Melissa Manchester

Melissa Manchester (born on February 15, 1951 at New York, New York) is a very talented singer-songwriter and actress.

Manchester was born in the Bronx area of New York city to a musical family of Jewish descent. Her fath

Melissa Manchester (born on February 15, 1951 at New York, New York) is a very talented singer-songwriter and actress.

Manchester was born in the Bronx area of New York city to a musical family of Jewish descent. Her father was a bassoonist for the New York Metropolitan Opera. Manchester started a singing career at an early age, learning the piano and harpsichord at the Manhattan School of Music and Arts, singing commercial jingles at age 15, and becoming a staff writer for Chappell Music while attending New York City's High School of the Performing Arts.