It's over to blogger "Tommy" from the 'Disco Delivery' blog (http://discodelivery.blogspot.co.uk/) to give us some background on Melba Moore: "While Melba Moore's success in music and stage made her one of the most versatile acts working in music (the lady possesses a Tony award and a four-octave vocal range), the peaks and valleys of her career are almost as legendary as her voice."
The song "This Is It" was "... co-written and produced by Van McCoy and mixed by disco mix master Tom Moulton ...", and only got to No. 91 in the USA in 1976, but reached an outstanding No. 8 in the UK in that same year. Back to "Tommy": "Following a notoriously bitter divorce from ex-husband/manager Charles Huggins in 1991 which practically derailed her career, and which she claims left her destitute, she has nonetheless remained active, albeit largely under the radar for the past two decades.
"More recently Moore was the subject of a 2009 episode of 'Unsung', TV One's 'Behind The Music'-style mini-documentary series dedicated to veteran R&B acts. However, while there have been some excellent instalments in the 'Unsung' series, the Melba Moore episode was not one of them.
"Highlighting the limitations of the format, it looked as if the program's producers had scrambled to cover as many bases as possible, while not going deep enough into some of the key, contentious chapters of her story (particularly regarding the details and fallout of her divorce). One couldn't help but come away from the whole thing with more questions than answers.
"Although whatever the program's faults, the coverage seemed to be a harbinger of the renewed interest her catalogue would see in the coming years. While Moore may not have occupied the same position in the public consciousness as peers like Chaka, Whitney or even Donna Summer may have, (in reality she seems to lie somewhere alongside or between Jennifer Holliday, Stephanie Mills and Phyllis Hyman in terms of popular recognition), Moore nonetheless has a rich catalogue to draw from."
11 Comments (since 22 Mar 2014)
leejohnson
It's over to blogger "Tommy" from the 'Disco Delivery' blog (http://discodelivery.blogspot.co.uk/) to give us some background on Melba Moore: "While Melba Moore's success in music and stage made her one of the most versatile acts working in music (the lady possesses a Tony award and a four-octave vocal range), the peaks and valleys of her career are almost as legendary as her voice."
leejohnson
The song "This Is It" was "... co-written and produced by Van McCoy and mixed by disco mix master Tom Moulton ...", and only got to No. 91 in the USA in 1976, but reached an outstanding No. 8 in the UK in that same year. Back to "Tommy": "Following a notoriously bitter divorce from ex-husband/manager Charles Huggins in 1991 which practically derailed her career, and which she claims left her destitute, she has nonetheless remained active, albeit largely under the radar for the past two decades.
leejohnson
"More recently Moore was the subject of a 2009 episode of 'Unsung', TV One's 'Behind The Music'-style mini-documentary series dedicated to veteran R&B acts. However, while there have been some excellent instalments in the 'Unsung' series, the Melba Moore episode was not one of them.
leejohnson
"Highlighting the limitations of the format, it looked as if the program's producers had scrambled to cover as many bases as possible, while not going deep enough into some of the key, contentious chapters of her story (particularly regarding the details and fallout of her divorce). One couldn't help but come away from the whole thing with more questions than answers.
leejohnson
"Although whatever the program's faults, the coverage seemed to be a harbinger of the renewed interest her catalogue would see in the coming years. While Moore may not have occupied the same position in the public consciousness as peers like Chaka, Whitney or even Donna Summer may have, (in reality she seems to lie somewhere alongside or between Jennifer Holliday, Stephanie Mills and Phyllis Hyman in terms of popular recognition), Moore nonetheless has a rich catalogue to draw from."
leejohnson
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melba_Moore
lynn200
real disco diva..she came through..good on her.
nangeanarendra
thanks for liking my jam
daved
Looks like she was in Tron.
SheRa
@daved or what a nun would look like in the Tron world...
daved
@SheRa yeah LOL