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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Melanie, the singer who performed at Woodstock in 1969 and had major pop hits with “Brand New Key” and “Lay Down (Candles in the ...

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, the singer-songwriter known for her rise in the New York folk scene, has died at the age of 76 in central Tennessee. Best known for her 1971 hit "Brand New Key," the song topped charts 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 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 ...

The singer, who wrote 'Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)' based on her experience at Woodstock, had been at work this month on a covers album. Melanie, the singer who performed at Woodstock in 1969 and ...

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 ...

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 by Billy James of ...

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 ...