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Meli'sa Morgan (born
December 6,
1962 in
Queens, New York City,
New York) is an American
R&B/
Soul singer who had a string of
urban contemporary and
house music hits in the 1980s and 1990s. Born in
Queens, New York, she got her start in the
music industry while singing with a church
gospel choir called the Starlets of Corona. She cites
Chaka Khan as a major influence.Her initial chart entry was as the lead singer of the dance group,
Shades of Love. They had a single entry on
Billboard magazine's
Hot Dance Club Play chart in 1982, the #26 "Body to Body (Keep in Touch)". This was re-popularized in 1994 by new
remixes, "Body to Body (Keep in Touch)", and reached
number 1 on the Hot Dance Club Play chart.That same year, music entrepreneur
Jacques Fred Petrus asked her to join his newly created studio group, High Fashion, that featured Morgan and two other New York vocalists, Eric McClinton and
Alyson Williams. High Fashion's sole hit, "Feelin' Lucky Lately", reached #32 on the US
Black Singles chart. In 1983 Morgan left, and was replaced in the group by the
jazz vocalist, Marcella Allen. Morgan worked as a backing singer with
Chaka Khan,
Whitney Houston, and
Melba Moore.
[1]As a solo artist she topped the
R&B chart with her
cover version of
Prince's "Do Me, Baby" for 3 weeks,
[2] (the title track from her
debut album) which also became her only
Billboard Hot 100 entry, peaking at #46 in 1986. She also had a top 5
R&B single with "Do You Still Love Me" from her debut album. She had several solo hits on the U.S. dance chart as well, including "Still in Love With You," which hit #3 in 1992.After a lengthy hiatus, Morgan released her fifth solo album,
I Remember. The first single, "Back Together Again", a song originally recorded by
Roberta Flack and
Donny Hathaway, received moderate airplay on
urban contemporary radio stations during early 2006 and peaked at number 46 on Billboard's R&B chart. The follow-up singles included "I Remember", "Will You?" and "High Maintenance" which was released in September 2006. New material by Meli'sa Morgan can be heard on a German release by Cool Million, which features Meli'sa Morgan on lead vocals on the opening track Sweet Baby. This proves she is still vocally in top condition