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Folk singer-songwriter Melanie recorded her first album in 1967 and attracted national attention as well as a loyal fan following two years later when she performed at Woodstock, the legendary rock festival. During the early 1970s, Melanie’s gentle, acoustic sound on songs like "Lay Down," "Beautiful People," and "Brand New Key" was in sharp contrast to the hard-driving, heavy-metal rock that dominated the charts. Edwin Miller of Seventeen magazine observed that her "urgent ballads bind you to her with invisible threads of emotion."

Melanie was born Melanie Safka on February 3,1947, in Queens, New York. Her mother was a blues singer at the local clubs who fostered a love of music in her daughter and entered her in area talent contests. "My mother always encouraged me," Melanie recalled to Miller. At age four, Melanie made her professional debut on a radio show called "Live Like a Millionaire," where she sang and played the ukelele.

When Melanie was a teenager, the family moved to southern New Jersey, where despite her mother’s blues influence, she was drawn to the New York folk scene and the music of artists Pete Seeger and Woody Guthrie. At age 16, Melanie was hired to sing at a local club where, she told Miller, "I worked Monday nights. I would sing all the Peter, Paul and Mary songs, four and five hours, for $20." After graduating from high school, she enrolled at the New York Academy of Dramatic Arts, but continued to ply her musical trade in the coffee houses of Greenwich Village.

Though the young thespian enjoyed her drama studies, she found it extremely difficult to audition for acting jobs. "I was always simply too afraid to get up and say ’this is what I am,’" she confessed in Seventeen. "So I would sit there, reading the theatrical trade papers. Descriptions of the people wanted never [fit] me." She did manage to secure an acting role, but due to lack of funds, the play was never produced.

Melanie signed with a music publishing company and was assigned to producer Peter Schekeryk, whom she later married. In 1967 she landed a recording contract with Columbia Records. Her first single, "Beautiful People," became a moderate hit, but Melanie was dissatisfied with Columbia and switched to the Buddha label, where she recorded the album Born to Be, which contained 1969’s smash hit "Look What They’ve Done to My Song, Ma."

That same year, Melanie was invited to play at the now-historic rock festival, Woodstock. Decades later, she reminisced about the event for Rolling Stone: "It was magical. I had never performed in front of so many

people in my life. I had my first out-of-body experience. I was terrified, I had to leave. I started across that bridge to the stage, and I just left my body. … I watched myself walk onto the stage, sit down and sing a couple of lines. And when I felt it was safe, I came back." Performing at Woodstock inspired Melanie to write and record her 1970 peace anthem "Lay Down"—subtitled "Candles in the Rain." She told Rolling Stone: "It started to rain right before I went on and the announcer said that if you lit candles, it would help to keep the rain away. By the time I finished my set, the whole hillside was a mass of little flickering lights."

Candle-lighting fans became a feature of Melanie’s concerts, sometimes leading to trouble with authorities because of the potential fire hazard. She released Candles in the Rain in 1970. Six months later the album reached platinum status and earned her "top female vocalist of the year" awards from Billboard, Melody Maker, Bravo, and Cashbox.

In 1971 Melanie’s tribute to roller skating, "Brand New Key," reached Number One on the pop charts, but critics were less than enthused with the cute, inane ditty. They were no more impressed with her 1972 follow-up, "The Nickel Song." Disillusioned by the unkind reviews, Melanie took a respite from music and focused her attentions on her family. She returned in 1975 on the Atlantic label with Photograph, an album that was, ironically, praised by the critics and virtually ignored by the public. In 1978, she released the album Phonogenic, Not Just Another Pretty Face, for Midsong International, before once again retiring from the music business.

