''Peach Melba'' is the fourth album by singer
Melba Moore
Beatrice Melba Hill or Beatrice Melba Smith (sources differ) (born October 29, 1945), known by her stage name Melba Moore, is an American singer and actress.
Biography Early life and education
Moore was born Beatrice Melba Hill or Beatrice Melba ...
, released in 1975: her
Buddah Records
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debut, ''Peach Melba'' was Moore's first studio album since 1971 (the singer's third album had been the 1972 concert album ''
Melba Moore Live!
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Track listing
#"New World Coming" (Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil) -3:13
#"Blue Skie ...
''). Moore would credit her husband/manager Charles Huggins, whom she married in September 1974, with getting her signed to Buddah.
Reception
What little success Moore's Buddah tenure would afford her would be focused on her 1976 album release ''
This Is It'' which produced her first two major
R&B chart
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hits: "
This Is It" and "Lean On Me", the former also being the first of Moore's two singles to rank in the
''Billboard'' Hot 100. However the ''Peach Melba'' album is notable among
Prince
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fans as his former guitarist
Wendy Melvoin
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along with her twin sister
Susannah provide backing vocals on Moore's rendition of "
Sunshine Superman".
Track listing
#"Must Be Dues" (Dennis Collins Johnson,
Eugene McDaniels
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)
#"Get Into My Mind" (Eugene McDaniels, Gary King,
Hank Cicalo
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, Morgan Ames)
#"If You Can Believe" (
Ralph MacDonald
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, William Salter)
#"
Sunshine Superman" (
Donovan Leitch)
#"My Soul is Satisfied" (
Mary McCreary
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)
#"I Am His Lady" (Morgan Ames)
#"Green Birds Fly" (Peter Yarrow, Philip Namanworth)
#"Natural Part of Everything" (Dennis Collins Johnson, Eugene McDaniels)
#"Love Can Be Good to You" (Rachel Perry)
#"A Million Years Before this Time" (Eugene McDaniels)
#"If I Lose" (Eugene McDaniels)
References
1975 albums
Melba Moore albums
Buddah Records albums
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