Posted on 01/25/2024 1:46:26 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
I just listened to her "Lay Down." She really had some pipes, could carry a great tune, make wonderful key changes, and really belt out the song. It's very powerful and emotional. Anybody who wasn't there during the 60s and 70s probably won't like this song.
"Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)" was the second single from Melanie's 1970 album Candles in the Rain. The song proved to be her breakthrough hit in the United States, climbing to number six on Billboard's Hot 100 and number three on the Cash Box Top 100. The record was ranked #23 on the Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1970.
Saw her perform at the Troubador in LA in the 1970’s. Jackson Brown opened for her.
I always crank it up when that song comes on the radio.
Is she the girl with new roller skates?
I’m 69 and remember her songs. My generation is dropping like flies.
IIRC, she also did the quirky and thinly-veiled double entendre “Brand New Key” (”I Got A Brand New Pair Of Roller Skates, You Got A Brand New Key”
She had three great songs and she was very pretty. I love those three songs and I sing along every time the radio plays them.
Yep. “Brand New Key” was one of her hits.
Brand New Key went to #1 in the US, Australia, and Canada
Wow - how cool. That must have been a great show.
“My generation is dropping like flies.”
I’m 72 and I hear ya!
I knew that was a naughty song, even though I was a not quite a teenager!
Just heard that the other day on the radio, and hadn’t heard it for years. Wondered what had happened to her, she was so big for a few years.
After my freshman year at UofCincinnati, I moved to Hollywood where I lived 68 thru mid 70s with plans to transfer to UCLA and its $100/quarter in-state tuition.
The Troubadour was THE place and the start of so many singer-songwriters of that era
Her mother owned a craft store called Paint-in-Place.
Her song with the Hawkins gospel Singers is nothing less than awe inspiring. I grew up on keys and rollerskates. Best time to grow into age ever! 1965 to 1978 was amazing.
> She had three great songs and she was very pretty. <
Yes, and yes. Melanie’s songs always made me smile.
RIP
“My generation is dropping like flies.”
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Yeah, all the big names of the British Invasion and Woodstock era are in their 70’s and beyond.
They REALLY transformed rock and roll and really raised the art form. Most everyone after just commercialized it.
As Aerosmith would say, a 10 Inch Key.
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