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Episode 2455: Melba Moore ~ Presidential & Lifetime Achievement,, TONY AWARD® Winning Actress, Hollywood Walk of Fame 2023 Honoree 4x Grammy® Nominee
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TONY AWARD®, United States Congressional Record & National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress, Hollywood Walk of Fame Inductee 2023!!
Presidential Life Time Achievement Award, In Addition, Joseph Biden Public Service Award.
The Music Historian in ME Loves to Talk to the Legends.
Melba has NEW Music Compilation called "Imagine'. Already Topping the American & British Soul charts.
Melba Moore has done it all, twice. At the tender age of 10, Melba notes that it was then that 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 meteorically from there 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's Career continues with2024 Live Apperances at 54 Below in New York City this Spring. MelbaMoore.com
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