1973
DIANA ROSS TIMELINE
January 1
Broadcast on NBC : Diana Ross sings “Our Love Is Here To Stay” at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena for the Rose Bowl Game.
January 4
- TV show: “Dinah’s Place”.
- TV show: “Mike Douglas Show” (on local channel, on January 11 on NBC).
- TV show: “Mike Douglas Show” (on local channel, on January 11 on NBC).
Photo session at Diana's Beverly Hills home, circa the end of 1972 - January 1973, by Harry Langdon.
January 7
Diana Ross performs at Adolph Zukor’s 100th Anniversary before 1250 celebrities at the Beverly–Hilton in Hollywood.
January 11
TV show: “Mike Douglas Show” on NBC (already broadcast on local channel on January 4).
January 12
12th Annual Cue Awards ceremony at the Tavern on the Green in New York. Diana Ross is awarded Best Entertainer of the Year for her portrayal of Billie Holiday in the film 'Lady Sings the Blues'.
January (-)
Photo session for Vogue in New York (for the March 1973 edition).
January (-)
Interviews in New York.
Diana Ross in her hotel room in New York for interviews.
January 15
Diana Ross shopping at Bendel departement store in New York.
January ~27
Rehearsal of the 30th Golden Globes Awards Ceremony.
Rehearsal of the Golden Globe ceremony, with James Caan on the right.
30th Golden Globes Awards Ceremony at Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles.
Diana Ross is nominated for best actress for “Lady Sings The Blues” (Liv Ullmann wins for “The Emigrants”) and wins the award in the “New Star Of The Year – Actress” category. Diana Ross also co-host the show along with Desi Arnaz Jr., Walter Matthau, Robert Young, James Caan, Gene Hackman, Carroll O'Connor, Carol Burnett, Richard Chamberlain, and Michael Caine.
Diana Ross is nominated for best actress for “Lady Sings The Blues” (Liv Ullmann wins for “The Emigrants”) and wins the award in the “New Star Of The Year – Actress” category. Diana Ross also co-host the show along with Desi Arnaz Jr., Walter Matthau, Robert Young, James Caan, Gene Hackman, Carroll O'Connor, Carol Burnett, Richard Chamberlain, and Michael Caine.
January 28
Arrival at the Golden Globes ceremony: Diana Ross with husband Robert Silberstein (top), manager Shelly Berger (left) and Michael Jackson (two photos on the right).
Diana Ross holding her Golden Globe with host Desi Arnaz Jr. (above) and with Joel Grey (right).
February 1-21
Engagement at the Caesars Palace in Las Vegas (two shows nightly at 8 p.m. & midnight).
Included in the set list: Don’t Rain On My Parade (opening number) / Happy / Big Mable Murphy / 2 songs from Sesame Street / Supremes medley / Lady Sings The Blues medley / Closing: The Good Life.
The show is recorded and the album Live At Caesars Palace is released in 1974.
Note : in 1973 she signed a deal to perform every year at Caesar Palace.
Included in the set list: Don’t Rain On My Parade (opening number) / Happy / Big Mable Murphy / 2 songs from Sesame Street / Supremes medley / Lady Sings The Blues medley / Closing: The Good Life.
The show is recorded and the album Live At Caesars Palace is released in 1974.
Note : in 1973 she signed a deal to perform every year at Caesar Palace.
February 14
Diana Ross and her husband attend Muhammad Ali vs Joe Bugner boxing match at the Convention Center in Las Vegas.
February 28
NARM awards banquet at the Los Angeles ballroom of the Century Plaza Hotel. Diana Ross, Roberta Flack and Aretha Franklin are nominated for the best selling female soul artist award (Roberta Flack won).
February-March
Diana Ross and Robert Silberstein playing backgammon at Hugh Hefner & Stan Herman private Beverly Hills club “Pips” (the club itself opened on February 16, so the photo below was most probably taken after her Caesars Palace engagement and her departure to Europe on March 31).
Diana Ross and Robert Siberstein playing backgammon at the private club Pips.
March 1
TV show: The Tonight Show.
Diana Ross performing a medley of songs from "Lady Sings the Blues" on the Tonight Show.
March 5
TV show: The Jack Paar Tonite
March (-)
TV show: The Dick Cavette Show.
March 13
Lead vocals on “Since I Don’t Have You”.
March 15
16th Show-A-Rama Convention held March 12-15 at the Hotel Muehlebach in Kansas City: Diana Ross attends the closing dinner honoring her female actress of the year and Jack Lemmon for is work as both director and actor
~March
Diana Ross is named for the Albert Einstein College of Medicine 1973 Spirit Achievement Award for her “contribution to the performing arts”.
