1. Melissa Manchester was born on February 15,1951 and is an American singer, songwriter and actress.
28 Facts About Melissa Manchester
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Melissa Manchester has appeared on television, in films, and on stage.
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Melissa Manchester's father, David Manchester, was a bassoonist for the New York Metropolitan Opera for three decades.
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Melissa Manchester's mother was one of the first women to design and found her own clothing firm, Ruth Manchester Ltd.
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Melissa Manchester learned the piano and harpsichord at the Manhattan School of Music, began singing commercial jingles at age 15, and became a staff writer at age 17 for Chappell Music while attending Manhattan's High School of Performing Arts.
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Melissa Manchester studied songwriting at New York University with Paul Simon when she was 19.
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Melissa Manchester played the Manhattan club scene, where Barry Manilow, a friend and fellow singer of jingles, introduced her to Bette Midler.
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Two years later, her album Melissa Manchester produced her first top-ten hit, "Midnight Blue", which enjoyed 17 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 charts.
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Melissa Manchester performed the song live on Burt Sugarman's television series Midnight Special in 1973.
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Melissa Manchester appeared with Richie Havens, Melanie, and Frankie Valli as a contributor and performer in the 1977 NBC special documentary How the Beatles Changed the World.
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Melissa Manchester collaborated with Kenny Loggins to co-write Loggins' 1978 hit duet with Stevie Nicks, "Whenever I Call You 'Friend".
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Melissa Manchester guest-starred on the CBS-TV daytime soap opera Search for Tomorrow to teach a main character, who played a singer-songwriter, the essentials of the craft.
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Melissa Manchester continued to place singles on the Adult Contemporary charts throughout the 1980s.
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Melissa Manchester appeared as herself during a two-day guest appearance on the ABC-TV daytime drama General Hospital to sing the song for Robin Scorpio and her AIDS-afflicted boyfriend Stone Cates.
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In 1990, Melissa Manchester could be heard performing "I Wish I Knew", played over the opening credits of the CBS television drama The Trials of Rosie O'Neill.
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Melissa Manchester composed and recorded the soundtrack to the direct-to-video Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure.
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In 2004, Melissa Manchester returned with her first album in nine years, When I Look Down That Road.
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In 2008, Melissa Manchester released a new single, "The Power of Ribbons", to digital retailers.
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In 2011 an independent film named Dirty Girl was released with many of Melissa Manchester's songs used throughout the film, five of which made it onto the soundtrack.
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Melissa Manchester made a non-speaking cameo appearance as the pianist who accompanies the lead character's rendition of "Don't Cry Out Loud".
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In 2013, Melissa Manchester announced that she was recording her 20th studio album, You Gotta Love the Life, her first since When I Look Down That Road.
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Melissa Manchester subsequently launched an Indiegogo campaign to raise funds to independently release the album.
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In 2017, more than 25 years after Melissa Manchester released Tribute, her 1989 album honoring the female singers who influenced her, she released The Fellas, with covers of male influences including Tony Bennett, Dean Martin, Johnny Mathis, Frank Sinatra and Mel Torme.
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Melissa Manchester released just one song per month with its accompanying video, which addressed the political and social climates of the time.
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Melissa Manchester's music has touched the lives of so many people over the years.
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On May 1,1982, Melissa Manchester married Kevin De Remer, who had been serving as her tour coordinator.
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Melissa Manchester appeared on the Blossom television series as Maddy Russo, from 1993 to 1995.
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Melissa Manchester played Corrine in the feature film For the Boys and the piano teacher in Dirty Girl.