Born Melanie Safka in New York in 1947, Melanie said she was inspired to write the hit Lay Down (Candles in the Rain) after looking out into the crowd at Woodstock and seeing just that – people ...
But Melanie - full name Melanie Safka - had been in the studio earlier ... Melanie's first pop hit was "Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)," a gospel-flavored collaboration with the Edwin Hawkins ...