Soft Spring Breeze From The West Coast

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"Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating; there is really no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather." ~ John Ruskin (19th century writer)

In 1975 Melissa Manchester had her first Top Ten hit, Midnight Blue, and it set the tone for most of her career with its direct, slickly produced MOR pop sound. She and Kenny Loggins co-wrote the latter's 1978 duet hit with Stevie Nicks, Whenever I Call You Friend. Manchester returned to the Top Ten with Don't Cry Out Loud from the same-titled album, produced by Leon Ware, which contains Bad Weather as well. In 1980, she became the first singer to have two movie themes nominated for Academy Awards (Ice Castles and The Promise). Two years later she achieved her highest Billboard singles chart placement with the number five hit You Should Hear How She Talks About You.

Tracklist:

Arlana – Spring Tme (1984)
Stacey – Keeps Me Hanging On (1980)
Jim & Jerome Cox – Love The Changes (1980)
Melissa Manchester – Bad Weather (1978)
Christian Gratz – Harmony (2021)
Dobie Gray – Drift Away (1973)
Pearl Charles – Sweet Sunshine Wine (2019)
Jeff Larson – Rain Soaked Cloud (2014)
Colin Blunstone ‎– I Don't Believe In Miracles (1972)
The Faragher Brothers – Find A Love Of My Own (1978)
Del Amitri – It’s Feelings (2021)
Jeffords Brothers – Sights And Sounds (1986)
Greg Boehme – Love Be Kind (1978)
Ren Harvieu – Summer Romance (2012)
Hollywood Freeway ‎– You're The Song (That I Can't Stop Singing) (1973)
Matthew Larkin Cassell – In My Life (1977)
Bart & The Bedazzled – The Amateurs (2018)
Inger Lise – Love So Right (1976)
Bobbie Gentry – Thunder In The Afternoon (1978)
Work Drugs – Tender Age (2021)
Commodores – Easy (1977)