Melanie Anne Safka-Schekeryk (born February 3, 1947), professionally known as Melanie or Melanie Safka, is an American singer-songwriter. She is best known for the 1971–72 global hit "Brand New Key", plus her 1970 version of "Ruby Tuesday", which was originally written and recorded by the Rolling Stones, her composition "What Have They Done to My Song Ma", and her 1970 international breakthrough hit "Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)" (inspired by her experience of performing at the 1969 Woodstock music festival). More about Melanie Safka
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Melanie was born and raised in the Astoria neighborhood of Queens, New York City. Her father, Frederick M. Safka (1924–2009), was of Ukrainian ancestry, and her mother, jazz singer Pauline "Polly" Altomare (1926–2003), was of Italian heritage. Melanie made her first public singing appearance at age four on the radio show Live Like A Millionaire, performing the song "Gimme a Little Kiss". She moved with her family to Long Branch, New Jersey, and attended Long Branch High School. Bothered by being pegged by her classmates as a "beatnik" in school, she ran away to California and, after her return to New Jersey, transferred to Red Bank Regional High School in Red Bank, New Jersey; she graduated in 1964, though she was blocked from attending her commencement exercise due to an overdue library book.In total, we tracked 147 items since 01/01/2008. The chart below shows the trade volume over time.
The most expensive item with a signature of Melanie Safka (Melanie Safka MELANIE Signed Autograph Auto 12 Drumhead Drum Head JSA) was sold in March 2024 for $259.99 while the cheapest item (Melanie Safka MELANIE Signed Autograph Beautiful People Sheet Music JSA) found a new owner for $2.25 in October 2020. The month with the most items sold (8) was May 2020 with an average selling price of $44.00 for an autographed item of Melanie Safka. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in December 2023 with $237.49 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $2.25 was June 2019. In average, an autographed item from Melanie Safka is worth $24.99.
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