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About Melissa Manchester

"Everybody wants to write a hit song, but in Nashville people want to write the best song, which was my original intention as a singer/songwriter." These lines by the very popular Melissa Manchester reflect her passion towards singing, and songwriting.

Grammy award winner Melissa Manchester, was born in the Bronx area of New York city. Her father was a bassoonist, for the New York Metropolitan Opera. At a very young age itself, she was introduced to classics by her father. By the time she was 15, she had published her poems and sang commercial jingles. She learned to play musical instruments like the piano, and harpsichord at the Manhattan School of Music and Arts. After graduating from acting school, she enrolled in a song writing class taught by Paul Simon at New York University. While performing at a Manhattan club, she was noticed by Bette Midler and Barry Manilow. She was hired by the duo as a backup singer in 1971.

Her maiden album 'Home to Myself', co-written with Carole Bayer Sager was released in 1973. Her sophomore album Melissa, had the hit song 'Midnight Blue'. It was her first song to reach the top ten.

"Whenever I Call You Friend" was a hit duet with Stevie Nicks, which was written in collaboration with Kenny Loggin in 1978.

She also appeared as a guest artist on the soap opera Search for Tomorrow. Her version of Peter Allen's "Don't Cry Out Loud" made it to the charts in 1979. She received a Grammy nomination for Best Pop Female Vocal Performance for this song.

In 1980, her two themes, Through The Eyes Of Love" from the film Ice Castles and "I'll Never Say Goodbye" from the film The Promise' got nominated for an Academy Award. It was a history of sorts.

"You Should Hear How She Talks About You" her popular song in 1982 won her a Grammy for Best Female Vocal Performance. Sadly it was her last Top 40 Pop hit, but she continued to do well on the Adult Contemporary charts for the rest of the 1980s.

While basically she is a singer cum songwriter but she did not ignore her acting career. In the '80s-'90s she took turns recording and acting. She acted with Bette Midler in the film 'For the Boys,' and appeared in the television series Blossom.

The musical, I Sent A Letter To My Love, based on the Bernice Rubens novel of the same name in which she starred was written by her.