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Touch Me in the Morning (1973)

Where the lyrics of Touch Me in the Morning take you, and where it was really made.

The title track became Diana Ross's second US number 1 single, and several songs on the album were first made for an abandoned project.

Key places

Recorded at Motown's Hollywood studios (1973)

Recording site The Music Grinder (Hollywood) — The album is linked to Motown Recording Studios in Hollywood, California. The pin is set at city-centre level, so it may not match the building itself. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• Touch Me in the Morning: fourth studio album by American singer Diana Ross
• Released 22 June 1973 by Motown Records
• Arrangements by Gene Page, Tom Baird, Michael Randall, James Anthony Carmichael, Deke Richards, Gil Askey and Ross
• Major success for Ross, with the title track as her second US number 1 single
• Nine tracks on the original album, closing with an 8:17 medley

Background

• Several cuts were first meant for To The Baby, an album Ross worked on in the same period but later abandoned
• Ross began working with her brother and songwriter Arthur "T-Boy" Ross during these sessions
• Several songs are covers of classics, including John Lennon's "Imagine", Marvin Gaye's "Save the Children" and Richard Rodgers' standard "Little Girl Blue"

Recording

• The album includes the first tracks Diana would personally produce on one of her albums
• Those tracks are "Imagine" and the medley "Brown Baby/Save the Children"
• The closing medley and "My Baby (My Baby, My Own)" were originally intended for To The Baby

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · pt.wikipedia.org

Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Formation

• Diana Ross was born March 26, 1944 in Detroit, Michigan, and was the lead singer of the Supremes.
• The Supremes joined Motown in 1961 under the name chosen by Florence Ballard, after the group first formed as the Primettes.
• The Supremes became Motown's most successful act in the 1960s and one of the best-selling girl groups of all time.

Members

• The Supremes' members included Diana Ross, Florence Ballard, Mary Wilson, and later Cindy Birdsong.
• Ross left the Supremes in 1970 and began a solo career.

Career

• The Supremes remain the best-charting female group in history, with 12 number-one pop singles on the Billboard Hot 100.
• Ross's solo career produced six Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles, including "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" and "Endless Love".
• Ross starred in Lady Sings the Blues (1972), earning Golden Globe and Academy Award nominations, and later starred in Mahogany and The Wiz.
• Ross has sold over 100 million records worldwide as a solo artist.
• Ross was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1988 as a member of the Supremes and received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2016.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• Title track became Diana Ross's second number 1 single on the US Billboard Hot 100
• Album peaked at number 5 on the US Billboard 200 albums chart
• Album reached number 7 in the UK
• In the UK, the title track and "All of My Life" were both Top Ten singles
• Album was a major success for Ross at the time of release

Records

• Billboard 200 peak: number 5
• R&B albums chart: number 1
• Sales: more than 650,000 copies
• UK: certified Gold by the BPI
• UK singles: title track and "All of My Life" both reached the Top Ten
• Title track: second US number 1 single for Ross

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · pt.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• The album includes the first tracks Diana produced herself on one of her albums, "Imagine" and the medley "Brown Baby/Save the Children".
• Several cuts, including the closing medley, were first meant for the abandoned To The Baby album that Ross also worked on in this period.
• The title track and "All of My Life" were both Top Ten singles in the UK.
• Ross began working with her brother and songwriter Arthur "T-Boy" Ross during these sessions.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

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