Her national star began to rise in the 70s, as she arrived on CBS with the Summer replacement series The Melba Moore Show.  She also became a successful recording artist, scoring a top 5 hit with her first release, "I Am His Lady."  As the late 70s arrived, Moore capitalized on the burgeoning disco market, landing a big hit with a cover of the Bee Gees' "You Stepped Into My Life" as well as McFadden & Whitehead's "Standing Right Here."

In the early 80s, Moore continued to work with McFadden, but moved to a more sophisticated, adult sound on her recordings, landing her first #1, the great cut "Falling," along with the hit "Read My Lips" and the smash duet with Freddie Jackson, "A Little Bit More."

A series of devastating personal and financial setbacks in the late 80s knocked Moore out of the spotlight and the entertainment world, and she was virtually unheard of for nearly a decade.  She reemerged in the mid 90s, taking roles in a number of traveling Soul and Gospel music plays, including her autobiographical Sweet Songs of the Soul, and touring with Cissy Houston, Shirley Caesar and other Gospel greats.  She also recorded a Gospel album and made a critically acclaimed performance in the Gospel-comedy film The Fighting Temptations.  Her "comeback" culminated in 2004 with the release of the CD Nobody But Jesus.  Since its release, Moore has appeared in a number of stageplays as well as her own one-woman show, Melba Moore: Sweet Songs of the Soul.

By Chris Rizik