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Melissa Manchester
Melissa Manchester was born in the Bronx in 1951. Her debut album 'Home to Myself' came out in 1973, with 'Midnight Blue' as a single. The follow-up 'Melissa'...
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Cakes
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Caravan
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Come In From The Rain
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Don't Cry Out Loud
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Fire in the Morning
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Home To Myself
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I Got Eyes
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I'll Never Say Goodbye
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Just Too Many People
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Just you and I
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La Vie En Rose
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Looking Through The Eyes Of Love
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Midnight Bluemm
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Midnight blue
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Pretty Girls
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Shine Like You Should
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Melissa Manchester was born in the Bronx in 1951. Her debut album 'Home to Myself' came out in 1973, with 'Midnight Blue' as a single. The follow-up 'Melissa' in 1975 included 'Don't Cry Out Loud' and 'Through the Eyes of Love,' which got an Academy Award nomination.
She won Grammys in 1979 for Best New Artist and in 1982 for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. Other songs like 'You Should Hear How She Talks About You' and 'Thief of Hearts' became part of her catalog. She worked with Barbra Streisand, Dolly Parton, and Peabo Bryson.
In the 1980s, she dealt with alcoholism and depression, which affected her work for a time. She later used those experiences in her music.
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