Melba Moore - Read My Lips

Melba Moore is a New York native who is a singer and Broadway actress. She was one of the first Black women to win a Tony Award in 1970, for her role in the play 'Purlie'. She has since been active the R&B scene with over a dozen love ballad and uptempo songs for over 40 years. Moore is responsible for starting the career of love ballad singer Freddie Jackson, who was sang with her on the duet, 'A Little Bit More'. Her hits from the 1970s and 1980s include Love 'This Is It', 'Burn', 'Love's Coming At Cha', 'Pick Me Up, I'll Dance', 'Livin' for Your Love', 'You Stepped Into My Life', 'Mind Up Tonight', 'Keepin' My Lover Satisfied' and 'Love the One I'm With' (duet with Kashif). Her 1990 recording of 'Lift Every Voice and Sing' was instrumental in having that song entered into the Congressional Record as the official African-American National Anthem. More recently, Moore has been focusing on gospel recordings while still appearing in occasional Broadway shows. In 2003, she was featured in the film, The Fighting Temptations, which starred Cuba Gooding, Jr. and Beyonce Knowles.

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[timjones6738]

Does anyone know where I can get this song? I have been trying to find it. This is a great song, and I remember jamming it when it came out in 85.

[oldschoolbx1970]

May 1985. I was ready to graduate from I.S. 74 in The Bronx when this video aired on New York Hot Tracks on ABC-TV(channel 7),Video Music Box on WNYC-TV(PBS Channel 31),and U 68 on WWHT-TV(channel 68). thanks for posting it.

[TheMariposaloca]

@soulchildsacomin Sorry, I don't know.

[soulchildsacomin]

@TheMariposaloca

There was a colorized version on this video. I have it (my dad taped it off New York Hot Tracks, but he stopped recording it at the last 40 seconds of the clip). I wondered if she had a video released for "When You Love Me Like This" which also came from the Read My Lips lp.

[MURPHNSPUD]

ps

why cant u buy this or many other of albums on CD?

i dunno

[MURPHNSPUD]

OH WELL blame fucking wikipedia lol

they have this entry for ms moore -

1985's "Read My Lips", which later won Moore a fourth Grammy nomination for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance

some one tell them 2 delete

and any way she shudda won

!

[VirgoDar]

@MURPHNSPUD Slight correction, Melba was nominated but didn't win. Tina Turner won Best Rock Female that year.

[TheMariposaloca]

This song was in heavy rotation on BET.

[rockywoods]

this song rocks!!!  Melba Moore is one of the greatest voices of all time

[afoonu]

Yes Melba, we still need to read your lips today.