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 ...

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MELANIE: (Singing) Beautiful people, you live in the same... SUMMERS: Born Melanie Safka in 1947, the singer got her start in music at a young age. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) MELANIE: My entire ...

Seventies singer-songwriter Melanie Safka, professionally known simply as Melanie, has died at 76. The singer behind songs ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Melanie Safka (pictured here in August 1998) has died, her children announced Jan. 24. Melanie, who performed at Woodstock and won ...

Melanie: Woodstock 50th Anniversary Performance is scheduled to begin at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 9, at The Chocolate Church Arts Center, 804 Washington St., in Bath. Known professionally simply by ...

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 ...