Melanie
USA
Born: 03 February 1947
Years Active: 60, 70, 80, 90, 2000
Genres: Pop/Rock, Folk, Country
Styles: Folk-Pop, Folk/Country Rock, Folk/Country Rock, Folk/Country Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Folk-Rock, Folk-Rock, AM Pop, Early Pop/Rock, Pop/Rock, Contemporary Pop/Rock, Soft Rock
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No talent who came out of Woodstock and who continued actively performing more than a quarter century later remained as closely associated with the 1960s and "flower power" than Melanie. Born Melanie Safka in Astoria, Queens, in 1947, she made her first public appearance at age four on a radio show, later studying at the New York Academy of Fine Arts. After mounting a singing career while in college, she later sang in clubs in Greenwich Village, and was signed to a publishing contract in 1967. She recorded her first single, "Beautiful People," ...
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