Universal Music Enterprises Celebrates The 40th Anniversary of Diana Ross’ Love Hangover

Diana Ross

UNIVERSAL MUSIC ENTERPRISES (UME) is celebrating the 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF DIANA ROSS’ “LOVE HANGOVER” with the vinyl reissue of her 1976 self-titled DIANA ROSS MOTOWN album on JULY 15th. There was a 2012 two-CD expanded set on the HIP-O-SELECT/MOTOWN label.

DIANA ROSS was six years into her solo career from the SUPREMES when she released a self-titled project, her seventh studio album, that included two #1 pop classics, “THEME FROM MAHOGANY (DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOU’RE GOING TO)” and the dance-floor hit, “LOVE HANGOVER.”  MS. ROSS also took two more tracks from the album up the charts, “I THOUGHT IT TOOK A LITTLE TIME (BUT TODAY I FELL IN LOVE),” which hit the top five of BILLBOARD's Easy Listening (now known as Adult Contemporary) chart, and “ONE LOVE IN MY LIFETIME,” #5 on the Soul Charts.  DIANA ROSS, the album, peaked at #5 on the BILLBOARD Top 200, #4 on the Soul album chart, and #5 in the U.K.

“THEME FROM MAHOGANY (DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOU’RE GOING TO) was taken from the 1976 soundtrack to THE MAHOGANY film, a ROSS vehicle that followed her OSCAR-nominated role in LADY SINGS THE BLUES.

'DIANA ROSS' in its 40TH ANNIVERSARY remains a music staple, made all the more iconic by its close-up cover shot by famed fashion photographer VICTOR SKREBNESKI.  The image differentiates the album from Ms. ROSS’s other self-titled album, her solo debut in 1970, which featured a full-body shot by another renowned photographer, HARRY LANGDON.

The 40TH ANNIVERSARY DIANA ROSS Album Track Listing:

Side One:
1. THEME FROM MAHOGANY (DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOU’RE GOING TO)
2. I THOUGHT IT TOOK A LITTLE TIME (BUT TODAY I FELL IN LOVE)
3. LOVE HANGOVER
4. KISS ME NOW

Side Two:
1. YOU’RE GOOD MY CHILD
2. ONE LOVE IN MY LIFETIME
3. AIN’T NOTHIN’ BUT A MAYBE
4. AFTER YOU
5. SMILE

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