Best known as the the lead singer of the popular 1960s singing group The Supremes, Diana Ross was born as Diane Ernestine Earle Ross on March 26, 1944, in Detroit, Michigan, the second of six children born to Fred and Ernestine. After being raised in housing projects for most of the late 1940s and early 1950s, Diana started singing in the gospel choir of a Baptist church. With friends Mary Wilson, Florence Ballard and Barbara Martin, she formed a vocal group, The Primettes, at age 15. After ...[Read Story]