![]() ![]() Throughout the rest of the 1970s, Moore struggled to match the success of "This Is It" with minor R&B/dance hits. In 1983 she re-recorded the song as a tribute to McCoy, who had died four years earlier. The song is most notable for Moore's extended long note at the end. In 1976, she scored her third Grammy nomination with the R&B ballad "Lean on Me", which had been recorded originally by Vivian Reed and later by Moore's idol Aretha Franklin who recorded the song as a B-side of her 1971 hit " Spanish Harlem". ![]() It was 18 years later when Australian singer Dannii Minogue covered this song and made it to number 10 on the ARIA chart. "This is It" also became the number 1 disco track in the UK for that year. The following year, she scored her first significant hit with the Van McCoy-penned " This Is It", which reached the Billboard Hot 100, the top-20 position on the R&B chart, and top-10 in the UK Singles Chart, becoming her biggest success in that country. In 1975, Moore signed with Buddah Records and released the critically successful R&B album Peach Melba, which included the minor hit "I Am His Lady". Her career picked up after she met record manager and business promoter Charles Huggins after a performance at the Apollo Theater in 1974. When Moore's managers and accountants left her in 1973, she returned to Newark and began singing in benefit concerts. Both Moore and Davis revealed that the show was canceled after its brief run when their relationship ended. She would not return to Broadway until 1978 when she appeared (as Marsinah) with Eartha Kitt in Timbuktu! but left the show after a few weeks and was replaced by Vanessa Shaw.įollowing the success of Purlie, Moore landed two big-screen film roles, released two successful albums, 1970's I Got Love and Look What You're Doing to the Man, and co-starred with actor Clifton Davis in the then-couple's own successful variety television series in 1972. In 1970, she won a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical for her portrayal of Lutiebelle in Purlie. Moore replaced Keaton in the role of Sheila. In 1967, she began her performing career as Dionne in the original cast of the musical Hair along with Ronnie Dyson, Paul Jabara and Diane Keaton. In later years, it became an popular track on the Northern soul scene, eventually leading to Moore performing it live in 2009 at the Baltic Soul Weekender 3 in Germany north of Hamburg. Moore began her recording career in 1967, cutting the track "Magic Touch" which was left unreleased until 1986. In 1970, she graduated from Montclair State College with a BA in music. For high school, Moore attended Newark Arts High School, graduating in 1958. ![]() Moore grew up in the Harlem section of New York until age 9 when her mother remarried jazz pianist Clement Leroy Moorman and the family relocated to Newark, New Jersey. Moore was born Beatrice Melba Hill or Beatrice Melba Smith (sources differ) in New York City to Gertrude Melba Smith (1920–1976), who was a singer professionally known as Bonnie Davis and Teddy Hill (1909–1978), a big band leader. Beatrice Melba Hill or Beatrice Melba Smith (sources differ) (born October 29, 1945), known by her stage name Melba Moore, is an American singer and actress.
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