Melissa Manchester to be Honored at the Bistro Awards
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Melissa Manchester will receive a Special Award for Outstanding Contributions to American Popular Music at the 27th annual Bistro Awards, April 23 at 6:30pm at Gotham Comedy Club.
Manchester will join the previously announced honorees Kaye Ballard, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Warren Vaché, Rita Gardner, Joyce Breach, and Aaron Weinstein, among others. The event will feature performances by most of the award winners, and a total of 26 awards will be given out during the evening. Comedian and actor Jim David will host the awards.
The Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter and actress Melissa Manchester’s hit singles on the Adult Contemporary charts include her version of Dionne Warwick’s hit “Walk on By” and “Come in from the Rain.” In 1980 she was the first artist in the history of the Academy Awards to have two nominated movie themes in a single year: “Through the Eyes of Love” and “The Promise.”
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