{"id":127502,"date":"2025-06-02T13:20:41","date_gmt":"2025-06-02T18:20:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=127502"},"modified":"2025-06-02T13:21:13","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T18:21:13","slug":"legendary-singer-melissa-manchester-returns-breaking-entertainment-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=127502","title":{"rendered":"Legendary Singer Melissa Manchester Returns! &#8211; Breaking Entertainment News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1545664804358300\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1545664804358300\" data-ad-slot=\"8616314829\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});<\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=127502\" rel=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=127502\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-127503 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/mail-300x258.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"258\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/mail-300x258.png 300w, https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/mail-1024x881.png 1024w, https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/mail-768x660.png 768w, https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/mail.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Melissa Manchester Photo credit: Nick Spanos<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Melissa Manchester will celebrate her remarkable 50-year career in show business with a dazzling, all-new show titled \u201c50 Threads: An Artist\u2019s Journey\u201d at 54 Below in New York City. Described as a \u201cmusical memoir,\u201d \u201c50 Threads: An Artist\u2019s Journey\u201d will run for three nights, beginning Thursday, June 12, and ending Saturday, June 14.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets for 50 Threads: An Artist\u2019s Journey are available HERE.<\/p>\n<p>Manchester, the recent recipient of the Boston Theater Critics Association\u2019s Elliot Norton Award for Outstanding Visiting Featured Performance for her role of Mrs. Brice in Funny Girl, conceived \u201c50 Threads\u201d as an autobiographical show that will unfold in both monologues and songs, beginning with her first musical memories \u2013 hearing her father play bassoon, then falling under the spell of Ella Fitzgerald at age five \u2013 and covering key aspects of her development.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI studied songwriting with Paul Simon, and of course, Laura Nyro was my muse,\u201d she says. \u201cSoon I met Carole Bayer Sager and Marvin Hamlisch, both of whom I collaborated with. A lot of brilliant talents figure into my story.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Manchester will accompany herself at times on piano, and she will be joined by keyboardist Tedd Firth and singer-percussionist Susan Holder. Fans can expect to hear a wide range of treasures from Manchester\u2019s glorious catalog. The setlist will include beloved hits like \u201cMidnight Blue,\u201d \u201cWhenever I Call You Friend,\u201d \u201cDon\u2019t Cry Out Loud,\u201d \u201cCome In From the Rain,\u201d \u201cYou Should Hear How She Talks About You\u201d and more.<\/p>\n<p>As she did on her acclaimed recent album RE:VIEW, Manchester will rework and reimagine several of her nineteen Billboard charted classics, particularly on solo songs she turned into duets. \u201cWe\u2019ll have my collaborators from RE:VIEW on video screens for me to sing live with. It will be a lot of fun,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n<p>Among them are Kenny Loggins, who will duet with Manchester on \u201cWhenever I Call You Friend.\u201d \u201cI wrote the song with Kenny, but we never got a chance to record it,\u201d she says. \u201cThe RE:VIEW version has a different groove, and the way I stacked the vocals has a whole new approach. Kenny sounds fantastic with that piercing clarion call of a voice. And Dave Koz is on sax \u2013 it\u2019s a bunch of sweetness.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Manchester will also duet with Dolly Parton on video. Recalling their collaboration on a sumptuous new version of \u201cMidnight Blue,\u201d Manchester says, \u201cThe experience was unbelievable. Her voice is so special, and the way she sings intervals is quite unique. I actually had to redo my own vocals, because I wanted to meet her emotionally. I thought this version of the song should be between two women, and Dolly was perfect.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Until recently, fans were only able to hear \u201cConfide in Me\u201d (which Manchester wrote with Stan Schwartz) on versions by Diana Ross \u2013 and by Raquel Welch on The Muppets. On RE:VIEW, she reclaims the number, turning the torch song into a gorgeous, Latin-tinged ballad. Accompanying the track is a beautifully rendered video that has quickly become Manchester\u2019s number one clip of all time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMaking RE:VIEW has been so illuminating and rewarding,\u201d she says. \u201cThese are legacy songs that people have loved, and it\u2019s very gratifying to see my fans experience them in a new way. It was a blessing to reinvent these songs and give people a different world I hadn\u2019t thought of 40 or 50 years ago.