Episode 2422: Melba Moore ~ TONY AWARD® Winning Actress, Presidential & Lifetime Achievement Honoree,, Hollywood Walk of Fame 2023, 4x Grammy® Nominee

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English - October 22, 2023 00:00 - 34 minutes - 39.5 MB - ★★★★★ - 11 ratings
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TONY AWARD®, United States Congressional Record & National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress, Hollywood Walk of Fame Inductee 2023!!

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Melba Moore has done it all, twice. At the tender age of 10, Melba, she was introduced to music and that “I didn’t have any music in my life before my mother married my stepfather. He introduced music into our home and into my life.” From that moment forward, Melba began to develop her 5-octave, note-holding soprano that would soon bring audiences to their feet.

Theater:

Won a Tony Award for best featured actress in a musical for her role in the musical "Purlie,"
Replaced Diane Keaton in the Broadway musical "Hair"
Was first African American woman to play the female lead in the musical "Les Misérables" on Broadway.

The Newark, NJ Arts High School graduate started doing recording sessions after a chance meeting with singer/songwriter/composer Valerie Simpson (of Ashford & Simpson). That opportunity in the studio led Melba in the company of the Broadway musical “HAIR!” First in the ensemble of the show, Melba’s name was tossed into the conversation when actress Diane Keaton left the show and Melba took the female lead and broke all the rules, being the first Black woman to replace a white actress in a featured role on Broadway.

The journey of Melba’s career took her to the lead of “PURLIE,” a musical adaptation of a play written by acting husband and wife pioneers Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee. That role and its musical soundtrack would earn Moore a Grammy nomination as Best New Artist in 1971 and a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress.

Television

Starred in her own sitcom, "Melba."

Melba Moore became so well known that network television offered her a summer variety series. Starring Melba and actor/singer Clifton Davis, who was starring on Broadway in another show, the duo, who were dating, were given the choice to bring their mass appeal into Middle America.

Music

Celebrated top hits during the70s, 80s and 90s-- "Falling," "You Stepped Into My Life," "Love’s Comin’ At Ya," and "A Little Bit More" — and others
Performed a special rendition of 'Lift Every Voice and Sing'

"Read My Lips"—which later won Moore a third Grammy nomination (for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance), making her just the third black artist after Donna Summer and Michael Jackson to be nominated in the rock category. Hits like the #1 "A Little Bit More" with Freddie Jackson and "Falling," a hypnotic ballad that features one of the longest held notes in recorded history.

Moore would also Produce & Record “Lift Every Voice And Sing” (the Negro National Anthem) at the behest of Dr. Dorothy Height, the president of the National Council of Negro Women, who wanted Moore to use her formidable talent to ensure that the song would reach new generations. Her version was entered into the United States Congressional Record as the official Negro National Anthem in 1990, was just named an ‘American Aural Treasure,’ by the National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress.