Melanie, who had hits in the 1970s with brand new key and lay down (candles in the rain), died january 23 in nashville, tennessee, at the age of 76. 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 An unexpected star of the woodstock festival in 1969, melanie was the first rocker (and, in some instances, the first woman) to perform at the metropolitan opera and carnegie hall
Forever No. 1: Melanie’s ‘Brand New Key’
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