March 26
Rehearsals for 45th Annual Academy Awards at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles.
Arrival at the rehearsals of the 45th Academy Awards ceremony. Diana Ross with Shelly Berger in the background.
March 27
45th Academy Awards Ceremony at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles. Diana Ross is nominated for best actress for “Lady Sings The Blues”. Broadcast on NBC.
Arrival at the 45th Academy Awards ceremony.
Fred Ross (Diana's father), Diana Ross, Robert Silberstein (Diana's husband), Ernestine Ross (Diana's mother).
During the ceremony: on the left, Diana presenting the award of best actor with James Coburn; on the right during the announcement of the best actress award.
Diana Ross leaving the ceremony.
March 31
Flight to London to attend the premiere of Lady Sings The Blues in the UK.
April 3
TV show: The Merv Griffin Show (broadcast).
April (-)
In “Call Her Miss Ross (p.293-294) and “An Unauthorized Biography (p.271), J. Randy Taraborrelli indicates a tour in Europe two weeks after the Academy Awards Ceremony. Actually, an article in NME (June 30, 1973 issue) states that the tour originally planned in April was postponed to September to coincide with the release of the movie “Lady Sings The Blues” in Europe.
Press conference (or interview) in London in April.
(another photo of this press conference appears on cover of the April 27 issue of Blues & Soul)
(another photo of this press conference appears on cover of the April 27 issue of Blues & Soul)
Interview, supposedly on April 3 in London.
April 5
Diana Ross at the premiere of “Lady Sings The Blues” at the ABC 1, Shaftesbury Avenue, London.
Arrival at the premiere of Lady Sings The Blues in London.
A reception in London for the premiere of Lady Sings The Blues.
April 7
TV show: Soul Train.
April 11-15
Diana Ross and Polly Bergen participate in Seagram 100 Pipers International Backgammon Tournament held at the Mullet Bay Beach Hotel in St. Maarten (Dutch Antilles). Diana Ross flew from LA.
April 12
A concert at the Royal Albert Hall in London, UK, is announced in Melody Maker (February 17, 1973 issue) but in Blues & Soul (April 27-May 10, 1973 issue): “she didn’t perform here this time, she did devote some of her valuable time to the press.” There’s no concert announced in newspapers either.
April ~16-22
After the St. Maarten tournament, Diana Ross participates in the first women’s backgammon tournament at Pips.
May 14
TV show: Woman of the Year, 1973.
May 24
Arrival at Nice airport and special tribute intrance in Cannes for the closing ceremony of the Cannes Film Festival.
Arrival at Nice airport.
Arrival at the Carlton hotel in Cannes
May 25
Diana Ross hosts the closing ceremony of the Cannes film Festival.
Screening of the film “Lady Sings The Blues” starring Diana Ross, and special banquet following the film.
Diana Ross also performs “Good Morning Heartaches” and “My Man”.
Coverage of the event on TV.
Screening of the film “Lady Sings The Blues” starring Diana Ross, and special banquet following the film.
Diana Ross also performs “Good Morning Heartaches” and “My Man”.
Coverage of the event on TV.
Arrival at the closure ceremony of the Film Festival in Cannes.
Closure ceremony of the Film Festival in Cannes.
Above: Diana Ross surrounded by directors Jerry Schatzberg (left) and Alan Bridges (right) tie awarded of the Palme d'Or.
Below: Diana Ross and Paul Newman presenting the award of best actress.
Below: Diana Ross and Paul Newman presenting the award of best actress.
Diana Ross and Berry Gordy during the dinner at the Carlton Hotel for the closing evening of the Cannes Film Festival.
May (-)
- LP “Touch me In the Morning” released (#5 on pop charts).
- Single “Touch me In the Morning” released (#1 on pop charts).
- Single “Touch me In the Morning” released (#1 on pop charts).
June 1-4
Engagement at the Sahara Hotel, Lake Tahoe, NV.
The end of the engagement is mistakenly June 6 in The San Francisco Examiner (May 6, 1973 issue).
The end of the engagement is mistakenly June 6 in The San Francisco Examiner (May 6, 1973 issue).
June 4
Diana Ross is the entertainer at the National Governor’s Conference (held June 3-6) during a 6:30 p.m. dinner show at the High Sierra Theater of the Sahara Tahoe Hotel.
June 7-20
Engagement at the Circus Maximus, Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, NV.
June 8
France: Broadcast of “Pour le Cinéma” (interview and extract of live perforamnce taped on May 24 & 25 in Cannes)..
June 27
Arrival in Japan for the Japan tour (June 29 to July 6).
June (27-29)
Press conferences in Tokyo.
June 29
Concert at the Kōsei Nenkin Kaikan, Shinjuku in Tokyo, Japan.
