Ross is a 1983

1983 in music

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1983.-January-April:*January – ZTT Records is founded.*January 8 – The UK singles chart is tabulated from this week forward by The Gallup Organization...

 album by American

United States

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 singer Diana Ross

Diana Ross

Diana Ernestine Earle Ross is an American singer, record producer, and actress. Ross was lead singer of the Motown group The Supremes during the 1960s. After leaving the group in 1970, Ross began a solo career that included successful ventures into film and Broadway...

, her third released on the RCA

RCA Records

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 label. It was released shortly before Ross gave a pair of free concerts in New York's Central Park. The album reached #32 on the US charts, #14 on the US R&B charts and #44 in the UK. It has never been reissued as a digital download.

Five of the eight tracks were produced by Gary Katz

Gary Katz

Gary Katz is an American music producer, best known for his work with Steely Dan.-Steely Dan:Katz is most famous for his work as a producer on every Steely Dan album recorded during the first run of their career, from Can't Buy A Thrill in 1972 to Gaucho in 1980, as well as the Donald Fagen solo...

, two by Ray Parker Jr and one by Ross. The first single "Pieces of Ice" received limited rotation on MTV and reached #31 on the US charts. Subsequent singles "Up Front" (US R&B #60) and "Let's Go Up" (US #77) were also minor hits.

Track listing

Side A

1. "That's How You Start Over" (Ed Sanford, Michael McDonald
   Michael McDonald (singer)
   Michael McDonald is a five-time Grammy Award winning American singer and songwriter. McDonald is known for a soulful baritone singing style and a multi-octave range. He began his career singing back-up vocals with Steely Dan...
   
   ) – 4:09
2. "Love Will Make It Right" (Donald Fagen
   Donald Fagen
   Donald Jay Fagen is an American musician and songwriter, best known as the co-founder, lead singer, and the principal songwriter of the rock band Steely Dan ....
   
   ) – 4:44
3. "You Do It" (Deborah Allen, Eddie Struzick, Rafe Van Hoy) – 4:31
4. "Pieces of Ice" (John Capek, Marc Jordan
   Marc Jordan
   Marc Jordan , is a Canadian singer-songwriter, record producer, session musician, and actor. Covering a wide variety of genres, he has written songs for a number of well-known artists, including Diana Ross, Rod Stewart, Cher, Bette Midler, and Josh Groban...
   
   ) – 4:54

Side B

1. "Let's Go Up" (Franne Golde
   Franne Golde
   Franne Golde is a songwriter, musician, singer and writer. Her songs have appeared on more than 100 million records worldwideFranne has received BMI awards for singles with The Pussycat Dolls , Randy Travis’s "A Man Ain't Made of Stone", The Kinleys' "Somebody's Out There Watching" from the Touched...
   
   , Peters Ivers) – 4:01
2. "Love or Loneliness" (Ray Parker Jr.
   Ray Parker Jr.
   Ray Erskine Parker, Jr. , is an American guitarist, songwriter, producer and recording artist. Parker is known for writing and performing the theme song to the motion picture Ghostbusters, for his solo hits, and performing with his band Raydio as well as the late Barry White.-Early life and...
   
   ) – 4:17
3. "Up Front" (Ray Parker Jr.) – 3:56
4. "Girls" (Bill Wray, Marc Jordan, Diana Ross) – 3:58