Melissa Manchester
- Actress
- Music Department
- Writer
Melissa Manchester attended the Manhattan School of Music and Arts, where
she learned to play the piano and the harpsichord. Her father is a bassoon
player in the New York Metropolitan Opera orchestra. In the early 1970s,
Melissa studied songwriting at New York University School of the Arts in
New York City, under the direction of Paul Simon,
and at 15 she started recording commercial jingles. She was only one of
nine applicants accepted at Simon's class out of more than 100 applicants.
She also sang with Bette Midler and sang backup for her before going
solo. In 1982 she won the Best Female Vocalist of the Year award. She is
married to Kevin De Remer.
