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 publicist Billy James told The Associated Press that Melanie died Tuesday.
With a voice that could shift from high-pitched and coy to a deep soulful rasp, Melanie wrote and sang hits including “Look What They’ve Done to My Song Ma" and “Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)."
“I probably have a quirky way of writing, and I think I was misunderstood,” she told the Tennessean newspaper in 2014.
Melanie was married to her manager and producer Peter Schekeryk from 1968 until his death in 2010.
Persons:
Melanie, Billy James, Leilah, Beau Jarred, coy, I’ve, you’ve, “, ”, Paul Thomas Anderson's, Jimmy Fallon, Melanie Safka, Joan Baez, Janis Joplin, Ray Charles, Miley Cyrus, Peter Schekeryk
Organizations:
New, Woodstock, Associated Press, “, Tennessean, American Academy of Dramatic Arts, Party, Woodstock Music, Fair
Locations:
New York, Tennessee, U.S, Queens , New York, Greenwich, York, Europe, City