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WOODSTOCK legend, Melanie, is Tom Needham’s special guests on THE LONG ISLAND MUSIC & ENTERTAINMENT HALL OF FAME PODCAST 

Melanie died on January 23rd, 2024. In remembrance, Tom Needham shares a special conversation that he had with Melanie around the time that she was inducted into the Long Island Music and Entertainment Hall of Fame in 2018.

Long Island Music Hall of Fame inductee Melanie is originally from Astoria, Queens.  She is best known for her hits “Brand New Key,” “Beautiful People,” and “Lay Down (Candles in the Rain).”  In 1969, she performed at the historic Woodstock Festival. Afterwards, she scored hits with “Peace Will Come” and a cover of the Rolling Stones’ “Ruby Tuesday.  Throughout her career, she has sold over 80 million records. In 1989, Melanie won an Emmy Award for writing the lyrics to the theme song for the TV series ‘Beauty and the Beast.’  

In 2012 she collaborated with John Haldoupis to create an original musical about her love story with her late husband, Peter, called ‘Melanie and the Record Man.’ They discuss her DVD called ‘Melanie: Live at the Meltdown Festival 2007.’ The film captures Melanie’s triumphant return to London’s Queen Elizabeth Hall.

This interview previously aired on Tom Needham’s THE SOUNDS OF FILM. Worldwide listeners can tune into the internet livestream of THE SOUNDS OF FILM on Thursday at 6 pm at wusb.fm.