In addition to her Tony Award, Moore's music career brought additional accolades. She was nominated for a Grammy Award in 1971 for 'Best New Artist'. In 1976, she earned another Grammy nomination for Best Rhythm & Blues Vocal Performance - Female for the song "Lean on Me",. Moore was also nominated for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance in 1986 for "Read My Lips". Moore is also the 2012 Recipient of the Atlanta Black Theatre Festival Theatre Legend Award. Moore was inducted into the Official Rhythm & Blues Music Hall of Fame on October 4, 2015, in Detroit. Moore received the 2015 Sandy Hosey Lifetime Achievement Award during the Artists Music Guild's 2015 AMG Heritage Awards broadcast held on November 14, 2015 in North Carolina. Stage work Hair (1967) Purlie (1970) Timbuktu! (1978) Inacent Black (1981) Broadway at the Bowl (1988) From the Mississippi Delta (1993, est) Les Misérables (1995) Brooklyn (2006) Straight 2the Head (2013) Great God A'Mighty (2013) After Midnight (2018) Filmography Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970) – Singer at the Apollo Theater (uncredited) The Sidelong Glances of a Pigeon Kicker (1970) – Model at Party Lost in the Stars (1974) - Irina Christmas with Flicka (1987) - Herself All Dogs Go to Heaven (1989) – Whippet Angel (named Annabelle in later installments) (voice) Yakety Yak, Take it Back (1991) - Herself and Tibi the Take it Back Butterfly (voice) The Fighting Temptations (2003) – Bessie Cooley Discography Albums Compilation Singles "Let's Stand Together" and "Take My Love" charted together on the US Billboard Dance chart, but charted separately elsewhere. See also List of disco artists (L-R) List of post-disco artists and songs Guests on Soul Train List of performers on Top of the Pops List of Broadway musicals stars List of artists who reached number one on the Billboard R&B chart References Further reading External links Melba Moore's Official Myspace page SoulTracks.com profile of Melba Moore Melba Moore @ soulandfunkmusic.com Melba Moore 2012 Audio Interview at Soulinterviews.com 1945 births 20th-century African-American women singers African-American Christians American disco singers American gospel singers American soul singers Singers from New York City Musicians from Newark, New Jersey Newark Arts High School alumni Drama Desk Award winners Theatre World Award winners Tony Award winners Mercury Records artists Epic Records artists Capitol Records artists Living people Actresses from New York City Actresses from Newark, New Jersey African-American actresses American film actresses American television