Melanie eventually returned to the studio and recorded several albums throughout the 1980s. She sang her critically-panned "Brand New Key" in a television commercial for the Fisher-Price Toy Company. In 1989 she went on the road with the Woodstock Reunion Tour, which traveled through the United States and Europe. Melanie was also honored with an Emmy Award for penning the lyrics to "The First Time I Loved Forever," theme song of the award-winning television series Beauty and the Beast

Though Melanie continued to release albums for the European market, it was nearly a decade before she recorded her next domestic album, Freedom Knows My Name, released in 1993. The recording was afamily affair; produced by her husband, Peter Schekeryk, and recorded on his company label, Lonestar Records, the album features back-up vocals by all three of their children (who also tour with Melanie). Critics were divided on the album’s merit, with Entertainment Weekly calling it a "tepid release, stuck in Woodstock-era reverie," and Philadelphia’s Daily Local News concluding it was "full of vital, fresh tunes which hold up in the ’90s."

Melanie’s schedule remained full in 1994. She continued work on an unplugged album commemorating her 25 years as a recording artist, and had scheduled concerts throughout the United States and Europe. She was also slated to appear at "Bethany ’94," a musical celebration of Woodstock’s silver anniversary, to be held at the festival’s original site. In spite of her strong ties with the past, Melanie has always had her sights set squarely on the future. "When people want to talk only about the good old days," she explained to People, "there’s this horrible implication that you’re nothing now. But I know I’m better than I used to be."

Selected discography
Melanie, Columbia, c. 1967.Born to Be, Buddha, c. 1969.Candles in the Rain, Buddha, 1970.Leftover Wine, Buddha, 1970.
The Good Book, Buddha, 1971.Gather Me, Neighborhood, 1971, reissued, C5, 1993.Garden in the City, Buddha, c. 1972.Four Sides ofMelanie, Buddha, c. 1972.Stoneground Words, Neighborhood, 1972.Photograph, Atlantic, 1975.Phonogenic, Not Just Another Pretty Face, Midsong International, 1978.Freedom Knows My Name, Lonestar, 1993.

Sources
Daily Local News (Philadelphia), February 19, 1994.
Entertainment Weekly, January 14, 1994.
People, July 27, 1992.
Redbook, September 1972.
Rolling Stone, August 24, 1989.
Seventeen, June 1971.
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No talent who came out of Woodstock and who continued actively performing more than a quarter century later remained as closely associated with the 1960s and "flower power" than Melanie. Born Melanie Safka in Astoria, Queens, in 1947, she made her first public appearance at age four on a radio show, later studying at the New York Academy of Fine Arts. After mounting a singing career while in college, she later sang in clubs in Greenwich Village, and was signed to a publishing contract in 1967. She recorded her first single, "Beautiful People," for Columbia Records that same year. Her relationship with the record company was short-lived, however, and after one more single she left the label.

In 1969, she chanced to meet producer Peter Schekeryk, and after a hastily arranged audition, he took charge of her career. Her first album, Born to Be, was recorded and released by Buddah later that same year. On August 16, Melanie took the stage at the Woodstock Music & Art Festival in Bethel, New York; her song "Birthday of the Sun" was later released on the Woodstock 2 album, and 20 years later it was released on video as part of Woodstock: The Lost Performances, alongside the work of Janis Joplin, Crosby, Stills & Nash, and the Who.

Soon afterward, she cut her second album, Affectionately, which did slightly better than her first; however, her commercial breakthrough came 11 months after Woodstock, when she released the song "Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)," recorded with the Edwin Hawkins Singers. The song, written as a tribute to the audience at Woodstock and displaying the feel of a gospel hymn, rose to number six on the U.S. charts, while the accompanying LP, entitled Candles in the Rain, reached the Top 20.

After 1970's Leftover Wine, a live album recorded at a Carnegie Hall concert, she issued a plaintive version of the Rolling Stones' "Ruby Tuesday." In January of 1971, Melanie's own version of "What Have They Done to My Song, Ma," a recent smash for the New Seekers, got to number 39 in Britain, where she emerged as a major star. In March, however, her new release, The Good Book, peaked on the U.S. charts at just number 80, despite the presence of several impressive tracks, among them a hauntingly beautiful cover of Phil Ochs' prophetic, doom-laden self-eulogy, "Chords of Fame."

