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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, 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. Her publicist Billy James told The Associated Press that Melanie died Tuesday. She was 76 and lived in central Tennessee . The cause was not immediately revealed. "Our world is much dimmer, the colors of a dreary, rainy Tennessee pale with her absence today," her children Leilah, Jeordie and

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

Melanie Safka, the singer who went by the mononym Melanie famous for songs including “Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)” and “Brand New Key,” has died. She was 76.