Word: superstardom
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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...year and a half later, Janis, reaching for superstardom, quit the group and moved out on her own. With a little help from Albert Grossman, who also manages Bob Dylan, Peter, Paul and Mary and The Band, she soon developed into the world's top female rock singer, commanding as much as $50,000 a night. Like her idol Bessie Smith, Janis had a singing style as earthy as a streetwalker. There were myriad subtle ways in which her voice could range from a deep throaty groan to a high tender croon. When she licked into a phrase like...
...Mogul Berry Gordy Jr., returned to her old neighborhood in Detroit to see "where I came from and to get an idea of what made me the kind of person I am." From that perspective, there is no doubt that Diana Ross has been energetically traveling the road to superstardom most of her life...