At around this time, Melanie rebelled against her contract with Buddah, which required her to supply albums more or less on demand -- she'd had four LPs released in half as many years, and wanted more control over her work and career. With help from Schekeryk, whom she had married, she organized her own label, Neighborhood Records, during the summer of 1971. Her first subsequent single, "Brand New Key" hit number one on the U.S. charts while on its way to becoming a million seller; thanks to its not-so-subtle sexual undertones, the song became a kind of "in" dirty joke in some circles, and was even censored on some radio stations, but it also made Melanie one of the top-selling artists of the year 1971.

The accompanying album, Gather Me, was the best produced long-player she had ever released, and reached a chart position of number 15, earning a gold record in the process. This huge success prompted Buddah to release Garden in the City, consisting of previously unreleased outtakes. At the same time that 1971's Gather Me spawned the single "Ring the Living Bell," Buddah decided to capitalize more directly on Melanie's catalog and released "The Nickel Song"; the presence of two singles in release simultaneously from two different labels and distributors -- each competing for radio play and listener dollars -- damaged both releases, and they effectively canceled each other out.

Garden in the City rose to number 19, but her next new album on Neighborhood, Stoneground Words, only got to number 70 late in 1972. In June of 1973, her double-concert album, At Carnegie Hall, recorded the previous year, didn't even make the Top 100. By this time, Melanie had withdrawn from the stage, and was devoting her time to more personal and domestic concerns, having the first of three children in as many years. She re-emerged in 1974 for a short series of concerts, but her new album of that period, Madrugada, barely made it on to the charts, and her subsequent two LPs, As I See It Now and Sunset and Other Beginnings, released in 1975, barely sold. Neighborhood Records was later closed down.

A year later, Photograph was released to lackluster sales on Atlantic; the follow-up, Phonogenic, also failed to chart, and her last album for the next five years, Ballroom Streets, appeared on the Tomato label in 1977. In 1982, Melanie cut a comeback album, Arabesque, for RCA; a year later, her single "Every Breath of the Way" scraped the middle of the British charts and led to a series of concerts in England. Neighborhood was soon reactivated just long enough for Melanie to release one last album, Seventh Wave.

At the end of the 1980s, she re-emerged once again with her theme music for the popular television series Beauty and the Beast. By that time, Woodstock nostalgia was beginning to be stoked by the media and concert promoters, and Melanie appeared at one of the 20th anniversary events. She continued to periodically perform at clubs in the United States and larger festivals in Europe, where her association with the 1960s made her a major draw, and every so often released an album of new songs or re-recordings of her classic numbers. ~ Bruce Eder, Rovi
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Safka in 1975.
Background information
Birth name Melanie Anne Safka
Born (1947-02-03) February 3, 1947 (age 65)
Origin Astoria, Queens, New York, United States
Genres Folk, pop, country
Occupations Singer, songwriter, musician
Instruments Vocals, guitar
Years active 1967–present
Website www.melaniesafka.com

Melanie Anne Safka-Schekeryk (born February 3, 1947) is an American singer-songwriter.[1] Known professionally as simply Melanie, she is best known for her hits "Brand New Key", "Ruby Tuesday", "What Have They Done To My Song Ma" and "Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)".[2][3]

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Early career

Melanie was born and grew up in the Astoria neighborhood of Queens, New York City, New York.[4] Melanie made her first public singing appearance at age four on the radio show Live Like A Millionaire, performing the song "Gimme a Little Kiss". She attended Red Bank High School in Red Bank, New Jersey, graduating in 1966. After school, her parents insisted she go to college, so she studied acting at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York,[5] where she began singing in the folk clubs of Greenwich Village and signed her first recording contract.

