Diana! And Jackson five!!!! Its very strange story about Cosby!!!!! I'm so perplexed! Sorry for my English

This is the first time I get the chance to see the complete show! Thank you so much!

@sarahfaithfk4348

6 жыл бұрын

Frans van Liempt I second this , it was absolutely magnificent, I have watched bits and bits every where withouth watching the full show ! It’s magical

this is the first time im seing this wow michael was alwes in control of everything wen diana starts to dance look how his pushs her to the back cause he no he is the star os thr j 5

This is absolutely fantastic! Thank you for this 🙌🏾

Wow, I've really enjoyed watching this. I thank you for sharing.

Oh, this is where the skits she did as the Three Stooges came from. I read that she got the part as Billie Holiday in "Lady" because the producers had seen this skit, and recognized her talents to act.

@wentonwintrex5767

8 жыл бұрын

True, but she was portraying Charlie Chaplin, Harpo Marx and W.C. Fields. The Three Stooges are a different group of guys.

@fostermac7170

6 жыл бұрын

Aint nothing like a little (age related) knowledge to set the record straight.

@JloveLamar

5 жыл бұрын

@Eros Roberson but Mr. Gordy directed MAHOGANY. NOT Lady Sings The Blues. Though he was a producer on Lady, and ending up buying the full rights to the film before it was completed, he was not the director.

@erossinema8797

3 жыл бұрын

Three Stooges? It was a Charlie Chaplin skit, and she nailed it. She is quite the actress

@angelholema4401

3 жыл бұрын

@@wentonwintrex5767 Thank You, for correcting, (Three Stooges), What is he talking about???

What an Outstanding Actor,,, truly one of HOLLYWOOD BEST!

CLASSIC

The opening strings, ALONE...!!

Love it!

Great, thanks.

Close to you is just fabulous

Diana had a natural flair for comedy

fabulous thank you SO much made my day again...... totally underrated for this early solo work - funny talented and stunning

@BlakeGildaphish76

8 жыл бұрын

underrated?? but she's Diana-*freakin*-Ross!

@wentonwintrex5767

8 жыл бұрын

Underrated, what could you possibly be talking about? I guess we're from different generations because back in the day this was the talk and a very big deal. At that time very few black entertainers could get or have their own prime time TV variety special on a MAJOR network with the exception of a Sammy Davis Jr. and later in 1975 a Diahann Carroll, not talking about her sitcom "Julia", that was 1968. No, this was a very big deal for a Black entertainer in the United States at that time.

@loveyu2778

8 жыл бұрын

+Wenton Wintrex Yes, it was..

@hunkhk

2 жыл бұрын

lol dont recall why I typed Underrated maybe I was drunk - agree with others. I 'think' what I meant to imply is that people seem to forget what a real trail blazer and amazing career she had had and her contribution to music and the entertainment scene since the early 60s incredible really! Love this early 70's stuff the best #Diana4eva

8:55 that was more than perfect my little Michael

Absolutely beautiful Diana Ross close to you

This was AWESOME:⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

Her TV specials were so good. I wonder how many she did?

For us big Diana fans, it is interesting that "Remember Me" on the soundtrack LP is a different/alternate lead vocal with applause overdubbed, yet the vocal Diana is lipsyncing to here in the video is the original released vocal mix.

@tsmithmpls

7 жыл бұрын

Yep I always wondered about that too.

so much class!

I remember seeing this the first time....amazing....she is a Legend...

I barely remember this. The only thing I remember is how fly I thought she looked when she danced with the Jackson 5. I’m so grateful to see it again for the 2nd time.

Diana Ross merveilleuse & grande Artiste inégalable.

ONLY.......MISS ROSS.......IN MALIBU.........BESIDE A CLIFF........WAVES CRASHING.....WIND BLOWING (Because Miss Ross Ordered It).......FLOWING WRAP......Blowing in the Breeze......#AintNoMoutainHighEnough !!!! #GreatestStar

The magnificent Diana Ross!!!

Happy fifiteth anniversary diana!

I remember seeing this but I forgot about it. I was 11 going on 12. At that age I really wasn't into Diana Ross but as I've gotten older, I have, including the Supremes. This was very enjoyable!

Forgot what a great single 'Remember Me' was.

Little Mike was all gangsta playa with Diana lol

@anubisjohnson4568

3 жыл бұрын

Shame..he didnt...exactly..stay true to his physical being..but he still the magical soul!😍

BTW: I'm not saying I could do any better. I don't have any content, or know how to do it. It just would be nice to see it in original 4:3 aspect ratio. And, I really do appreciate getting to see it at all! Thanks!

I started watching "Diana!" at 2:51 P.M. and just finished it now after *56* minutes. Why isn't this special available to buy and/or stream?

