Talk:Melba Moore

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How did whoever added her as a whistle register singer find out about that? I've never heard her sing high enough.

Well I have. I just saw a performance from her (from like four years ago) on the BET Jazz Channel and she hit and sustained some very high notes. I'm pretty sure that she has recorded some songs in which she sings in the whistle register, that's why I added the category. Lesanichelle 07:02, 15 January 2006 (UTC)


 * Is it this video cus the high note she sings is C6(although i see why you would think it is whistle because she makes it sound higher)

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That's pretty impressive, but no that's not the clip. She hit a note higher (C#6) on the other clip that I saw.


 * But can she hit notes E6+? Myke 02:01, 28 April 2006 (UTC)


 * I took her name off of the whistle register list, because I couldn't find any notes that Miss Moore hit higher than Db6. If anyone else finds something, they can add it. Not saying that she doesn't have the ability to, but there needs to be proof.TamYum 04:56, 2 May 2006 (UTC)
 * does anyone know what notes she hit on the fighting temptations soundtrack? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.114.118.168 (talk) 09:49, 16 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Someone's recently published a Melba Moore vocal range video on YouTube. It appears her highest note is E♭6, head voice. Contains Mild Peril (talk) 18:24, 3 October 2009 (UTC)

1965?
The musical, HAIR, started in 1967, so I don't know how she could have debuted in 1965 in the production.

Melba's Vocal
It is said that Melba Moore held a 35 seconds note in her song Lean On Me, and she also held about a 31 second note in The Other Side Of The Rainbow. I bought one of her compilation albums and the writer states that Melba Moore held a 3 minutes note. What I want know is if there has been others who have held these notes, and if not, why is it that Melba is not listed in the Guinness Book Of Records.(Unsigned)

I don't know if there is more than version of The Other Side Of The Rainbow available, but in this one she holds the note for approximately 37 seconds! I believe the current world record for longest vocal note belongs to Dean Frenkel at 57 seconds (this was performed in a TV studio purely for record purposes, not as part of a song). Unofficially, some guy on YouTube held a note for over a minute. I'd be very sceptical about extreme claims like 3 minutes. Contains Mild Peril (talk) 17:48, 3 October 2009 (UTC)

Single The Magic Touch 1966
There seems to be a single sung by Melba Moore, The Magic Touch from 1966, written by a certain Ted Daryll. See here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6D5QwjRWXrI and here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkuKBq9gBBg ; and you can find it on Amazon as well. Anyone who's interested in having a trustful article about Mrs. Moore can verify and include this information. --JakobvS (talk) 20:50, 14 February 2015 (UTC)

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First release / First recording discrepancy between Melba Moore Entry and Melba Moore Discography
The Melba Moore entry plainly states her first recording was "Magic Touch" in 1967 which was shelved. Yet, her discography states another single which was not shelved, "Don't Cry Sing Along With The Music" / "Does Love Believe In Me", was released in 1966. Discogs.com agrees with the Wikipedia Melba Moore discography, adding the single was released on Musicor, however, Discogs.com needs corroboration, right? Request an expert corroborate which is true and make corrections accordingly. The Discogs.com URL is https://www.discogs.com/Melba-Moore-Does-Love-Believe-In-Me-Dont-Cry-Sing-Along-With-The-Music/master/644699. — Preceding unsigned comment added by JumperTime13 (talk • contribs) 22:18, 27 May 2018 (UTC)

Age is probably wrong.
If she was born in 1945, it doesn't match her HS graduation date. My father of Montclair NJ (at the time) attended classes at Montclair State College with her (in the music program) as a freshmen in the year 1958. She was 17 at the beginning of school. My dad was 18. That makes her 78 now.

According to the college she went to, she graduated in 1970.

With this along with her high school yearbook listing her as an alumni of the class of 1958, I think it's safe to say that the 1945 birth year a lot of sites have listed isn't the correct one. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kcj5062 (talk • contribs) 12:31, 21 September 2022 (UTC)


 * In April 2011, the New York Times had her as 65. In January 2014, the Young Voices had her as 69. Per that same source, "By the age of 22, Moore had dropped out of teacher’s college and was ready to become a recording artist. She auditioned for a role [that was in 1967] in the musical Hair...". So these sources mutually put her birth in the mid-1940s, and it seems her first stint at college was before she was 22. If it was at teacher's college, would that have been Montclair State? After all, she didn't graduate from Montclair State until 1970. I have no solid answerssomething's off, but I don't know what. Largoplazo (talk) 14:52, 21 September 2022 (UTC)

Birth date & High School Grad date
She’s listed as being born on October 29, 1945 & in the section Early life and education: it states Moore attended Newark Arts High School graduating in 1958 which would make her 13 yes. Old.

Most HS seniors graduate at the age of 17 or 18. 2601:8C:500:69D0:30BD:2E92:10BF:A6F1 (talk) 02:48, 22 October 2023 (UTC)