Initially signed to Columbia Records in the United States, Melanie released two singles on the label. Subsequently she signed with Buddah Records and first found chart success in Europe in 1969 with "Bobo's Party" which reached Number 1 in France. Her debut album received rave reviews from Billboard which heralded her voice as "... wise beyond her years. Her non-conformist approach to the selections on this LP make her a new talent to be reckoned with."[citation needed]

Later in 1969, Melanie had a hit in the Netherlands with "Beautiful People". She also performed at the Woodstock Festival in 1969 and the inspiration for her signature song, "Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)", apparently arose from the Woodstock audience lighting candles during her set (although most of the "candles" were actually matches or lighters). The recording became a hit in Europe, Australia, Canada, and the United States in 1970. The B-side of the single featured Melanie's spoken-word track "Candles in the Rain". "Lay Down" became Melanie's first Top Ten hit in America, peaking at Number 6 on the Billboard singles chart and achieving worldwide success. Later hits included "Peace Will Come (According To Plan)" and a cover of the Rolling Stones' "Ruby Tuesday".

Melanie on the "Mr Softee" free stage.

In 1970, Melanie was the only artist to brave the court injunction banning the Powder Ridge Rock Festival, playing for the crowd on a homemade stage powered by Mister Softee trucks. Shortly following this performance, she played at the Strawberry Fields Festival, held from August 7 to 9, 1970, at Mosport Park, Ontario. She also performed at the Isle of Wight Festival in 1970 where she was introduced by Keith Moon and received four standing ovations (she also appeared 40 years later at the 2010 Isle of Wight festival). She was also the artist who sang to herald in the summer solstice at Glastonbury Fayre (later the Glastonbury Festival) in England in June 1971. She performed again at Glastonbury in 2011, the fortieth anniversary of the original festival.[6]

Melanie married Peter Schekeryk around 1970 and they had three children.[5] Melanie left Buddah Records when they insisted that she produce albums on demand. In 1971 she formed her own label, Neighborhood Records, with Schekeryk, who was also her producer.

Melanie had her biggest American hit on the Neighborhood label: the novelty-sounding 1972 number one "Brand New Key" (often referred to as "The Roller Skate Song"). "Brand New Key" sold over three million copies worldwide[citation needed] and was featured in the 1997 movie Boogie Nights.

When first released, "Brand New Key" was banned by some radio stations because some saw sexual innuendo in the lyrics:

I got a brand new pair of roller skates,
You got a brand new key.
I think that we should get together and try them out, to see...
I been looking around awhile,
You got something for me
Oh! I got a brand new pair of roller skates,
You got a brand new key.
I ride my bike, I roller skate, don't drive no car,
Don't go too fast, but I go pretty far.
For somebody who don't drive
I been all around the world
Some people say I've done alright for a girl...

The follow-up single to "Brand New Key" was "Ring the Living Bell". To compete with this release, Melanie's former record company released "The Nickel Song", which she had recorded while still signed to Buddah Records. Both songs were simultaneous Top 40 hits while "Brand New Key" was still on the charts — setting a record for the first female performer to have three Top 40 hits concurrently.[citation needed] Melanie was awarded Billboard's #1 Top Female Vocalist award for 1972.

Melanie has been awarded two gold albums (and a gold single for "Brand New Key") and three of her compositions were hits for The New Seekers. She is also well known for her musical adaptations of children's songs, including "Alexander Beetle" and "Christopher Robin".

When she became an official UNICEF ambassador in 1972, she agreed to forgo a world tour in favor of raising money for the organization.

Melanie had another Top 40 hit single in 1973 with "Bitter Bad", a song that marked a slight departure from the hippie sentiments of earlier hits (with lyrics such as "If you do me wrong I'll put your first and last name in my rock n' roll song"). Other chart hits during this period were the self-penned "Together Alone" and a cover of "Will You Love Me Tomorrow".

In 1973, Melanie started to retreat from the spotlight to begin a family. Her daughter Leilah was born that same year.

Later career

In 1976, Melanie released one album on Atlantic Records, Photograph, which was overseen by Ahmet Ertegün. The album was praised by the New York Times as one of the year's best, although it was largely ignored by the public. It was re-issued on CD in 2005 with an additional disc of unreleased material.

