Diana Ross Love", "You Can't Hurry Love", "You Keep Me Hangin' On", "Love Child", and "Someday We'll Be Together". Following her departure from the Supremes in 1970, Ross released her eponymous debut solo album that same year, which contained the Top 20 Pop hit "Reach Out and Touch (Somebody's Hand)" and the number-one Pop hit "Ain't No Mountain High Enough". She later released the album "Touch Me in the Morning" in 1973; its title track reached number 1, as her second solo No. 1 hit. That same year, her album "Lady Sings the Blues", which was the original soundtrack of her film
Diana Ross on May 20, 1981. At the time, Ross's was music history's most expensive recording deal. In 1971, Diana Ross began working on her first film, "Lady Sings the Blues", which was a loosely based biography on singer Billie Holiday. Despite some criticism of her for taking the role, once the film opened in October 1972, Ross won critical acclaim for her performance in the film. Jazz critic Leonard Feather, a friend of Holiday's, praised Ross for "expertly capturing the essence of Lady Day". Ross's role in the film won her Golden Globe Award and Academy Award nominations for Best Actress.