Diana Ross makes TV appearances to support new CD

Diana Ross makes TV appearances to support new CD

Former Supreme to begin media blitz for album 'I Love You' as interest in group surges.
Susan Whitall / The Detroit News

Don't look now, but after several quiet years, the Supreme diva is emerging from her cocoon.
On Tuesday, Detroit's own "Dreamgirl" -- Diana Ross -- will be appearing on "Good Morning, America," which airs from 7--9 a.m. on WXYZ-TV (Channel 7) in Detroit, and "Live with Regis & Kelly" at 9 a.m., also on WXYZ-TV.

That night, she'll be the musical guest on the "Late Show with David Letterman." Later in the month, at 10 a.m. on Jan. 26, Ross will appear on "The Martha Stewart Show," and on Feb. 19, she will be James Lipton's special guest on "Inside the Actors Studio" on Bravo (exact time to be announced).

Ross is embarking on the media blitz to support her new album "I Love You" (Manhattan), which hits stores and online retailers on Tuesday.
It's a bit of synchronicity, for interest in Ross' group of origin, Motown's Supremes, has picked up recently with the success of the film "Dreamgirls," starring Beyonce (as the Ross-like "Deena") and Jennifer Hudson.

Peter Asher produced nine of the tracks and Steve Tyrell did five on "I Love You," which is a collection of some of Ross' favorite songs about love, including "I Want You," a song co-written by her brother T-Boy Ross, for Marvin Gaye; "More Today Than Yesterday," the uptempo '60s hit by one-hit wonder Spiral Starecase; "To Be Loved," the '50s ballad written by Berry Gordy Jr.; and Paul McCartney's "I Will," among others.

Apart from "Dreamgirls," interest in Ross' music has also increased since Motown's well-received release last year of "Blue," an album of jazz standards recorded in 1971 and '72, as a companion to the soundtrack to Ross' movie, "Lady Sings the Blues."