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| A Portrait of Melba | ||||
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| Released | November 6, 1977 | |||
| Recorded | 1977 | |||
| Label | Buddah | |||
| Producer | Gene McFadden, John Whitehead, Victor Carstarphen | |||
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A Portrait of Melba is the seventh album by singer Melba Moore, released in 1977.
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.
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.
All tracks composed by Gene McFadden, John Whitehead and Victor Carstarphen; except where indicated
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