@MrSmriley

3 жыл бұрын

You are already streaming it, on KZread.

❤❤❤❤ this is emotional in a good way 😊

shes MARVELOUS!

It's so fascinating seeing Michael at such a young age, no way you could foresee that he would become the Beat it & Billie Jean Mike of the 80's💯

49 years ago TONIGHT 18th April 1971 AT 10 PM this was broadcast across the USA

Always Queen of Motown 😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹

This was around the time that Berry Gordy moved to Los Angeles to break out in the TV/Movie industry & started Motown Productions which produced TV specials for Motown artists, Diana! With Diana Ross, TCB with The Temptations & Supremes, The Smokey Robinson Show with the Miracles & Goin Back to Indiana with Jackson 5

She is the best!

Never be alone, you be the happiest man ever, don't cry my man. Michael I stood for you forever 🥰😋😍😘❤️❤️❤️❤️💝💞💖👄👅

I wish this was on DVD

@ceeceetracey9839

Жыл бұрын

berry gordy always holding back on shit. U can get all kinds of footage of Elvis and The Beatles, but no Supremes and early DIana ROss

She sings this better than the Carpenters! They were the ones who recorded it!

@gueromex3056

Жыл бұрын

Her style but better than carpenters…never!!!!!

@roycobb8268

Жыл бұрын

@@gueromex3056 , that's your opinion! Everybody has an opinion, and everybody has a right to their own opinion! I like the she, Diana's way of singing it best! It sounds better to me. But the Carpenters version sounds good too! They were good singers and well.

@gueromex3056

Жыл бұрын

@@roycobb8268 sure yet facts Carpenters version is awesome

❤❤❤

A refreshing glimpse of a very sweet, innocent and vulnerable Diana Ross. Qualities totally absent from her recent concert appearances.

@mic6434

4 жыл бұрын

Why you even bothered to come up with this horse manure...

Michael,im still your Mama's pearl forever!!!!

That fur is nice!

Mad in Time

I had never seen this before and really appreciate it BUT, the altered Aspect Ratio makes everybody and everything Wide! It was originally 4:3 (TV aspect ratio) that has been uploaded to KZread here in 16:9 (Movie screen aspect ratio- same as today's HD flat screen TV's also) and it distorts the whole picture.

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

what did mj say to Diana at 45:35?

I love the beach and I climb up the mountain and bungee jump fo' Michael's heart. I surf in that Pacific ocean.

Dianna Ross rocked enough worlds without thongs.

Wow how I miss Michael Jackson and diana Ross I still like them both to be husband and wife sad that it didn't happen,still I love them so much ,I miss Michael Jackson and also diana Ross.

...Yea, J5!!😃

I have the paper sleeve of the announcement for this, and the Motown logo at the end I never knew that where it was. A short version of the Motown pro. Logo was for a Rankin/Bass TV show for the Jackson 5ive

For that break up scene,play it's all over by the fuzz,watch Michael walk away .

I saw this when it came on in 1971 ....i was in a damn "La La land ..And was mesmerized by the Jackson 5

how in the hell do you cover such a iconic sound n don't omit the highlight of the song??

Are you aware that you uploaded a 4:3 aspect ratio program in 16:9? It makes everyone look stretched out a distorted.

Interestet

E real sho

I wonder if Cosby offered a cocktail after the show?

@BlakeGildaphish76

8 жыл бұрын

ooh, you're naughty.😏

@MichaelShaw

7 жыл бұрын

doubtful. Ross was the Queen Bee. Cos's quaaludes would've been for underlings (mostly white women). The only thing he would've offered Ross is applause, a handshake and a kiss on the hand if she let him.

@williesartsdesignscuisines

7 жыл бұрын

Okay!!!!

@fostermac7170

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks Michael for setting that shit straight. Diana was the biggest of stars at that time, and Bill Cosby would have needed to get permission from her to walk in her shadow.

@ronwilliams717

6 жыл бұрын

I was thinking the same thing. I think he was aiming for bigger like really pretty women, white women. He was married to Camile who looked a lot better than Diana at that time so she probably never thought about Diana in that way.

I wonder where's Kennedy..?

@crystaljewel1073

7 жыл бұрын

Patrick James Kennedy is actually Rockwell the singer somebody watching me

I WOULD RATHER WATCH THIS IN THE ORIGINAL ASPECT RATIO RATHER THAN HAVE IT STRETCHED TO FIT. OTHERWISE REMASTER IT PROPERLY INTO A WIDESCREEN FORMAT.

Bill Cosby grew a beard because he got finished his first western flim called man and boy way back then

11:34 What word is he referring to

Litte Kennedy is Rockwell