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Melanie, the singer-songwriter who rose through the New York folk scene, performed at Woodstock and had a series of 1970s hits including the enduring cultural phenomenon “Brand New Key," has died.

Melanie, who has died aged 76, was a singer and songwriter who made her name at Woodstock before becoming best known for two songs, What Have They Done to My Song Ma, which was covered by a variety of musicians including Nina Simone, and Brand New Key – “I’ve got a brand new pair of roller-skates” – which was famously parodied in the Wurzels’ UK No 1 The Combine Harvester.

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Melanie, a singer-songwriter behind 1970s hits including “Brand New Key,” has died

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Melanie, the singer-songwriter who rose through the New York folk scene, and had a series of 1970s hits including "Brand New Key," has died.

Her hits included "Lay Down" and "Look What They've Done to My Song Ma." But she was best known for "Brand New Key."

Melanie Safka was a prolific singer-songwriter and one of only three solo female performers at the original 1969 Woodstock Music and Art Fair

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She was one of only three female solo performers, along with Joan Baez and Janis Joplin, at the Woodstock music festival in 1969.