June (-)
Concerts in Nagoya, Osaka, Tokyo, Sapporo, Kyoto.
July 1
Diana Ross is invited to the Imperial Palace of Japan for an audience with the Empress Nagako, wife of Emperor Hirohito. She is the first entertainer in Japan’s history to receive such an invitation in 2,600 years (no, it’s not a typo). After the audience, she called on Crown Prince Akihito and Princess Michiko at the royal couple's private estate in Tokyo.
July 2
Diana Ross is honored by a reception at the Akasaka Chanko tea house in Tokyo in the evening, attended by more than 20 members of the royal family, members of the Japanese government and key figures of the social and political world.
A reception during the tour in Japan.
July 3
Concert at the Shibuya Public Hall in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan.
July 4
Concert at the Festival Hall in Osaka, Japan.
July 5
Concert at the Kōsei Nenkin Kaikan, Shinjuku in Tokyo, Japan.
July 6
Concert at the Kōsei Nenkin Kaikan, Shinjuku in Tokyo, Japan.
July 8
Concert in Hong Kong.
July 9
Concert in Hong Kong.
July 12
Diana Ross arrives in Melbourne for her eight day-stay tour in Australia “The Diana Ross Show”.
Diana Ross in Melbourne according to Billboard, June 30, 1973 issue. She arrives in Sydney on Friday (July 13) according to the Sydney Morning Herald, July 15, 1973 issue).
July 13
Interview at the Sydney airport.
July 14
First concert of the Australian tour in Sydney at the R.A.S (Royal Agricultural Society) of New South Wales Hordern Pavilion.
July 15
Concert in Sydney, Australia.
July 16
- Concert at the Apollo Stadium in Adelaide, Australia.
- Concert in Sydney according to Billboard (July 7, 1973 issue) but this source is less reliable than local magazines.
- Concert in Sydney according to Billboard (July 7, 1973 issue) but this source is less reliable than local magazines.
July 17
Concert at the Festival Hall in Melbourne, Australia.
July 18
- Concert at the Festival Hall in Melbourne, Australia (it’s probably an additional concert).
- Concert in Adelaide, Australia (according to Billboard, July 7, 1973 issue - but this source contains several other mistakes about the Australian tour).
- Concert in Adelaide, Australia (according to Billboard, July 7, 1973 issue - but this source contains several other mistakes about the Australian tour).
July 19
Additional concert at the Hordern Pavilion in Sydney.
July 20
Concert in Perth, Australia according to Billboard (July 7, 1973 issue) but no such information can be found in Australian magazines and newspapers.
July 26
Diana Ross concert aired in cinema in Melbourne.
July 29
Australia: broadcast of “Diana Ross in Concert” on TV.
August (~9)
Three albums are awarded in the album of the year category of the NATRA (National Association of Television and Radio Announcers): Diana Ross “Lady Sings the Blues”, War “The World Is a Ghetto” and Stevie Wonder “Talking Book”.
August 22
Lead vocals on “When Will I come Home To You”, “Stone Liberty” (first session – see also August 23) and “Let Me Be The One”.
August 23
Lead vocals on “Stone Liberty” (second session – see also August 22).
August 26
Lead vocals on “Get It All Together”.
August 27
Lead vocals on “I Want To Go Back There Again”.
September 2 or 3
Arrival at Heathrow airport, London to launch the European tour.
Arrival at Heathrow airport
with two year old Rhonda.
with two year old Rhonda.
September 8
Concert at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Show at 9:00 p.m.
This concert announced in the Dutch magazine Veronica (July 21, 1973 issue) at the Tuschinski Theater, the location must have been changed in the meantime.
This concert announced in the Dutch magazine Veronica (July 21, 1973 issue) at the Tuschinski Theater, the location must have been changed in the meantime.
At Heathrow airport, leaving London to Sweden.
(September 9 or 10)
(September 9 or 10)
September 10
- Press conference in Stockholm, Sweden.
- Concert at the Concert Hall in Stockholm, Sweden.
- Concert at the Concert Hall in Stockholm, Sweden.
Press conference in Stockholm.
September 12
Concert at the Scandinavium in Gothenburg, Sweden.
September 13
- Interview in Copenhagen.
- Concert at the Falkoner Theater in Copenhagen, Sweden.
- The film “Lady Sings the Blues” opens in Denmark.
- Concert at the Falkoner Theater in Copenhagen, Sweden.
- The film “Lady Sings the Blues” opens in Denmark.
September 14
Photocall at the Inn on the Park in London.
September (-)
Single “You're A Special Part Of Me” (duet with Marvin Gaye) released (#12 on pop charts).
