MELBA MOORE
Name: Melba Moore
Birth name: Melba Hill
Born: 29 October 1945 New York City, New York,
Melba Moore (born Melba Hill, 29 October 1945, New York City) is an American R&B
singer and actress.
She started her career in 1967 with a role in the musical Hair. In 1970, Moore
won a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical for her
role in Purlie (She portrayed Lutiebelle) making her the first black actress to
do so. In 1978 she appeared (as Marsinah) with Eartha Kitt in Timbuktu!.
By the 1970s Moore started focusing on music with many hits in the late 1970s
through the mid 1980s. Her 1975 debut album, Peach Melba, earned her a Grammy
nomination for Best New Artist. In 1976, she earned a Grammy nomination for Best
Rhythm & Blues Vocal Performance - Female for the song "Lean On Me", in which
she held a 35-second note. Some of her other hits include "You Stepped Into My
Life", "Love's Comin' At Ya", "This Is It", "The Greatest Feeling", "A Little
Bit More" and "Read My Lips". Moore often collaborated with R&B crooner, Freddie
Jackson.
Her 1990 recording of "Lift Every Voice and Sing" was instrumental in having
that song entered into the Congressional Record as the official African-American
National Anthem.
More recently, Moore has been focusing on gospel recordings whilst still
appearing in occasional Broadway shows. In 2003, she was featured in the film,
The Fighting Temptations, which starred Cuba Gooding, Jr. and Beyonce Knowles.
After her impressive career of more than forty years, with over a dozen released
albums, she finally gets her first royalties in the beginning of 2007, after
waiting for four decades.
Name: Melba Moore
Birth name: Melba Hill
Born: 29 October 1945 New York City, New York,
Melba Moore (born Melba Hill, 29 October 1945, New York City) is an American R&B
singer and actress.
She started her career in 1967 with a role in the musical Hair. In 1970, Moore
won a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical for her
role in Purlie (She portrayed Lutiebelle) making her the first black actress to
do so. In 1978 she appeared (as Marsinah) with Eartha Kitt in Timbuktu!.
By the 1970s Moore started focusing on music with many hits in the late 1970s
through the mid 1980s. Her 1975 debut album, Peach Melba, earned her a Grammy
nomination for Best New Artist. In 1976, she earned a Grammy nomination for Best
Rhythm & Blues Vocal Performance - Female for the song "Lean On Me", in which
she held a 35-second note. Some of her other hits include "You Stepped Into My
Life", "Love's Comin' At Ya", "This Is It", "The Greatest Feeling", "A Little
Bit More" and "Read My Lips". Moore often collaborated with R&B crooner, Freddie
Jackson.
Her 1990 recording of "Lift Every Voice and Sing" was instrumental in having
that song entered into the Congressional Record as the official African-American
National Anthem.
More recently, Moore has been focusing on gospel recordings whilst still
appearing in occasional Broadway shows. In 2003, she was featured in the film,
The Fighting Temptations, which starred Cuba Gooding, Jr. and Beyonce Knowles.
After her impressive career of more than forty years, with over a dozen released
albums, she finally gets her first royalties in the beginning of 2007, after
waiting for four decades.