• "Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)" is the second single from Melanie Safka's 1970 album Candles in the Rain. It was her breakthrough hit in the United States...
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  • Candles in the Rain is singer Melanie's third album. Released in 1970, the album produced Melanie's first Top Ten single in North America, "Lay Down (Candles...
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    international breakthrough hit "Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)", which was inspired by her experience of performing at the 1969 Woodstock music festival...
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    Meredith Brooks (category The Graces (band) members)
    as a co-writer of the song. Celebrating Pride (Greatest Hits EP) (2022) Tracklist: • [1] Bitch • [2] Lay Down (Candles In The Rain) [ft. Queen Latifah]...
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    Top 10 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 charts was the 1970 Melanie single "Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)," on which the label listed the performers as "Melanie...
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  • Deconstruction (Meredith Brooks album) (category CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes))
    Deconstruction. With the exception of "Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)", Brooks wrote or co-wrote and played lead guitar on every song on the album, in addition to...
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    Billboard magazine's Top Hot 100 songs of the year 1970. It covers from January 3 to November 28, 1970. 1970 in music List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one...
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    released in 1970 as the B-side of Melanie's "Ruby Tuesday" single and included on the album Candles in the Rain. The single reached the number 39 in the United...
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  • from the 2005 album Hello Master "Lay Down", a 2017 song by Touch Sensitive "Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)", a 1970 song by Melanie Keel laying or "laying...
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  • Melanie, 76, American singer-songwriter ("Brand New Key", "Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)") and guitarist, Emmy winner (1989). Giuliano Musiello, 70, Italian...
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    Backstreet Boys "Real Life" - Bon Jovi "Promises" - Def Leppard "Lay Down (Candles in the Rain) - Meredith Brooks "Livin' la Vida Loca" - Ricky Martin "Shake...
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    Queen Latifah discography (category CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes))
    Luther Vandross – "Hit It Again" Meredith Brooks – "Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)" Monifah – "Fallin in Love" Naughty by Nature – "Red Light" Naughty by...
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  • singer-songwriter ("Brand New Key", "Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)") and guitarist (b. 1947) Rene Oliveira, 68, politician, member of the Texas House of Representatives...
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    her song, "Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)". The following day, 16 August 1969, at approximately 6:30 p.m., the band played in between the Keef Hartley...
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  • Garfunkel, "Knock, Knock Who's There?" by Liv Maessen, "Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)" by Melanie, "Spill the Wine" by Eric Burdon & War, "Cracklin' Rosie" by...
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  • enter the Canadian Singles Chart but did peak at number 29 on the Canadian Adult Contemporary Chart "People in the Front Row" did not enter the UK Singles...
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    of India. In 1970, Melanie Safka (stage name "Melanie") mentioned Baba in the spoken word intro to her song "Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)". Listed as...
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    Melanie's "Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)" and "What Have They Done to My Song Ma" (1970) The Five Stairsteps' "O-o-h Child" (1970) The Jaggerz' "The Rapper"...
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    "Lay a Little Lovin' on Me" – Robin McNamara "Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)" – Melanie with The Edwin Hawkins Singers "Let A Man Come in and Do the Popcorn...
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    Snowday Lay Down (Candles in the Rain) (Safka) Hounds of Love (Bush) End of Another Day Would You Like To Go: A Curt Boettcher Songbook (released in Europe...
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  • Me (The Ecology)" – Marvin Gaye "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" – Joan Baez "If" – Bread "Lay Down (Candles In The Rain)" – Melanie With The Edwin...
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  • down My Walking Cane" – African-American traditional anti-war song recorded by The Weavers and many others. "Arthur McBride" – While first curated in...
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    studio albums have been released only in Iceland by Japis Records. One Little Indian released her 1999 album Love in the Time of Science. Her further releases...
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  • have peaked in the Top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 during 1970. The Jackson 5 and Creedence Clearwater Revival each had four top-ten hits in 1970, tying...
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  • best charting singles in Australia for 1970. The source for this year is the "Kent Music Report", known from 1987 onwards as the "Australian Music Report"...
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  • Art for the album with Dominic O'Brien. The album spawned two more Top 40 singles, "Be Firm" (No. 25 in June) and "Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)" (a cover...
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  • list of number-one singles in the Dutch Top 40. The Dutch Top 40 is a chart that ranks the best-performing singles of the Netherlands since 1965. It is...
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  • Hawkins, 74, American gospel pianist and singer ("Oh Happy Day", "Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)"), multiple Grammy winner, pancreatic cancer. Raghunath Jha...
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  • Morning Light – Another Reclamation Melanie – Lay Down (Candles in the Rain) Holy Fuck – The Pulse July – The Way Cozy Powell – So You Want To Be A Drummer...
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  • List of Dutch Top 40 number-one singles of 1970 (category 1970 in the Netherlands)
    These hits topped the Dutch Top 40 in 1970. 1970 in music "Nederlandse Top 40 - week 1, 1970". Retrieved 13 March 2010. "Nederlandse Top 40 - week 2,...
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