Mahogany (film)
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Mahogany is a 1975 feature film, produced by Motown Productions and released to theaters by Paramount Pictures on October 8, 1975. Directed by Motown founder Berry Gordy (taking over after British director Tony Richardson was dismissed from the film), Mahogany stars Diana Ross as a poor African-American woman who rises to become a popular fashion designer in Rome.
The film ultimately performed well at the box office upon its release. The film includes a Ross-sung theme song, “Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You’re Going To),” which became a #1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1976. It held the number-one spot for one week (January 17–January 24, 1976), replacing “I Write the Songs” by Barry Manilow and replaced by “Love Rollercoaster” by the Ohio Players. “Theme from Mahogany,” written by Michael Masser & Gerald Goffin and produced by Masser, was the best-reviewed element of Mahogany. The song was later covered by Mariah Carey in 1998 and Sony Music labelmate Jennifer Lopez the following year.
Mahogany was released on VHS home video in the 1990s, and was issued on DVD on May 1, 2007.
