In 1975, Diana Ross, ex-lead singer of The Supremes and arguably one of Motown's most popular female artistes, starred in Mahogany. In the romantic drama, Ross starred as a poor African-American woman who rose to become a big-time fashion designer but found that "success is nothing without someone you love to share it with".
The film also starred Billy Dee Williams (of Dynasty) and Anthony Perkins (of Psycho) as Ross' love interests.
The film was not critically acclaimed but was a box-office hit.
Ross also sang the theme song for the film sub-titled "Do You Know Where You're Going To".
The song written by Michael Masser (who wrote hits like Whitney Houston's Saving All My Love For You and Tonight I Celebrate My Love For You) by Roberta Flack & Peabo Bryson and Gerry Goffin (one half of the songwriting team of Carole King & Gerry Goffin responsible for hits like The Loco-Motion (a huge hit for Kylie) and Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow) was a huge hit ... topping the charts in the States and reaching No. 5 in the UK. The song was also nominated for an Oscar for Best Original Song in 1975.
The song lost out to "I'm Easy" from the movie Nashville. I honestly don't know ... perhaps the movie was bigger than the song.
This song has been covered by the likes of Mariah Carey and Jennifer Lopez. JLo's version has a Latino flavour with flamenco guitars added in while Mimi's overblown (in my opinion) version has her doing her trademark runs and improvisations and ends with her signature screech.
Feel free to compare the 3 version. My opinion - Diana's version is still the best.
Feel free to compare the 3 version. My opinion - Diana's version is still the best.
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