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Melissa Manchester
2021 new standard AWARD
In 1980, Melissa Manchester became the first recording artist in the history of the Academy Awards to have two nominated movie themes in a single year, “Through The Eyes Of Love” from Ice Castles and “I’ll Never Say Goodbye” from The Promise, and to perform them both on the Oscar telecast. Melissa starred in the national tours of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Music Of The Night and Song And Dance, and created the role of Maddy, the title character’s mother, on the NBC hit TV series Blossom. Nominated for a Grammy in 1980 for “Don’t Cry Out Loud,” she won the Grammy Award for best female vocalist in 1982 singing “You Should Hear How She Talks About You.”
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"I so wanted to be part of [the music] world because I love creating. It’s more than just love. It’s a very primal need, that urge to create. It’s where I feel most alive ... It’s where I feel most engaged … it’s beautiful.”
― Melissa Manchester
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