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Melba Moore
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American singer, and actress
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 2
Top works
- The other side of the rainbow
- I'm Still Here
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Film & TV
New York City, New York, United States
Beatrice Melba Smith (born October 29, 1945), known by her stage name, Melba Moore is an American disco, R&B singer and actress. She is the daughter of saxophonist Teddy Hill and R&B singer Bonnie Davis. Description above from the Wikipedia article Melba Moore, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Known for
- The Sherri Shepherd Show — Self - Guest2022
- Show of Titles — "Purlie" Performer2021
- Unsung2008
- The Fighting Temptations — Bessie Cooley2003
- A Bing Crosby Christmas — Self (archive footage)1998
- Lightning Force1991
- Def by Temptation — Madam Sonya1990
- All Dogs Go to Heaven — Whippet Angel (voice)1989
- Mother's Day1989
- Monsters — Angela Lyle1988
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1945-10-29
Discography
- I Got Love1970
- Look What You’re Doing to the Man1971
- Timex Presents Opryland U.S.A.1973
- Peach Melba1975
- This Is It1976
- Melba1976
- A Portrait of Melba1977
- Melba1978
- Burn1979
- Closer1980
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 127,054
- Total plays
- 703,756
Tags
Melba Hill, 29 October 1945, New York City, New York, USA. Based in New York, Melba Moore first attracted attention in the Broadway production of Hair. Although she has continued her thespian inclinations, winning an award for her performance in the musical Purlie, Moore has also forged a successful singing career. 'This Is It', a minor US hit, reached the UK Top 10 in 1976, and although her pop chart placings have since been inconsistent, Moore remained a fixture on the R&B lists over the follo
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Beatrice
- Family name
- Smith
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New York City
- Father
- Teddy Hill
- Occupation
- recording artist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Award
- Theatre World Award
- Field of work
- music composing
- Hair colour
- black hair
- Genre
- gospel music
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Buddah Records
- Official website
- www.melbamoore.com
- Image
- Melba Moore 1999.jpg
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- Commons category
- Melba Moore
- date of birth
- 1945-10-29
- ethnic group
- African Americans
- Commons gallery
- Melba Moore
- start of work period
- 1966-00-00
- birth name
- Beatrice Melba Smith
- nominated for
- Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance
- writing language
- English language
- social media followers
- 15500
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Available in 19 languages
- Español
- Français
- Deutsch
- Português
- Italiano
- العربية
- Afrikaans
- azb
- Bahasa Indonesia
- Egyptian Arabic
- Haitian Creole
- Hungarian
- Nederlands
- Svenska
- Urdu
- Welsh
- فارسی
- 한국어
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