In the 1980s, the Quaker Oats Company used a version of "What Have They Done To My Song Ma" in their commercials for Instant Oatmeal with the revised lyrics "Look what they've done to my oatmeal".

In 1983, she wrote the music and lyrics for a theatrical musical, Ace of Diamonds, with a book by Ed Kelleher and Seymour Vall, based on a series of letters written by Annie Oakley. Though never fully produced, several staged readings were performed at Lincoln Center starring Melanie as the narrator and pop singer and actress Annie Golden as Oakley.[7]

In 1989, she won an Emmy Award for writing the lyrics to "The First Time I Loved Forever", the theme song for the TV series Beauty and the Beast.

With one exception her albums were produced by her husband, Peter Schekeryk, who died suddenly in 2010.[8] Her three children — Leilah, Jeordie and Beau-Jarred — are also musicians. Beau-Jarred is a guitarist and accompanies his mother on tour.

Melanie Safka in concert, February 2005.

One of Melanie's most recent album, Paled By Dimmer Light (2004) was co-produced by Peter and Beau-Jarred Schekeryk and includes the songs "To Be The One", "Extraordinary", "Make It Work" and "I Tried To Die Young". In early 2005 most of Melanie's back-catalogue was re-released on the internet-only music label ItsAboutMusic.com. After a series of disagreements the relationship between the artist and the label was severed.

In 2007, Melanie was invited by Jarvis Cocker to perform at the Meltdown Festival at the Royal Festival Hall in London. Her sold-out performance received critical acclaim with The Independent claiming "it was hard to disagree that Melanie has earned her place alongside Joan Baez, Judy Collins, Joni Mitchell and Marianne Faithfull in the pantheon of iconic female singers. Meltdown was all the better for her presence".[citation needed] The concert was filmed for a DVD titled Melanie: For One Night Only which was released in October 2007.

Melanie also recorded a song called "Psychotherapy", sung to the tune of the "Battle Hymn of the Republic", which parodies aspects of Freudian psychoanalysis. It has been played on The Dr. Demento Show.

Personal

Melanie identifies herself politically as a Libertarian, stating: "I'm a total Libertarian, and I am not a Democrat, a Socialist, or a Republican."[9] For a time, at the beginning of her career, Melanie was a follower of Meher Baba and this influenced some of her songs (such as "Love to Lose Again" and "Candles in the Rain"). Over time she became disenchanted with other followers and then disassociated herself from Meher Baba. In 2006 she underwent a life-altering experience with Mata Amritanandamayi or Amma (Mother) as she is also known, or as the "hugging saint" from India, which inspired Melanie to write "Motherhood Of Love", one of her more recent songs.[citation needed]

Melanie resides in Nashville, Tennessee.

Cover versions

Many notable artists have covered Melanie's compositions:

"Lay Down"

In 1971, Mott the Hoople released a version of this song on their Wildlife album. Vicky Leandros recorded a Greek version in 1972. In 1994, Philadelphia indie rock band The Strapping Fieldhands recorded a 3-track no-fi version of the song (as well as a reprise that closes the album) for its EP "In The Pineys". Australian singer Max Sharam's 1995 recording reached the Top 40 on the Australian singles charts. In 1999, Meredith Brooks' release included backing vocals by Queen Latifah.

"Brand New Key"

In 1976, Scrumpy and Western band The Wurzels covered "Brand New Key" with substantially rewritten lyrics as "The Combine Harvester". It reached number one on the UK Singles Chart and stayed there for two weeks. Macy Gray, Dolly Parton and Cher have all performed "Brand New Key" in concert (the last on The Sonny and Cher Show). Country singer Deana Carter covered the song on her 1999 Top 10 album Everything's Gonna Be Alright. The cellist band Rasputina had their version on the album Thanks for the Ether. Female-fronted punk trio The Dollyrots included their version on the album Because I'm Awesome. 2006 American Idol runner-up Katharine McPhee covered "Brand New Key" as the bonus track on her 2010 album Unbroken. Olivia Newton-John covered the song on the album A Few Best Men (soundtrack) in 2012. Jessica Frech covered the song on her 2012 album "Reality".[10]

"What Have They Done to My Song Ma"

Daliah Lavi recorded a successful German version of the song in 1971 and Ray Charles released a cover (as "Look What They've Done To My Song, Ma") in 1972. The song has also been covered by Nina Simone and Billie Jo Spears. Yugoslav rock band Bajaga i Instruktori released a cover of it with lyrics in Serbian, called "Vidi šta sam ti uradio od pesme, mama" in 1985.

