It was the demo for "Love Wins...Every Time" that pulled Melba in enough to want to record it. With the vocal skills that made her a legend, which has not diminished its volume, tone and flair, Melba's delivery on the "Love Wins...Every Time" single holds up to artist half her age. Take a listen and tell me what you think.

Melba debuted in 1970 with the single "I Got Love" (Mercury Records) which garnered her a Grammy nomination. I think she was about 25 at the time. Then in 1974 she released "This is It" - she is most known for that release. She broke out on the stages of Broadway in the musical Hair, the musical Purlie where she won her Tony Award, and in the musical Les Misérables. Note that on Broadway you must have the vocal lungs to project your voice!

"Yes, it is part of an album," Melba told me when I asked about the "Love Wins...Every Time" single. "It's to be released in a week or so...it's ridiculous!"

I asked her to give me more about the album, since it is "ridiculous" project and she said, "It has a duet, a great duet with Lil G from Silk called ‘Easy to Love.' The album was complete and about to be released, and my daughter said, ‘you need a duet.' That's what I am saying, this album is ridiculous."

"I wanted to share my wisdom, sing about, not just romance," Moore continued as we talked about her new project.

Melba hopes the listeners of her new album will gain something from her over 60 years in the entertainment business, as a singer/performer, wife and mother, businesswoman and musician that is shared in her choices of the songs for the album.

"The album looks like my entire life...every category (genre). I wanted it to be R&B but...," she said.

"My daughter put the team together...Rahni, (Beau) Huggins and the people that works under them," Moore explain when I probe for more on the new album. "They determined what was submitted to me. One song had a whole symphony. That's what I am saying...it's ridiculous. It's so diverse. It's me and my diversity."

Melba has garnered a total of four Grammy Award nominations in her lifetime. In 2002 the New York native released her third Contemporary Gospel album "I'm Still Here" and at the age of 78 in 2023 she received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

The "Love Wins...Every Time" single is written and produced by Rahni Song and Chloe Barjona-Dunbar, with Beau Huggins and Charli Huggins (her daughter) as executive producers. You can see Melba Moore perform this weekend (November 7-8, 2026) at the Blue Note Nightclub in New York City.

The four octave range legend is also an actress having credits that include Lost in Space, Cotton Comes to Harlem, and All Dogs Go to Heaven. Also, a musician, with a bachelor's in music education, Melba mastered the piano as a child. Moore comes from entertainers with her mother (singer) and father (saxophonist) being artists too.

"We all started piano lessons together," she recalled. "I went on to have formal voice lessons in high school...it's in my DNA!" www.IAmMelbaMoore.com

The "Sky is Falling" single is written and produced by Shyra with music producer Benjamin Franklin co-producing. 

"I was working with my producer Ben Franklin, and I wanted something different multi-cultural with dancing," Sanchez said when I asked how the "Sky is Falling" single came to be. "He came up with the track...I came up with the melody, and the words just came."

Shyra said the single is about when loving someone brings feelings of uncertainty. I asked because I thought the title was a play on the title of the James Bond soundtrack song "SkyFall".

The single sounds like it belongs on a soundtrack, so I asked if she was open to writing and producing songs for other artists and she said, "Of course! I want to be a songwriter that's known. We have three songs on movie soundtracks now; John Singleton's Obduction soundtrack is one and one coming up I can't tell you about!"

I told Shyra she is just full of surprises.

She said, "Yes! I am! Big stuff is coming up in 2027!"

Shyra Sanchez is streaming at 3.3 million and her music video for "Operator" directed by Grammy winning and Emmy nominated Travis Payne (Michael Jackson, Prince, TLC) has 2.7 million views. That single reached #1 for two weeks on the DRT Global Top 100 Independent Airplay Chart and #31 on Billboard's Dance/Mix Show Airplay Chart. The "Operator single hit #4 on the UK Official Big Top 40 Chart, positioned between BTS and Harry Styles. www.ShyraMusic.com