Showing posts with label Melanie. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Melanie. Show all posts

Thursday, February 2, 2023

Sunday, July 10, 2022

Music History Today: July 11, 2022

July 11, 1970: Melanie, with the Edwin Hawkins Singers, peaked at Number 6 with "Lay Down (Candles In the Rain)."

When the 22-year-old Melanie Safka stepped out onto the stage on at Woodstock, just before 11 PM, she was greeted by the audience lighting candles to  beat back the rain that had been falling. 

Melanie Safka
Melanie

Thursday, December 24, 2020

Music History Today: December 25, 2020

December 25, 2016: George Michael died of heart failure, aged 53, in bed at his riverside home in Goring-on-Thames, Oxfordshire. 

Although he died in December 2016, it took a few months to complete the autopsy and investigation into George Michael’s sudden passing. 

George Michael

Friday, August 14, 2020

Music History Today: August 15, 2020

August 15, 1958: Twenty-one-year-old Buddy Holly married 25-year-old Maria Elena Santiago. The wedding was a few days after his song, "Think It Over," entered the US Top 40.

Buddy Holly & Maria Elena Santiago