Grammy Award Winner Melissa Manchester (9/6/2020)

We will talk about Melissa’s career, life, and surviving and creating miracles in the midst of Covid-19 AND of course, her positive approach to creativity in the midst of a pandemic. Since the 1970s, her songs have been carried by adult contemporary radio stations. She has also appeared on television, in films, and on stage. Her debut album, Home to Myself, was released in 1973; Manchester co-wrote many of its songs with Carole Bayer Sager. Two years later, Manchester's album Melissa produced her first top-ten hit, "Midnight Blue", which enjoyed 17 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 charts.

She also performed the song live on Burt Sugarman's television series Midnight Special in 1974. 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". Manchester collaborated with Kenny Loggins to co-write Loggins' 1978 hit duet with Stevie Nicks, "Whenever I Call You Friend". In 1979, she performed two nominated songs on the Academy Awards show: "I'll Never Say Goodbye" (from The Promise) and "Through the Eyes of Love" (theme song from Ice Castles).

https://www.amazon.com/Melissa-Manchester/e/B000AQ3632/works

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melissa_Manchester

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbDS1TRj9hLPcy0bOgVC1Tg

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0541386/

https://www.allmusic.com/artist/melissa-manchester-mn0000407986/biography