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Melanie was born and raised in the Astoria neighborhood of Queens, New York City.Her father, Frederick M. Safka (1924–2009), was of Ukrainian ancestry, [5] and her mother, jazz singer Pauline "Polly" Altomare (1926–2003), was of Italian heritage.
Melanie Adele Martinez (born April 28, 1995) is an American singer and songwriter. Born in Astoria, Queens , and raised in Baldwin, New York , Martinez rose to fame in 2012 after appearing on season 3 of the American television talent show The Voice .
Melanie, the singer who performed at Woodstock in 1969 and had major pop hits with “Brand New Key” and “Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)” in the early ’70s, died Tuesday at age 76. News of ...
Country singer Deana Carter covered the song on her 1999 top-10 album Everything's Gonna Be Alright. The cellist band Rasputina had a version on the album Thanks for the Ether. Todd Rundgren played a cover on his 2018 tour. On August 1, 2018, at Daryl's House Club in Pawling, New York, Melanie joined Rundgren onstage to sing "Brand New Key".
Born in Astoria, New York, on 3 February 1947, Melanie was the daughter of a jazz singer, Polly, and her father, who was of Ukrainian heritage. She studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts ...
Melanie, the Jersey Shore native whose performance at Woodstock made her a star, passed away Tuesday, Jan 23, her family announced Wednesday, Jan 24, on social media.. She was 76. Her hits ...
Melanie Jayne Chisholm (born 12 January 1974), known professionally as Melanie C or Mel C, is an English singer and songwriter. She rose to fame in the mid 1990s as a member of the pop group the Spice Girls , in which she was nicknamed Sporty Spice .
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.