Meli’sa Morgan is an American R&B/Soul singer–songwriter. Morgan had a string of urban contemporary hits. Most notable include her cover version of Prince’s “Do Me, Baby” (1985), “Do You Still Love Me” (1986) and “Still in Love with You” (1992).
Born in Queens, New York, Morgan fell in love with singing as a child while singing with a church gospel choir called the Starlets of Corona. Morgan cites Chaka Khan as a major influence for her wanting to be a recording artist.
Her initial chart entry was as the lead singer of the dance group, Shades of Love. They had a single entry at #26 on Billboard magazine’s Hot Dance Club Play chart in 1982 with “Body to Body (Keep in Touch).” This was re-popularized in 1994 by new remixes and reached #1 on the same chart. That same year, music entrepreneur Jacques Fred Petrus asked her to join his newly created studio group, High Fashion, that featured Morgan and two other New York vocalists, Eric McClinton and Alyson Williams. High Fashion’s sole hit, “Feelin’Lucky Lately,” reached #32 on the US Black Singles chart. In 1983, Morgan left the group and went on to work as a backing singer on tour with Chaka Khan, recording with Whitney Houston, and Melba Moore.
As a solo artist, she topped the R&B chart going #1 with her cover version of Prince’s “Do Me, Baby” for 3 weeks, (the title track from her debut album) which also was a Billboard Hot 100 entry, peaking at number 46 in 1986. She also had a top 5 R&B single with “Do You Still Love Me” from her debut album. Meli’sa has had several solo hits on the US dance chart as well, including “Still in Love with You,” which hit #3 in 1992.
A verse from Morgan’s 1986 single “Fool’s Paradise” was re-vamped, with modified lyrics, by Mary J. Blige as the chorus to the 1996 Jay-Z single “Can’t Knock the Hustle.”Which MELI’SA also recorded and did the remix with Jay-Z as well.
After a lengthy hiatus, Morgan released her fifth solo album, “I Remember”. The first single, “Back Together Again”, a song originally recorded by Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway, received nice airplay on urban contemporary radio stations during early 2006 and peaked at number 46 on Billboard’s R&B chart. The follow-up singles included “I Remember,” “Will You?,” and “High Maintenance” which were also released in 2006.
Meli’sa worked with and recorded with German producers that a released a song by Cool Million, which features Meli’sa Morgan on lead vocals on the track “Sweet Baby.”
In 2014, Morgan was honored with an Unsung Heroine Award by the National R&B Music Society at Resorts Casino in Atlantic City, NJ.
Morgan was featured on an episode of TVOne’s Unsung which aired in 2015. Also featured on an episode of the popular nternet and social media show Tracks and Tales in 2024.
In 2025 Meli’sa Morgan’s episode of Cadillac Chronicles was viewed by over 1.5 Million viewers and counting!!!!
On May 28, 2024, Morgan scored her first GOLD Album, for her 1986 debut album entitled, “Do Me Baby”. Then on July 8, 2025, Meli’sa received her first GOLD Single for “DO ME BABY”!
Both the ALBUM and SINGLE were RIAA certified GOLD with over 500.000 units sold on both!!!
MELI’SA MORGAN has also received 3 Grammy Participation certificates for her work on Whitney Houston’s Nominated Album “WHITNEY HOUSTON”. LL Cool J’s nominated song “STAND BY YOUR MAN” and Mary J Blige Winning Grammy Album “THE BREAKTHROUGH “.
MELI’SA MORGAN released her First single “FOOTPRINTS OF AN ANGEL”in 2022 on her independent label ASILEM Productions. It went #1 on the independent charts in the U.S, and U.K. and was featured in a movie.
MELI’SA MORGAN has a New Single and video that will be released in the fall of 2026!!
