No slowing down for music legend Melissa Manchester

No Slowing Down for Music Legend Melissa Manchester

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  • Shows the cast of Cagney on stage in costumes, with Melissa Manchester in focus. Photograph by Lenny Stucker.

“Ma Cagney” is Stealing Hearts at Bay Street!

July 7th, 2026|

The reviews are in, and our favorite Grammy winner is officially dazzling audiences out in the Hamptons! Critics are falling in love with Melissa’s heartwarming performance as "Ma Cagney" in Cagney: The Musical at the Bay Street Theater. See what the buzz is all about!

  • Clive Davis with Melissa Manchester in their final photo together.

Melissa Manchester Remembers Clive Davis

June 22nd, 2026|

Clive Davis has died at age 94. As one of the foundational artists of the Arista Records era, I reflect on our complicated, enduring relationship, the lessons learned, and the final photo we shared together.

  • Melissa Manchester singing at 54 Below. Photo by Stephen Mosher

A night of songs and stories at 54 Below

May 9th, 2026|

Melissa Manchester’s evening at 54 Below unfolded as a night of songs and stories, moving between music and memories of collaborators and her own catalogue. She carried the room with ease, and the songs still land with weight, shaped by time, voice, and presence.

Melissa Manchester Joins the Cast of “Cagney the Musical”

April 16th, 2026|

Melissa is returning to the stage this summer, joining the cast of Cagney the Musical at the Bay Street Theater in Sag Harbor, New York. Taking on the role of Ma Cagney, Melissa portrays the steadfast "touchstone" and mother of the legendary Hollywood tough guy and dancer, James Cagney.

  • Music legend Melissa Manchester is sitting on a chair, smiling and looking in the camera

Celebrating 75 with new projects, concerts, and the return of “Fifty Threads”

February 3rd, 2026|

Congratulations to Melissa Manchester on turning 75. She continues to create, perform, and explore new projects with the same energy and curiosity as ever. This year includes concert appearances across the U.S., new music and composition work, and the return of her one-woman show Fifty Threads after its successful New York debut.

Melissa Manchester Brings Music, Memories & Magic to the GRAMMY Museum

July 23rd, 2025|

There was laughter. There were stories that made you pause. And of course, there was music — the kind that reminds you why Melissa Manchester continues to resonate after all these years. A night of reflection, reinvention, and real connection. On July 21, Melissa returned to the GRAMMY Museum’s Clive Davis Theater in Los Angeles.

Chic Compass cover article on the legendary Melissa Manchester

Re:View — Melissa Revisits the Songs That Shaped Her

For 50 years, Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Melissa Manchester has been making timeless music that has resonated with fans.

On her 25th album, RE:VIEW, Manchester celebrates the golden anniversary by reinterpreting some of her biggest hits, with an assist from some special friends. Dolly Parton joins her on majestic ballad “Midnight Blue,” which Manchester took to No. 6 on the Hot 100 in 1975. Kenny Loggins collaborates with her on “Whenever I Call You Friend,” which the two wrote in the mid-‘70s and Loggins and Stevie Nicks had an enduring hit with in 1978.

The album includes remakes of several of her hits, including “You Should Hear How She Talks About You,” for which she won a Grammy for best pop vocal performance, female, in 1983, as well as “Through the Eyes of Love,” “Don’t Cry Out Loud” and “Come in From the Rain.”

Chic Compass cover article on the legendary Melissa Manchester

Reimagining Her Classic Hits in Her 25th Album Re:View

For 50 years, Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Melissa Manchester has been making timeless music that has resonated with fans.

On her 25th album, RE:VIEW, Manchester celebrates the golden anniversary by reinterpreting some of her biggest hits, with an assist from some special friends. Dolly Parton joins her on majestic ballad “Midnight Blue,” which Manchester took to No. 6 on the Hot 100 in 1975. Kenny Loggins collaborates with her on “Whenever I Call You Friend,” which the two wrote in the mid-‘70s and Loggins and Stevie Nicks had an enduring hit with in 1978.

The album includes remakes of several of her hits, including “You Should Hear How She Talks About You,” for which she won a Grammy for best pop vocal performance, female, in 1983, as well as “Through the Eyes of Love,” “Don’t Cry Out Loud” and “Come in From the Rain.”

Listen to RE:VIEW

“Whenever I Call You Friend”, featuring Kenny Loggins”

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