Misty Blue

Monica's newest single Love All Over Me is the second from her album Still Standing. Her duet with Brandy, The Boy Is Mine, was my most listened to song in 1998. It spent 13 weeks at number one in the Billboard charts.

I've always thought that Monica has one of the best voices in R'n'B. Here is her version of the great Dorothy Moore song, Misty Blue.

80: 80's 31: Melissa Manchester

Melissa Manchester had a big hit in the late 1970's with Don't Cry Out Loud. In 1982 she had her biggest hit to date in the Billboard charts with You Should Hear How She Talks About You. It got to number 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. The song was produced by Arif Mardin who worked with so many great stars including, Bette Midler, Chaka Khan, Anita Baker and Barbra Streisand. You Should Hear How She talks About You is one of those songs that is such a truly American pop song. It's pop, disco and guitar rock all in one. The song was taken from the album Hey Ricky which is pictured above.

Melissa won the award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance at the 1982 Grammys. Here's the moment when she won the award. It was introduced by Donna Summer and Quincy Jones. There really was amazing competition in that category that year.