F E A T U R E D P E R F O R M A N C E THE LEGENDARY DIANA IS ENDLESSLY DIVINE T DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOU’RE GOING TO? MAYBE IT’S TO HEAR A LADY SING THE BLUES UNTIL SHE STOPS IN THE NAME OF LOVE. SUMMER 2017 | artsLife 55 here truly “ain’t no mountain high enough” for Diana Ross, the legendary diva who was the lead singer of Motown’s most successful act and later forged a solo career that cemented her status as a pop culture icon. She was named a Kennedy Center Honoree in 2007 and was awarded a Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2016. The lady will sing the blues — plus a little bit of everything else — when she brings her In the Name of Love Tour to the Walt Disney Theater on June 27 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets start at $49.50. Ross, who was born in Detriot, rose to fame as the lead singer of The Supremes, which during the ’60s notched a record-setting dozen No. 1 singles on the Billboard Hot 100, including “Where Did Our Love Go,” “Baby Love,” “Come See About Me,” “Stop! In the Name of Love,” “You Can’t Hurry Love,” “You Keep Me Hangin’ On,” “Love Child” and “Someday We’ll Be Together.” Is there a boomer alive for whom at least some of these songs aren’t personally sig- ���������������������������������������������������������������� But, as it turned out, Ross was just getting started. She achieved more success after 1970, when she left The Supremes and released an eponymous album that contained “Reach Out and Touch (Somebody’s Hand)” and “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough,” which ���������������������������������������������������������������������� Another chart-topper, “Touch Me in the Morning,” followed in 1973. That same year, Ross released the soundtrack of her debut ����������Lady Sings the Blues, based upon the tragic life of jazz singer Billie Holiday. The
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