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The HistoryMakers video oral history with Meli'sa Morgan.

Title
The HistoryMakers video oral history with Meli'sa Morgan.
Publication
Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]

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Details

Additional Authors
  • Morgan, Meli'sa
  • Cole, Harriette
  • Hickey, Matthew
  • HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
Description
1 online resource (6 video files (2 hr., 39 min., 24 sec.)) : sound, color.
Summary
R&B singer Meli'sa Morgan was born on December 6, 1964 in Queens, New York, growing up in the Corona neighborhood. She began performing at nine years old with gospel choir Starlets of Corona. Morgan debuted in 1979 as a vocalist with Shades of Love on the debut single "Come Inside." She sang briefly with disco studio group High Fashion but left to sing back-up with the people such as Chaka Khan, Whitney Houston and Melba Moore. Her solo albums include Do Me Baby (1986), Good Love (1987), The Lady In Me (1990), Still in Love with You (1992), and I Remember (2005). Morgan has writing credits on many of her songs, which were remixed and sampled by Junior Vazquez, Mary J. Blige, and Cool Million. She has collaborated with Kashif, Valerie Simpson, Cheryl Pepsii Riley and Full Force.
Alternative Title
  • History Makers video oral history with Meli'sa Morgan
  • Meli'sa Morgan
Subject
  • Morgan, Meli'sa > Interviews
  • Morgan, Meli'sa
  • African Americans > Interviews
  • African Americans
  • R & B Singer
Genre/Form
  • Internet videos.
  • Interviews.
  • Nonfiction films.
  • Oral histories.
Credits (note)
  • Videographer, Matthew Hickey.
OCLC
1000519428
Title
The HistoryMakers video oral history with Meli'sa Morgan.
Publisher
Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
Country of Producing Entity
United States naf
Playing Time
023924
Type of Content
two-dimensional moving image
Type of Medium
computer
Type of Carrier
online resource
Digital File Characteristics
video file
Performer
Harriette Cole, interviewer.
Credits
Videographer, Matthew Hickey.
Event
Recorded New York, New York 2016 September 23.
Source of description
Vendor-supplied metadata.
Connect to:
Available from home with a valid library card and onsite at NYPL
Indexed Term
R & B Singer.
Added Author
Morgan, Meli'sa, interviewee.
Cole, Harriette, interviewer.
Hickey, Matthew, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
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