Diana Ross - Reach Out And Touch"Reach Out and Touch (Somebody's Hand)" was the debut solo single for Motown singer Diana Ross, released in April 1970.
Ross had just left The Supremes, after a decade of serving as that group's lead singer, went through a difficult situation trying to piece a solo album together.
With Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson writing and producing for her, Ross recorded "Reach Out and Touch", which carried a heavy gospel influence, and was one of the few songs the singer recorded to express her social conscious, previously experimented with Supremes singles such as "Love Child" and "Livin' In Shame".
While the song's sales didn't meet up to expectations, peaking at #20 on the pop charts and #7 on the R&B charts with 500,000 copies sold, "Reach Out and Touch" became one of Ross' most popular and notable songs. During her concert performances of the song, Ross often had the whole crowd literally turn to their neighbors, and "reach out and touch" their hands.
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