Word: diana
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Shapiro Athletic Center was about to leave, and for the next hour-and-a half they sat through a series of flop warm-up acts waiting to get a look at the three super Supremes. Finally at the half, with the gym's scoreboard reading "visitors zero," they came, Diana, Mary...
...breathing those "baby-babies" into the hushed gym, everything was so fine. Unfortunately, that was not all the time. The Supremes' opener was "Put on a Happy Face," a swinger of a show-time that made them sound like the McGuire Sisters in an Ed Sullivan Show production number. Diana Ress's version of "Make Someone Happy" was pleasant to listen to her strong husky voice sounded exactly like Nancy Wilson's, which was exactly not what her rock 'n' roll fans had almost trampled each other to death at the gate to hear...
...voluptuous Misses Wilson and Ballard contented themselves with the gymnastics and their allotted number of "babies" and "oooos," while skinny Miss Ross clutched the travelling mike and knifed her voice through the brassy guitars, the drums, and even the happy steady clapping of the audience. The Supremes are Diana's group. With a sharp, clear voice and an even better stage presence, she would be the center of attention by herself or with a 200-voice chorus...
...Supreme songs the girls tried almost worked. It was "Somewhere," and Diana's throaty lyric quieted the crowd to a whisper, but then she succumbed to a long, Shangri-la-like spoken dialogue concerning trees, birds, and other embarrassing items. The audience succumbed to a titter...
Wednesday, February 9 I SPY (NBC, 10-11 p.m.). In "Turkish Delight," Diana Sands plays a shapely Israeli agronomist and Victor Buono an overstuffed Ottoman...