The musical, conceived and designed by haldoupis, featured melanie's music and told the story of meeting peter, falling in love, and working together to produce her music. Brand new key and lay down (candles in the rain) songstress melanie has died at the age of 76, her three children confirmed. Melanie was a folk singer and songwriter who had major hits in the 1970s with “brand new key” and “lay down (candles in the rain),” and she was one of three women who performed solo acts. Melanie, the singer who performed at woodstock in 1969 and had major pop hits with “brand new key” and “lay down (candles in the rain)” in the early ’70s, died tuesday at age 76. Melanie, the woodstock performer best known for the hit brand new key, died on tuesday, announced her three children
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