I'm Still Waiting (Diana Ross song) I'm Still Waiting (Diana Ross song) "I'm Still Waiting" is a popular song, written and produced by Deke Richards and recorded by Diana Ross; it first appeared on Ross's 1970 album "Everything Is Everything". The song reached No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart in August 1971. It also reached number one in Ireland. "I'm Still Waiting" continued the vein of sophisticated soul as heard on Ross's breakthrough solo hit "Ain't No Mountain High Enough". However, it was only a modest success in the US, reaching #63 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 singles chart, and #40 on the R&B chart.
Diana Ross according to her autobiography, "Secrets of a Sparrow". During a 1967 performance in Boston, Massachusetts, Ross collapsed onstage, and had to be hospitalized for exhaustion. In 1968, Ross began to perform as a solo artist on television specials, including the Supremes' own specials such as "TCB" and "G.I.T. on Broadway", "The Dinah Shore Show", and a Bob Hope special, among others. In mid-1969, Gordy decided that Ross would depart the group by the end of that year, and Ross began recording her initial solo work that July. One of the first plans for Ross to establish her own solo career