Diana Ross may be the latest entertainer to sign on for a run of dates on the Strip with the opening of The Essential Diana Ross: Some Memories Never Fade at The Venetian, but her history as a Las Vegas headliner reaches further back than any other current marquee performer.

Not only that, Las Vegas has figured prominently in the career development of Diana Ernestine Earle Ross. In June 1967, the Motown vocal trio known up to that point as The Supremes became The Supremes with Diana Ross for an engagement at the Flamingo at the behest of Motown chief Berry Gordy. The group would soon become Diana Ross & the Supremes. Las Vegas would also be the site of the group’s final performance in 1970 at the Frontier Hotel.

Ross had became an icon practically from the time of her eponymous debut solo album in 1970, which featured her version of “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough.” That song has been a staple of her recent live sets, which have also featured generous helpings of Supremes hits such as “Come See About Me,” “Baby Love,” and “Stop! In the Name of Love.”

Ross, who just turned 71, is more than likely to kick things off at The Venetian Showroom with her 1980 anthem “I’m Coming Out” before taking her fans on a retrospective voyage of her career, which began for Ross in Detroit’s Brewster-Douglass Housing Projects. When Florence Ballard and Mary Wilson asked Ross’ parents if their mid-teen daughter could have permission to sing in a vocal act, her fate was sealed. The group that would become The Supremes haunted Motown’s Hitsville U.S.A. offices until they got studio time, and Gordy refined their image with glamorous gowns and choreography that introduced elegance and grace to pop music.

All those timeless elements are still exemplified by Ross in concert. Her reputation for performing live was given a boost after her Feb. 3 show at Brooklyn’s Kings Theatre, which recently underwent a $95 million restoration and where she performed before an audience of 3,200, including Mayor Bill de Blasio. The New York Times called her “a human sparkler, taking the stage with a thousand-watt smile and in a series of sequined dresses,” while Huffington Post reported that she sounded much as she did in her early Supremes days: “The barely altered voice is bright, strong, slightly nasal and filled with jubilation.”

And she knows how to sparkle for Vegas crowds. Ross recorded a live album, Live at Caesars Palace, in 1974, and invited a dynamic Michael Jackson onstage when she played Caesars in September 1979. She last appeared here in September at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace in a show co-presented by AEG Live, which is producing her three weekends of shows at The Venetian. And for fans of Ross’ legendary onstage couture, have no fear: Ross’ camp says the singer will be favoring fabrications of her own design. Ross is about to make Las Vegas history—again.

The Venetian, 8 p.m. April 8, 10-11, 15 & 17-18, $59.50-$150 plus tax and fee. 702.414.9000