Moore's fourth album for Buddah Records, A Portrait of Melba - like Moore's two 1976 Van McCoy-produced albums - primarily aimed the singer at the disco market where Moore had had her first glimmer of success as a recording artist with the 1976 single "This Is It". A Portrait of Melba was produced by the virtuoso Philly soul duo McFadden & Whitehead - their first full album production - and was Moore's first album to be distributed by Arista Records.
Receptionedit
The one single issued from the album: "Standing Right Here" in December 1977, failed to become a significant hit, stalling at #69 on the R&B chart in Billboard and #53 on that magazine's Dance Music/Club Play Singles,[2] and A Portrait of Melba became Moore's first Buddah album release to fall short of both the Billboard 200 and the magazine's ranking of bestselling R&B oriented albums. However Moore would again collaborate with McFadden and Whitehead on her next album: Melba, which would become her most successful recording venture.
portrait, melba, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, august, 20. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources A Portrait of Melba news newspapers books scholar JSTOR August 2015 Learn how and when to remove this message A Portrait of Melba is the seventh album by singer Melba Moore released in 1977 A Portrait of MelbaStudio album by Melba MooreReleasedNovember 6 1977Recorded1977LabelBuddahProducerGene McFadden John Whitehead Victor CarstarphenMelba Moore chronologyMelba 1976 A Portrait of Melba 1977 Melba 1978 Professional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingAllmusic 1 Contents 1 Background 2 Reception 3 Track listing 4 ReferencesBackground editMoore s fourth album for Buddah Records A Portrait of Melba like Moore s two 1976 Van McCoy produced albums primarily aimed the singer at the disco market where Moore had had her first glimmer of success as a recording artist with the 1976 single This Is It A Portrait of Melba was produced by the virtuoso Philly soul duo McFadden amp Whitehead their first full album production and was Moore s first album to be distributed by Arista Records Reception editThe one single issued from the album Standing Right Here in December 1977 failed to become a significant hit stalling at 69 on the R amp B chart in Billboard and 53 on that magazine s Dance Music Club Play Singles 2 and A Portrait of Melba became Moore s first Buddah album release to fall short of both the Billboard 200 and the magazine s ranking of bestselling R amp B oriented albums However Moore would again collaborate with McFadden and Whitehead on her next album Melba which would become her most successful recording venture Track listing editAll tracks composed by Gene McFadden John Whitehead and Victor Carstarphen except where indicated You Are My River Carlos Santana Leon Patillo Promised Land Leon Huff Gene McFadden John Whitehead Victor Carstarphen I Don t Know No One Else to Turn To Standing Right Here Just Another Link Living Free Is This the End Douglas Brown Tom Wallington William Bloom Love and I Aren t Strangers Anymore References edit A Portrait of Melba Allmusic Retrieved 2021 11 15 Album Search for a portrait of melba AllMusic nbsp This 1970s R amp B soul album related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title A Portrait of Melba amp oldid 1196751713, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
