Melanie Safka, the singer who went by the mononym Melanie famous for songs including “Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)” and “Brand New Key,” has died. She was 76. The news was shared with CNN by Billy ...
Melanie Safka, the folk-pop singer and songwriter known as the artist Melanie, who performed at Woodstock in 1969 and topped the pop chart in the early 1970s with her hits “Brand New Key” and “Lay ...
22-year-old Melanie Safka was one of the more unlikely performers at Woodstock in 1969. By her own admission, she was a relative nobody without any big hits to her name and had never performed in ...
Singer Melanie, whose songs include Brand New Key and Lay Down (Candles in the Rain), has died. She was 76. A cause of death wasn't given by her children Leilah, Jeordie and Beau Jarred who broke the ...
Melanie Safka was 22 years old in the summer of 1969 on the day her mother couldn't board the helicopter. "My mother was right about to get in, and they guy said, 'Who's she?' " Safka says. "I said, ...
The artist known as Melanie says it happens all the time: People who remember the Woodstock ingenue come across her in concert these days and say, “Oh my God! I didn’t know you were still alive!” ...
American singer Melanie Safka has died, her family have announced. The folk musician, known for her song Brand New Key and her rendition of the Rolling Stones song, Ruby Tuesday, died "peacefully" on ...
The singer Melanie Safka, who was best known for her massively popular singles Lay Down (Candles In The Rain), Brand New Key and the Rolling Stones cover Ruby Tuesday, has died. The songwriter's ...
Singer Melanie Safka, known as “The First Lady of Woodstock” for playing the 1969 festival at just 22 years old, who also had hits in the 1970s including “Brand New Key” and “Lay Down (Candles in the ...
Melanie, the influential singer-songwriter who was one of three solo female performers at the original 1969 Woodstock Music and Art Fair, died on Tuesday (January 23) at the age of 76. The news was ...
Melanie, who scored hits with “Brand New Key” and “Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)" and performed at Woodstock in 1969, has died, her children Lelilah, Jeordie and Beau Jarred announced. She was 76.