CAFFE` LATTE` TOP 2000 TRACKS
THE TOP 100
#21 THE BOSS
DIANA ROSS
(1979)
Writers: Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson
Diana Ross had recorded some disco-flavoured songs prior to 1979, but on her 'The Boss' album, she carved out her own brand of the then dominant genre. The title track, written and produced by Motown's talented songwriting married couple Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson, stood out from the current crop of disco tracks. Ross' vocal approach made it her own.
"The Boss" features its 2 writers on background vocals, as well as Valerie Simpson's brother Raymond (who was lead singer of The Village People) and Ullanda McCullough. Valerie also played piano on the recording.
Ashford & Simpson proved a lucrative source of hit songs for Ross. Her solo career finally took off in 1970 when she covered the couple's "Ain't No Mountain High Enough". It became her 1st US #1 credited to just Diana Ross. The next year, follow-up single "Remember Me", also penned by the duo, was her 2nd solo Top 10 hit in Britain. The pair also wrote subsequent Ross solo hits: "Surrender", "No One Gets The Prize" and "It's My House".
On the Billboard Hot 100, "The Boss" peaked at #19. It made #12 on the R&B chart there. The album tracks became a combined Disco #1 in the US. David Morales remixed the track for 'Diana Extended- The Remixes' in 1993. Another remix project, 'Almighty- We Love Diana Ross' , was unleashed in 2009 and included a new version of "The Boss".
In 1996, The Braxtons (a trio consisting of Toni Braxton's 3 younger sisters) recorded a worthy cover of the Diana Ross hit, returning the song to the top of the Dance Chart. Kristine W's remake saw the light of day in 2008 and became the 3rd version of "The Boss" to reach #1 on the US Dance Chart.
"The Boss" features its 2 writers on background vocals, as well as Valerie Simpson's brother Raymond (who was lead singer of The Village People) and Ullanda McCullough. Valerie also played piano on the recording.
Ashford & Simpson proved a lucrative source of hit songs for Ross. Her solo career finally took off in 1970 when she covered the couple's "Ain't No Mountain High Enough". It became her 1st US #1 credited to just Diana Ross. The next year, follow-up single "Remember Me", also penned by the duo, was her 2nd solo Top 10 hit in Britain. The pair also wrote subsequent Ross solo hits: "Surrender", "No One Gets The Prize" and "It's My House".
On the Billboard Hot 100, "The Boss" peaked at #19. It made #12 on the R&B chart there. The album tracks became a combined Disco #1 in the US. David Morales remixed the track for 'Diana Extended- The Remixes' in 1993. Another remix project, 'Almighty- We Love Diana Ross' , was unleashed in 2009 and included a new version of "The Boss".
In 1996, The Braxtons (a trio consisting of Toni Braxton's 3 younger sisters) recorded a worthy cover of the Diana Ross hit, returning the song to the top of the Dance Chart. Kristine W's remake saw the light of day in 2008 and became the 3rd version of "The Boss" to reach #1 on the US Dance Chart.
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