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3 unusual facts about Melanie Safka


Edwin Hawkins

The Edwin Hawkins Singers made a second foray into the charts exactly one year later, backing folk singer Melanie on "Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)".

Halo James

Palmer worked with Melanie between 1996 and 2001, and with Haddaway between 2002 and 2003; in 2004 he started a popular music shop in London called Rockbottom, but this closed in 2011 after being damaged in the summer riots that year.

The Nosebleed Section

The chorus and backing beat of "The Nosebleed Section" are sampled from the song "The People in the Front Row" sung by Melanie Safka.


Neighborhood Records

Neighborhood Records (Neighborhood Music Pub. Corp.) was a record label founded by Melanie Safka and her husband Peter Schekeryk in 1971.

Pete Overend Watts

He later became a record producer, producing albums for artists such as Hanoi Rocks, Dumb Blondes, Lenny Kravitz, The Scientists, Department S, John Martyn, Melanie, Kirsty MacColl, The Cult and Lloyd Cole.


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