Known for her powerful, gravelly voice, Anne Safka-Schekeryk broke through with her 1970 song “Lay Down (Candles in the Rain),” which was inspired by her experience at the festival. She had several more hits – including “Brand New Key” and a cover of theRolling Stones’ “Ruby Tue...
Known for her powerful, gravelly voice, Anne Safka-Schekeryk broke through with her 1970 song “Lay Down (Candles in the Rain),” which was inspired by her experience at the festival. She had several more hits – including “Brand New Key” and a cover of theRolling Stones’ “Ruby Tue...
Known for her powerful, gravelly voice, Anne Safka-Schekeryk broke through with her 1970 song “Lay Down (Candles in the Rain),” which was inspired by her experience at the festival. She had several more hits – including “Brand New Key” and a cover of theRolling Stones’ “Ruby Tue...
The candles the crowd held up during her opening-night set at the festival inspired her first U.S. hit, 1970's “Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)” which went to No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100. That same year came “Look What They've Done to My Song...
It started to rain before she took the stage, and she would later say that the sight of people in the crowd lighting candles inspired her to write “Lay Down (Candles in the Rain),” which she recorded with gospel-style backing from the Edwin Hawkins Singers. Released in 1970, it...
Melanie, Singer Who Performed at Woodstock and Topped Charts With ‘Brand New Key,’ Dies at 76. 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. … viavariety ...
Melanie Vondrau, who was married to the N-Dubz singer's father Plato for ten years until 2009, believes the X Factor judge is to blame for dating her alleged sex tape partner Mc Ultra in the first place. Vondrau, 39, told The People: "I'm appalled. Tulisa doesn't respect herself ...
Melanieand Marko! -- and the all stars are added in to the mix. The three couples in this week's bottom three: Caitlynn and Mitchell, Ryan and Ricky and (shocker!) Sasha and Alexander. All danced for their life, but we didn't get to find out who would go home until after ...