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Ex-Members Albums Singles Awards Refers
MANCHESTER Melissa
(voc)

Personal Data:

Born: 15.02.1951 (Bronx, New York, USA)
MANCHESTER Melissa (photo)

Former Members:

John "Cooker" LoPresti (bg, cca 1975)

Albums Discography:

#TitleRelease DateLabelTypeUKUSA
1.Home To Myself8/1973 Bell
2.Bright Eyes1974
3.Melissa
produced by: Richard Perry/Vini Poncia
2/1975 Arista 18
4.Better Days - Happy Endings1/1976 Arista
5.Help Is On The Way11/1976 Arista
6.Singin'1977
7.Don't Cry Out Loud1978
8.Melissa Manchester1978
9.For The Working Girl1980
10.Hey Ricky1982
11.Greatest Hits1983
12.Emergency11/1983 135
13.Mathematics4/1985 Geffen 144
14.If My Heart Had Wings1995
15.Joy1998
16.Platinum & Gold Collection13.01.2004Arista
17.When I Look Down That Road09.03.2004Koch
18.Angel Dance28.09.2004JVC
19.Playlist: The Very Best of Melissa Manchester31.01.2012
20.You Gotta Love The Life10.02.2015

Singles Discography:

#SP/EP TitleRelease DateLabelUKUSA
1.Midnight Blue4/1975 Arista 6
2.Just Too Many People
produced by: Vinnie Poncia
(v GB 16.1.76)
9/1975 Arista 30
3.Just You And I
(v GB 4.6.76)
1/1976 Arista 27
4.Better Days4/1976 Arista 71
5.Rescue Me / Happy Endings7/1976 Arista 78
6.Don't Cry Out Loud11/1978 Arista 10
7.Theme From "Ice Castles" (Through The Eyes Of Love)4/1979 Arista 76
8.Pretty Girls10/1979 Arista 39
9.Fire In The Morning2/1980 Arista 32
10.If This Is Love10/1980 Arista 102
11.Love After All
& Peabo Bryson
2/1981 Arista 54
12.You Should Hear How She Talks About You5/1982 Arista 4
13.Nice Girls1/1983 Arista 42
14.My Boyfriend's Back8/1983
15.No One Can Love You More Than Me10/1983 Arista 78
16.Thief Of Hearts11/1984 81
17.Mathematics4/1985 75
18.The Music Of Goodbye3/1986 75
19.After All This Time2/2004 Koch
20.Soul Party Vol 1
(Bad Weather / I Wouldn't Change A Thing / Have Some Fun / I Wanna Be With You)
& Coke Escovedo & BT Express & Armenta & Majik
18.02.2008More Groove

Awards:

1982 Grammy Awards - Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female (SP "You Should Hear How She Talks About You")

Press References:

Melody Maker
YearIssueDatePageColumnType
19753820.09.197542Albumsalbum review
19753927.09.197519Singlessingle review
19754615.11.197548Caught In The Actgig review
1976317.01.19763Singlessingle review
19762519.06.19763New Singlessingle review
New Musical Express
YearIssueDatePageColumnType
1973022.09.197358
1974018.05.197423Albumsalbum review
1976022.05.197613Plattersalbum review, single review