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Astoria, New York NY, United States (1947 – present)
Born on the 3rd February 1947 in Astoria, New York, Melanie made her first recording, “Gimme a Little Kiss”, when she was five.
She first found chart success in Europe. Her 1969 song “Bobo’s Party” reached number one in France. Later that year she had a hit in the Netherlands with “Beautiful People” before performing at Woodstock. Apparently, she was inspired to write “Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)” by the audience lighting candles during her set; the song became a hit in both Europe and the USA. Her biggest hit in the USA was “Brand New Key”, also known as “The Roller Skate Song”. She has been awarded three gold albums.
Three of Melanie’s compositions were hits for The New Seekers: “Look What They’ve Done to My Song Ma”, “Beautiful People”, and “The Nickel Song”.
With one exception her albums have been produced by her husband, Peter Schekeryk. Her three children - Leilah, Jeordie and Beau-Jarred -are also musicians. Beau-Jarred is a guitarist and accompanies his mother on The 2003 Australian hip-hop track “The Nosebleed Section” by The Hilltop Hoods sampled Melanie’s “People in the Front Row”.
In 2004 Melanie released Paled by Dimmer Light, which is co-produced by Peter and Beau-Jarred Schekeryk.
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Beautiful People: The Greatest Hits of Melanie
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The Very Best of Melanie
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Born To Be
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Gather Me
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Iam_Zack
One of the best singers from 60's. Her voice and style, even they're not unique, are outstanding.
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Sebitude
♥ :)
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ilivebymusic
my ♥
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conoroberst_x
aaaaahmama aa mama e :) Shhe makes me so happy. A beautiful, beautiful women.
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smee85
,ma
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leinadrebuh
Mmmmmmmmmmm
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vs271
Help Fix http://www.last.fm/music/Melanie/_/Lay+Down to "Lay Down (Candles In the Rain). Thanks
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s7vn
Alexander Beetle <3
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ppaeg
i talked to her after a concert when i was 12 and she was really nice! i love her music
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antaursus
I like her beautiful voice.
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KarlaBeatles
I love HER!!! ;*
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Mouvitz
What's a good starter album?
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mawsoncat123
Hi all, what was the "b" side of Melanie's song "I've got brand new pair of roller skates" called? It was a sad balled with the words " I don't hthink that I'm in danger" in it.
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Kamikaze_Heart
One word: heartwarming.
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la-brava
Brand New Key
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HeyYouBitch
she is so beautiful.
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cathedralheat
lol yeah we can't all sound like KORN
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eternal-flame
She is sooo beautiful.
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Noxfag
I love how a lot of Melanie's songs have a really dark tone or message, she actually looks at the world with quite a honest perspective unlike a lot of hippy/folk musicians. She's amazing <3
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