"Beautiful People"

The Dutch singer Mathilde Santing had a gold record and the first Top 10 hit version of "Beautiful People" in 1997. Die Goldenen Zitronen covered the song on their 2009 album Die Entstehung der Nacht. Sandra Bernhard covered the song on her live album, I Love Being Me, Don't You?

"I Really Loved Harold"

Emiliana Torrini covered "I Really Loved Harold" on her 1996 album Merman. She has also recorded a version of "Lay Down".

Other songs

The New Seekers covered several Melanie songs, and also charted in the United States with "Beautiful People" (#67), "Look What They've Done To My Song Ma" (#14) and "Nickel Song" (#81). Dion covered "Close To It All" on his 1971 album, You're Not Alone. Roger Kellaway covered "Centre of the Circle" on the 1972 album of the same name. An 11 year old Björk covered "Christopher Robin" in Icelandic on her debut album, Björk. The 2003 Australian hip-hop track "The Nosebleed Section" by the Hilltop Hoods sampled "People In The Front Row"; another hip-hop track, an instrumental titled "Crasy Sound", was released in 2008 by Danny! and samples "Summer Weaving". Kiki & Herb opened their Carnegie Hall concert with "Close To It All" (available on CD as Kiki & Herb Will Die For You).

Will Oldham and Tortoise covered "(Some Say) I Got Devil" on their 2006 covers album The Brave and the Bold. Cissy Houston has recorded Melanie's "Any Guy". Alison Moyet performed "Momma, Momma" on her live DVD One Blue Voice and as the b-side to her 2007 single "One More Time".

Discography

Albums

  1. Born to Be (aka My First Album), November 1968
  2. Affectionately Melanie (aka Melanie), December 1969 (US # 196)
  3. Candles in the Rain with Edwin Hawkins, September 1970 (US #17 - Gold record, UK #5, Australia #2, Canada #5, Norway #20, Germany #16)
  4. Leftover Wine, November 1970 (US #33, UK #22, Australia #8, Canada #22, Germany #31)
  5. R.P.M. (Revolutions Per Minute) (film soundtrack), 1970 (US #148)
  6. The Good Book, May 1971 (US #80, UK #9, Australia #29, Canada #26, Norway #20, Germany #29)
  7. All the Right Noises (film soundtrack), August 1971
  8. Gather Me, December 1971 (US #15 - Gold record, UK #14, Australia #9, Canada #14, Norway #25)
  9. Garden in the City, 1972 (US #115, UK #19, Australia #38)
  10. The Four Sides of Melanie*, 1972 (US #103, UK #23)
  11. Stoneground Words, November 1972 (US #70, Australia #69, Canada #34)
  12. Melanie at Carnegie Hall, 1973 (US #109)
  13. Please Love Me*, 1973 (US)
  14. Madrugada, May 1974 (US #192)
  15. As I See It Now, February 1975 (US #208)
  16. Sunset and Other Beginnings, October 1975
  17. Photograph, 1976 (Australia #84) (re-issued on CD as Photograph (Double Exposure) in 2005)
  18. Phonogenic - Not Just Another Pretty Face, September 1978
  19. Ballroom Streets, August 1979 (US #207)
  20. Arabesque, August 1982
  21. Seventh Wave, September 1983
  22. Am I Real or What, 1985
  23. Cowabonga - Never Turn Your Back on a Wave, April 1988
  24. Precious Cargo, 1991
  25. Silence Is King, February 1993
  26. Freedom Knows My Name, 1993 (US)
  27. Old Bitch Warrior, February 1996
  28. Recorded Live @ Borders, 1999
  29. These Nights, 2001
  30. Victim of the Moon 2002
  31. Crazy Love, 2002
  32. Moments from My Life, 2003
  33. Paled By Dimmer Light, 2004[1]
  34. Ever Since You Never Heard of Me, 2010

