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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Singer Melanie Safka, who turned a 1969 performance at Woodstock into a hit song and a five-decade career, died Tuesday at the age ...

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 singer-songwriter who rose through the New York folk scene, performed at Woodstock and had a series of 1970s hits including the enduring cultural phenomenon “Brand New Key,” has died. Her ...

Melanie, the witty, gentle-voiced singer-songwriter who rose to fame with her crowd-pleasing performance at Woodstock in 1969 and had two major hit singles – “Brand New Key” and “Lay Down (Candles in ...

It’s a long way from the Jersey Shore to Woodstock. Just ask music legend Melanie. The Shore native played the first day of Woodstock in 1969, on Aug. 15, and she was a hit. Her mom, Polly Safka, ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - In this Aug. 15, 1998, file photo, Melanie Safka, who performed at the original Woodstock decades ago, opens the second day ...

It’s a long way from the Jersey Shore to Woodstock. Hitmaker Melanie knows. The Shore native played the first day of Woodstock in 1969, and she was a hit. Her mom, Polly Safka, drove her up to the ...

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, the singer who performed at Woodstock in 1969 and had major pop hits with “Brand New Key” and “Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)” in the early ’70s, died Tuesday at age 76. News of the death ...