As a child, singer Melissa Walker used to perform with her sisters, doing some Motown-type tunes for her parents. Later, law became a passion: “I wanted to be the defender of the underdog. I wanted to be a part of the justice system.”
That desire stuck with her for quite awhile, “but when I finally heard some jazz singing, I got hooked.”
Melissa Walker
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