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>STREAM \/ SHARE \/ PURCHASE RE:VIEW HERE<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>MORE ABOUT MELISSA MANCHESTER<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>In 1980,\u202fMelissa\u202fManchester\u202fbecame the first recording artist in the history of the Academy Awards to have two nominated movie themes in a single year &#8211; \u201cThrough the Eyes of Love\u201d from\u202fIce Castles\u202fand \u201cI\u2019ll Never Say Goodbye\u201d from\u202fThe Promise\u202f- and to perform them both on the Oscar telecast.\u202fManchester\u202fcreated the role of Maddy, the title character\u2019s mother, on the NBC hit TV series\u202fBlossom.\u202fShe was nominated for a GRAMMY for \u201cDon\u2019t Cry Out Loud\u201d in 1980 and she won the GRAMMY Award for Best Female Vocalist in 1982 singing \u201cYou Should Hear How She Talks About You.\u201d Manchester\u202fhas celebrated her tenure as Artist In Residence at Citrus College with the release of her albums,\u202fYou Gotta Love The Life,\u202fThe Fellas\u202f- a tribute to the iconic male singers who set the platinum standard for pop music &#8211; and now, her golden anniversary offering,\u202fRE:VIEW.\u202fIn 2021,\u202fManchester\u202fwas inducted into the Great American Songbook Foundation\u2019s Hall of Fame and she is a recipient of the NARAS Board of Governors Award.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>For more information, please <a href=\"https:\/\/melissamanchester.com\/\">visit<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #808000;\"><a style=\"color: #808000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.authorhouse.com\/en\/bookstore\/bookdetails\/232300-BOXING-INTERVIEWS-OF-A-LIFETIME\">Click Here to Order Boxing Interviews Of A Lifetime By &#8220;Bad&#8221; Brad Berkwitt<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"wpforms-container wpforms-container-full\" id=\"wpforms-126533\"><form id=\"wpforms-form-126533\" class=\"wpforms-validate wpforms-form wpforms-ajax-form\" data-formid=\"126533\" method=\"post\" enctype=\"multipart\/form-data\" action=\"\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F127502\" data-token=\"36f9247744e8ec8084703535557c3d12\" data-token-time=\"1776716892\"><noscript class=\"wpforms-error-noscript\">Please enable JavaScript in your browser to complete this form.<\/noscript><div class=\"wpforms-field-container\"><div id=\"wpforms-126533-field_1-container\" class=\"wpforms-field wpforms-field-name\" data-field-id=\"1\"><label class=\"wpforms-field-label\">Name <span class=\"wpforms-required-label\">*<\/span><\/label><div class=\"wpforms-field-row wpforms-field-medium\"><div class=\"wpforms-field-row-block wpforms-first wpforms-one-half\"><input type=\"text\" id=\"wpforms-126533-field_1\" class=\"wpforms-field-name-first wpforms-field-required\" name=\"wpforms[fields][1][first]\" required><label for=\"wpforms-126533-field_1\" class=\"wpforms-field-sublabel after\">First<\/label><\/div><div class=\"wpforms-field-row-block wpforms-one-half\"><input type=\"text\" id=\"wpforms-126533-field_1-last\" class=\"wpforms-field-name-last wpforms-field-required\" name=\"wpforms[fields][1][last]\" required><label for=\"wpforms-126533-field_1-last\" class=\"wpforms-field-sublabel after\">Last<\/label><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"wpforms-126533-field_2-container\" class=\"wpforms-field wpforms-field-email\" data-field-id=\"2\"><label class=\"wpforms-field-label\" for=\"wpforms-126533-field_2\">Email <span class=\"wpforms-required-label\">*<\/span><\/label><input type=\"email\" id=\"wpforms-126533-field_2\" class=\"wpforms-field-medium wpforms-field-required\" name=\"wpforms[fields][2]\" spellcheck=\"false\" required><\/div>\t\t<div id=\"wpforms-126533-field_4-container\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"wpforms-field wpforms-field-text\"\n\t\t\tdata-field-type=\"text\"\n\t\t\tdata-field-id=\"4\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t<label class=\"wpforms-field-label\" for=\"wpforms-126533-field_4\" >or Message Email<\/label>\n\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" id=\"wpforms-126533-field_4\" class=\"wpforms-field-medium\" name=\"wpforms[fields][4]\" >\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"wpforms-126533-field_3-container\" class=\"wpforms-field wpforms-field-textarea\" data-field-id=\"3\"><label class=\"wpforms-field-label\" for=\"wpforms-126533-field_3\">Comment or Message<\/label><textarea id=\"wpforms-126533-field_3\" class=\"wpforms-field-medium\" name=\"wpforms[fields][3]\" ><\/textarea><\/div><script>\n\t\t\t\t( function() {\n\t\t\t\t\tconst style = document.createElement( 'style' );\n\t\t\t\t\tstyle.appendChild( document.createTextNode( '#wpforms-126533-field_4-container { position: absolute !important; 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