Melissa Manchester

Melissa Manchester is one of the great underrated voices of the singer-songwriter era. She came up alongside Barry Manilow as one of Bette Midler's Harlettes, then built a genuinely distinctive catalog where the ballads like Don't Cry Out Loud hit with real theatrical power. What impresses me is the range, she could write a tender confessional like Midnight Blue and then belt a film anthem, even landing two Oscar-nominated songs in one year. She never quite got the household-name status of her peers, but the craft is undeniable. A pro's pro from the Bronx with a voice built for the big notes.

Melissa Manchester is an American singer, songwriter, and actress born in 1951 in the Bronx, New York. A staple of 1970s and 1980s soft rock and pop, she scored hits such as Midnight Blue and Don't Cry Out Loud. She won a Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Performance and was the first artist to have two Academy Award-nominated songs in the same year.

Name (English)

Melissa Manchester

Name (Japanese)

メリサ・マンチェスター

Reading

めりさ・まんちぇすたー

Born

February 15, 1951 (age 75)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aquarius / Rabbit

Origin

The Bronx, New York, United States

Occupation

Actor / Musician / Singer / Songwriter / Television actor

High school

Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School

• Official sitehttps://melissamanchester.com
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/melissa.manchester/
• Xhttps://x.com/melissashares
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melissa%20Manchester
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A1%E3%83%AA%E3%82%B5%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%83%B3%E3%83%81%E3%82%A7%E3%82%B9%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q271888

Tags

• From New York
• Actor
• Musician
• Singer

Last updated

2026-06-02

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