Once again we have an act who managed both a number 1 and a number 40. Diana Ross had already achieved this as part of The Supremes and here she is achieving it again as a solo artist.
Her solo Top 40 debut came in 1970 with "Reach Out And Touch (Somebody's Hand)" and she topped the charts in 1971 with her 4th hit "I'm Still Waiting". This was composed by Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson, the composers of her first 3 Top 40 hits.
It's not an obscure record by any means and was covered by The Braxton's in the 90s. What may not have helped was the fact it was a disco record and was released the week after Disco Demolition Night. That said, Diana Ross didn't make the Top 40 with both her singles of 1978 and her first of 1979 so this actually making the Top 40 would probably have been an achievement.
A year later and sticking to the disco sound, Diana Ross scored a number 2 and topped the American charts with "Upside Down". She would score a further UK number one in 1986 with "Chain Reaction" but this was sandwiched between singles that never made the Top 40. In fact she had more singles in the 80s that didn't make the Top 40 than ones she did.
Her last Top 40 hit to date was a collaboration with Westlife on "When You Tell Me That You Love Me" which reached number 2, as did the original in 1991.
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