Melanie Safka performed at Woodstock and told of her experiences in her first hit, “Lay Down (Candles in the Rain).”
The singer known as Melanie, whose hits included “Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)” and “Brand New Key,” has died at 76.
Her children shared the news Wednesday in a post on the singer-songwriter’s official Facebook page. “Mom passed, peacefully, out of this world and into the next on Jan. 23,” the statement said.
Melanie Safka performed at Woodstock and won an Emmy Award for composing the lyrics to the theme song for the 1987-90 CBS series “Beauty and the Beast,” starring Ron Perlman and Linda Hamilton.
