Manchester was born in the Bronx area of New York city to a musical family of Jewish descent. Her father was a bassoonist for the New York Metropolitan Opera. Manchester started a singing career at an early age, learning the piano and harpsichord at the Manhattan School of Music and Arts, singing commercial jingles at age 15, and becoming a staff writer for Chappell Music while attending New York City's High School of the Performing Arts.
These are photos from concerts where Melissa Manchester played, so they may be of other bands that played the concert as well.
Melissa Manchester / Roberta Flack / Jeffery Osborne / Al Jarreau Dec 18, 1997 Columbus, Ohio, United States Uploaded by Zachary Casperson
