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 ...

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 Safka, who won sudden fame as a 22-year-old folk singer playing for hundreds of thousands of people on the first night of the Woodstock Festival in 1969 and followed it up with a string of ...