September 15
Concerts at the Odeon Theater in Birmingham, UK. 2 shows at 6:30 p.m & 9:00 p.m.
Arrival at the Variety Club of Great Britain Awards in London. This event is dated September 15 in some sources, but this date is hardly compatible with the concert in Birmingham.
Diana Ross with her Variety Club of Great Britain award.
September 17-19
3 concerts at the Royal Albert Hall in London, UK. Shows at 7:30 p.m.
The first concert is on behalf of the Variety Club of Great Britain Heart fund for sick and needy children.
The first concert is on behalf of the Variety Club of Great Britain Heart fund for sick and needy children.
September 20
Performance for the Venice Gala Show, Venice, Italia, given during the ninth Venice International Festival of Light (i.e. pop) Music (IX Mostra Internazionale Musica Leggera Di Venezia) held from September 20 to 22 at the Palazzo del Cinema, Lido, Venice). Only the third (and last) night of the Festival is broadcast on TV (on Rai 1, the first two nights are broadcast on the radio only). Diana Ross short performance (an 11 minutes medley from “Lady Sings The Blues”) is recorded for broadcast on TV on September 22.
The Venice Festival also awarded the film “Lady Sings The Blues” as the best international film of the year and Diana Ross as the best international actress of the year.
The Venice Festival also awarded the film “Lady Sings The Blues” as the best international film of the year and Diana Ross as the best international actress of the year.
Diana Ross accepting Il Leone D'oro for "Lady Sings The Blues".
Diana Ross performing the "Lady Sings The Blues" medley in Venice.
September 22
- Concerts at the Palace Theatre in Manchester, UK. 2 shows.
- Broadcast of the Diana’s performance for the Venice gala on Italian TV (maybe Eurovision) (recorded on September 20).
- Broadcast of the Diana’s performance for the Venice gala on Italian TV (maybe Eurovision) (recorded on September 20).
September 23
Concerts at the Empire Theater in Liverpool, UK. 2 shows at 6 & 8:30 p.m.
September 25
- Travel to Germany (London to Frankfurt).
- Concert at the Jahrhunderthalle in Frankfurt, Germany.
- Concert at the Jahrhunderthalle in Frankfurt, Germany.
On the left : departure from Heathrow airport; on the right : arrival in Frankfurt.
September 25
Concert at the Jahrhunderthalle in Frankfurt, Germany.
Concert at the Deutsches Museum in Munich, Germany.
September 26
September 27
Concert at the Théâtre des Champs Elysées in Paris.
Concert at the Apollo Theater in Glasgow, UK.
September 29
Concert at the Odeon Theater in Newcastle, UK.
September 30
Sept - October
Concerts in Düsseldorf, Milan, Rome, Madrid, Barcelona, according a clipping from an unidentified London newspaper, but no other source confirms that these concerts took place.
October
- the Netherlands: broadcast of the concert at the concert at the Concertgebouw (taped September 8, 1973).
- France: broadcast of the concert at the Théâtre des Champs Elysées (taped September 27, 1973).
- France: broadcast of the concert at the Théâtre des Champs Elysées (taped September 27, 1973).
October 4
UK: broadcast of a concert at the Royal Albert Hall (taped September 17-19, 1973).
October 25
Lead vocals on “Sleepin’ ”, first session (see also October 30), and on “You”.
October 26
LP “Diana & Marvin” released (#26 on pop charts).
October 30
Lead vocals on “Sleepin’”, second session (see also October 25), and on “I Heard A Love Song (But You Never Made A Sound)”.
December (-)
Diana Ross attends Hazel Gordy’s bridal shower.
Bertha Gordy, Hazel Gordy, Diana Ross, Faye Hale at Hazel's bridal shower.
December 15
Diana Ross attends Jermaine Jackson and Hazel Joy Gordy’s wedding (daughter of Berry Gordy Jr.) at the Beverly Hills Hotel in Los Angeles. Among other guests: Smokey Robinson, Coretta Scott King, Diahann Carroll, Billy Dee Williams…
Arrival at the Beverly Hills Hotel.
Left: Diana's mother Ernestine and Diana. Right: Diana Ross and husband Robert Silberstein.
Left: Diana's mother Ernestine and Diana. Right: Diana Ross and husband Robert Silberstein.
December 17
Diana Ross attends the premiere of “Cinderella Liberty” in West Hollywood, Los Angeles.
December (-)
- LP “Last Time I Saw Him” released (#52 on pop charts).
- Single “Last Time I Saw Him” released (#14 on pop charts).
- Single “Last Time I Saw Him” released (#14 on pop charts).
Engagement at the Sahara Hotel, Lake Tahoe, NV.
December 21-31
Various performances in 1973.
