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.

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 ...

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Singer Melanie Safka, who turned a 1969 performance at Woodstock into a hit song and a five-decade career, died Tuesday at the age of 76. Safka’s death was announced on her Facebook page with a letter ...

The Adelaide Cabaret Festival and David M. Hawkins are thrilled to announce that legendary singer- songwriter Melanie Safka is making her long awaited return to Australian shores this June with her ...

In August 1969, Melanie Safka’s mother hit heavy traffic on their way to Max Yasgur’s dairy farm for the Woodstock Music & Art Fair. Safka thought an accident caused the stoppage — until traffic never ...

Singer-songwriter Melanie Safka has seen it all during her musical career. One of only three women who performed at Woodstock, Safka — who is known professionally simply as Melanie — has worked with ...