Diana Ross & The Motown Sound: FREE Livestream Music Program

Diana Ross & The Motown Sound:
–  Livestream Music Program –

Saturday, March 26, 2021
at 6:00 PM

Register HERE

by Washington DC History & Culture

Travel back in time and hear the classic Motown songs of Diana Ross and The Supremes.

Diana Ross (born March 26, 1944) is an American singer, actress, and record producer. Born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, Ross rose to fame as the lead singer of the vocal group The Supremes, who during the 1960s became Motown’s most successful act, and are the best-charting female group in US history, as well as one of the world’s best-selling girl groups of all time. The group released a record-setting twelve number-one hit singles on the US Billboard Hot 100, including “Where Did Our Love Go”, “Baby Love”, “Come See About Me”, and “Love Child”.

Following her departure from the Supremes in 1970, Ross continued a successful solo career with hit singles “Theme from Mahogany, “Love Hangover”, “Upside Down” and “Endless Love.”

Ross has also ventured into acting, with performances in Lady Sings the Blues (1972), Mahogany (1975), The Wiz (1978) and Out of Darkness (1994).

This is a musical history program where we will provide the historical context of various aspects of Diana Ross, The Supremes, and the Motown Sound, with emphasis on pop culture (as opposed to music theory) followed by a video recording of each of the selections.

The historical items will be provided via pictures and video so viewing the presentation is recommended, but you are also free to just listen to the music via audio only.

Motown Records is an American record label founded by Berry Gordy Jr. in 1959. Its name, a blend of motor and town, has become a nickname for Detroit, where the label was originally headquartered.

Motown played an important role in the racial integration of popular music as an African American-owned label that achieved crossover success. In the 1960s, Motown and its subsidiary labels were the most successful proponents of the Motown Sound, a style of soul music with a mainstream pop appeal. During the 1960s, Motown achieved 79 records in the top-ten of the Billboard Hot 100 between 1960 and 1969.

Your host for this program is Robert Kelleman, the founder/director of the non-profit community organization Washington, DC History & Culture. Robert was born and raised in Detroit, earned an art history degree from the University of Michigan and spent the first two years of his career at the Detroit Institute of Arts.

Zoom Connection:

This educational and entertaining program is open to all regardless of age, geographic location, etc. and since it is an online/virtual event via Zoom you can connect from anywhere in the world.

Zoom events have a limit on the number of people that can participate and therefore the event may “sell-out” once a certain number of registrations has been reached.

Zoom Connection Link Will Be Emailed:

Login info will emailed approximately 8-24 hours prior to the event.

If you haven’t received the Zoom connection an hour before the event feel free to contact us.

Zoom Connection Suggestions:

Connecting to Zoom a few minutes early is strongly recommended.

This is a visual presentation so the bigger device screen that you can use the better.

To join the event simply click the Zoom link that is emailed separately and follow the instructions.

If clicking the link doesn’t work you can try copying and pasting it instead.

Depending on the device Zoom may work better in some browsers/devices than others – if one doesn’t work try another.

If you are disconnected for any reason just reconnect.

When all else fails read and follow the directions. : )

This program is presented by the non-profit community organization Washington, DC History & Culture:

“bringing people together to experience the history and culture of Washington, DC.”