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For decades, Melba Moore worked on Broadway, in television, film
and recording.
MUSIC
Her albums include two all-time greats, This Is It
(commercial success) and Peach Melba,
late seventies releases on the ill-fated Buddha label. Other terrific releases include
Read My Lips and The Other Side of the Rainbow from Capitol
in the eighties. Despite uneven material, her dazzling four-octave range
and interpretive skills produced hits ("This Is It," "Lean On Me") and astounding
performances ("I Don't Know No One Else to Turn To," "Lift Every Voice and
Sing," "Mind Up Tonight," "Get Into My Mind" and many more).
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THEATER
She was in the Broadway casts of "Hair" and
"Purlie" on Broadway, winning Tony, NY Drama Critics' and Drama Desk awards.
In 1978, she won raves for "TIMBUKTU" with Eartha Kitt.
TV
Her most memorable television show was "The
Melba Moore/Clifton Davis Show" in 1972, back when they still had prime
time variety hours. She had a short-lived sitcom, "Melba," in 1986, with
a European-American sister, played by Gracie Harrison. CBS pulled it after
one episode, back when they could afford to write off shows without giving
them a chance.
FILM
Melba appeared as a singer in the films "Cotton
Comes To Harlem" and "Hair." More recently, she did a voice in "All Dogs
Go To Heaven" and appeared in "Def By Temptation" (1990), "A Bing Crosby
Christmas" (2000) and will be in "The Fighting Temptations" (2003).
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Melba became a school teacher after graduating
from college. Born in New York, 10 October 1945. Once a major star
in several media, she helped others careers, notably Freddie Jackson's. He
sang with her on several numbers.
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For the latest Melba information, click on the
watercolour Melba for her self-designed site.
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