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Artist
Melissa Manchester
12+ albums
popfemale vocalistssinger-songwriter80senglish
about
Melissa Manchester (born February 15, 1951) is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. She is best known for her powerful voice and chart-topping hits, including "Midnight Blue" (1975), "Don't Cry Out Loud" (1979), and "You Should Hear How She Talks About You" (1982), the latter of which earned her a Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. Over her five-decade career, Manchester has enjoyed success in pop, adult contemporary, and theatre music, as well as in film and television acting. Melissa Manchester was born in the Bronx, New York, into a musical family of Jewish descent. Her father, David Manchester, was a bassoonist for the New York Metropolitan Opera, while her mother worked in the fashion industry. This rich musical upbringing influenced Melissa from an early age. She studied piano and harpsichord at the Manhattan School of Music and Arts and began singing commercial jingles by the age of 15. While attending New York City's High School of the Performing Arts, Manchester became a staff writer for Chappell Music and went on to study songwriting at New York University with Paul Simon. During this period, she also performed in the Manhattan club scene, where she was discovered by Bette Midler and Barry Manilow. The two invited her to be a backup singer for Midler’s shows in 1971, which gave Manchester a crucial platform to launch her solo career. In 1973, Manchester released her debut album Home to Myself, co-writing many of the songs with Carole Baye
top songs
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Don't Cry Out Loud
34,0682Midnight Blue
27,4263You Should Hear How She Talks About You
27,2884Through The Eyes Of Love (Theme From The Motion Picture "Ice Castles")
10,8495Bad Weather
6,9556Just You And I
5,5807Come in from the Rain
5,4068Just Too Many People
5,2209Whenever I Call You Friend
3,63610Fire In The Morning
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