(Albums marked with an asterisk are compilations)

Singles

Year Title U.S.
Billboard		 U.S.
Cashbox		 U.S.
AC		 UK[11] AUS CAN DNK IRL ZAF FRA NLD NOR DEU
1969 "Beautiful People" - - - - - - - - - - 9 - -
1970 "Bobo's Party" - - - - - - - - - 1 - - -
1970 "Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)" 6 3 - - 2 1 1 - - - 1 - -
1970 "Peace Will Come (According to Plan)" 32 20 - - 43 15 - - - - 6 - 47
1970 "Stop! I Don't Wanna Hear It Anymore" 112 - - - - - - - - - 10 - 43
1970 "Ruby Tuesday" 52 34 - 9 70 25 6 12 16 - - - 6
1971 "What Have They Done to My Song Ma" - - - 39 - - - - - - - 6 -
1971 "The Good Book" - 78 - - - - - - - - - - -
1971 "Brand New Key" 1 1 5 4 1 1 23 8 1 - 9 - 23
1972 "Ring the Living Bell" 31 21 18 - 74 24 41 - - - - - 41
1972 "The Nickel Song" 35 25 30 - 74 27 43 - - - - - 23
1972 "Someday I'll Be a Farmer" 106 79 - - 95 - - - - - - - -
1972 "Together Alone" 86 57 - - - 37 - - - - - - -
1973 "Do You Believe" 115 - - - - - - - - - - - -
1973 "Bitter Bad" 36 30 12 - 49 84 - - - - - - -
1974 "Will You Love Me Tomorrow" 82 54 42 37 93 90 - - - - - - -
1974 "Lover's Cross" 109 70 - - - 64 - - - - - - -
1981 "One More Try" 110 - - - - - - - - - - - -
1983 "Every Breath of the Way" - - - 70 - - - - - - - - -

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Other credits

Bibliography

Melanie: The First Lady of Woodstock (2011); a biography by John Lambo

References

  1. ^ a b c Strong, Martin C. (2000). The Great Rock Discography (5th ed.). Edinburgh: Mojo Books. pp. 635–637. ISBN 1-84195-017-3. 
  2. ^ ""Brand New Key" - Melanie". Superseventies.com. http://www.superseventies.com/1972_4singles.html. Retrieved 2012-04-16. 
  3. ^ ""Lay Down (Candles In The Rain)" - Melanie". Superseventies.com. http://www.superseventies.com/sw_laydown.html. Retrieved 2012-04-16. 
  4. ^ Spelling, Ian. "Melanie's new songs lend their vigor to her old hits", North Jersey Entertainment Newspaper, October 12, 2007. Accessed December 20, 2007. "Born Melanie Safka in Astoria, N.Y., Melanie won over tens of thousands of fans at the legendary Woodstock concert..."
  5. ^ a b Interview with Kathie Lee, 1985, accessed 5 September 2011.
  6. ^ Uncut, July 2011
  7. ^ Melanie, quoted in Uncut, July 2011
  8. ^ "Melanie - Libertarian". Advocates for Self-Government. http://server.theadvocates.org/celebrities/melanie.html. Retrieved 10 January 2012. 
  9. ^ Up for Discussion (2012-03-20). "Chart Beat Meet & Greet: Jessica Frech (Exclusive Video) - Chart Beat". Billboard.com. http://www.billboard.com/column/chartbeat/chart-beat-meet-greet-jessica-frech-exclusive-1006515152.story#/column/chartbeat/chart-beat-meet-greet-jessica-frech-exclusive-1006515152.story. Retrieved 2012-04-16. 
  10. ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 359. ISBN 1-904994-10-5. 

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