Melissa Manchester, born February 15, 1951, in New York City, entered the music
world as a piano‑playing singer‑songwriter, honing her craft in the city’s
vibrant club scene before signing with Arista Records. Her breakthrough arrived
with the 1975 single "Midnight Blue", from the album Melissa, which peaked at
number 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 and earned a gold certification, cementing her
status as a pop artist. Melissa Manchester continued to release
chart‑respectable albums such as Better Days and Happy Endings (1976), Help Is
on the Way (1976), Singin' (1977), and Don't Cry ...