Manchester was born in the Bronx area of New York city to a musical family of Jewish descent. Her father was a bassoonist for the New York Metropolitan Opera. Manchester started a singing career at an early age, learning the piano and harpsichord at the Manhattan School of Music and Arts, singing commercial jingles at age 15, and becoming a staff writer for Chappell Music while attending Manhattan's High School of Performing Arts.
She studied songwriting at New York University with Paul Simon. Manchester then appeared on the Manhattan club scene, where she was discovered by Bette Midler and Barry Manilow, who took her on as a backup singer in 1971.
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 peaked at #6 on the Billboard charts. Manchester collaborated with Kenny Loggins to co-write Loggins' 1978 hit
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Singles
1998: Stand In The Light written and sung with Japan jazz artist Tatsuro Yamashita Song became a top 10 hit in Japan.
2004: When Paris Was A Woman b/w Bend Koch Records Angels read more...
Melissa Manchester (born on February 15, 1951 at New York, New York) is an American singer-songwriter and actress.
read more...Manchester was born in the Bronx area of New York city to a musical family of Jewish descent. Her father was a bassoonist for the New York Metropolitan Opera. Manchester started read more...