But it was another performance, sitting alone on a stage before nearly 400,000 enraptured audience members at the Woodstock Music and Arts Fair, which catapulted the young folk singer to stardom.

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 ...

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 with CNN by Billy ...

22-year-old Melanie Safka was one of the more unlikely performers at Woodstock in 1969. By her own admission, she was a relative nobody without any big hits to her name and had never performed in ...

Melanie Safka, known for her hit song “Brand New Key” (also known as “The Rollerskate Song”) and for performing at Woodstock in 1969, has died aged 76. The American folk musician’s death was announced ...

The artist known as Melanie says it happens all the time: People who remember the Woodstock ingenue come across her in concert these days and say, “Oh my God! I didn’t know you were still alive!” ...

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.

(CNN) — 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. (CNN) — Melanie Safka, the ...

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 ...