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With her sweet, captivating voice, quirky yet insightful songwriting and bubbly, upbeat, free-spirited hippie persona, pop and folk singer/songwriter Melanie totally epitomized the whole "flower power" counterculture of the 1960s and 1970s. She was born Melanie Anne Safka on February 3, 1947, in Queens, New York, and grew up in the Astoria ...
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The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 2016) (writer - 1 episode, 2016)
- Melissa McCarthy/Bobby Cannavale/Wild Belle
(2016)
... (performer: "Brand New Key") / (writer: "Brand New Key")
2008-2015
Atop the Fourth Wall
(TV Series) (writer - 8 episodes)
- Youngblood #7
(2015)
... (writer: "Combine Harvester")
- Tandy Computer Whiz Kids: The Computer That Said No to Drugs
(2014)
... (writer: "Combine Harvester" - uncredited)
- Frank Miller's Holy Terror
(2014)
... (writer: "Combine Harvester" - uncredited)
- Marville #6-7
(2014)
... (writer: "Combine Harvester" - uncredited)
- Tandy Computer Whiz Kids: A Deadly Choice
(2013)
... (writer: "Combine Harvester")
The Bridge
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 2013) (writer - 1 episode, 2013)
- ID
(2013)
... (performer: "Brand New Key" - uncredited) / (writer: "Brand New Key" - uncredited)
2012
Diddy Movies
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Space
(2012)
... (writer: "The Combine Harvester (Brand New Key)" - uncredited)
2011
Raising Hope
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- What Up, Cuz?
(2011)
... (writer: "Brand New Key" - uncredited)
Doctors
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 2010) (writer - 1 episode, 2010)
- If You Want Something Done
(2010)
... (performer: "Brand New Key" - uncredited) / (writer: "Brand New Key" - uncredited)
2010
Jackass 3D
(Documentary) (performer: "Brand New Key") / (writer: "Brand New Key" - as Melanie Safka)
2010
Hung
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- A Man, a Plan or Thank You, Jimmy Carter
(2010)
... (writer: "Brand New Key" - uncredited)
2009
Wer hat Angst vor Wilhelm Reich?
(TV Movie documentary) (lyrics: "Beautiful People" - as Melanie Safka)
2009
Taking Woodstock
(performer: "Beautiful People") / (writer: "Beautiful People" - as Melanie Safka)
2006
Doctor Who
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Love & Monsters
(2006)
... (writer: "Brand New Key" - uncredited)
Cold Case
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 2006) (writer - 1 episode, 2006)
- Debut
(2006)
... (performer: "Beautiful People") / (writer: "Beautiful People")
2005
Eve and the Fire Horse
(performer: "Beautiful People") / (writer: "Beautiful People" - as Melanie Safka)
2005
Inside Deep Throat
(Documentary) (performer: "Brand New Key") / (writer: "Brand New Key" - as Melanie Safka)
2001
Who Will Comfort Viivi?
(TV Movie) (writer: "Mulla on uudet rullaluistimet (Brand new key)" - as Safka Melanie)
1998
Mystery Science Theater 3000
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Werewolf
(1998)
... (writer: "Brand New Key" - uncredited)
Chicago Hope
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 1997) (writer - 1 episode, 1997)
- Brain Salad Surgery
(1997)
... (performer: "Brand New Key") / (writer: "Brand New Key")
1993
Household Saints
(performer: "Lay Down (Candles in the Wind)") / (writer: "Lay Down (Candles in the Wind)")
1990
Woodstock: The Lost Performances
(Video documentary) (performer: "Birthday of the Sun" - as Melanie Schekeryk) / (writer: "Birthday of the Sun" - as Melanie Schekeryk)
1989
Beauty and the Beast
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- A Distant Shore
(1989)
... (lyrics: "The First Time I Loved Forever")
The Brady Bunch Variety Hour
(TV Series) (writer - 2 episodes, 1977) (performer - 1 episode, 1977)
- Episode #1.8
(1977)
... (writer: "What Have They Done to My Song, Ma?")
- Episode #1.5
(1977)
... (performer: "Cyclone", "Over the Rainbow", "That's Entertainment!") / (writer: "Cyclone")
1976
Top of the Pops
(TV Series) (writer - 5 episodes)
- Top of the Pops '76: Part 1
(1976)
... (writer: "Combine Harvester (Brand New Key)")
- Episode #13.25
(1976)
... (writer: "Combine Harvester (Brand New Key)")
- Episode #13.24
(1976)
... (writer: "Combine Harvester (Brand New Key)")
- Episode #13.22
(1976)
... (writer: "Combine Harvester (Brand New Key)")
- Episode #13.20
(1976)
... (writer: "Combine Harvester (Brand New Key)")
1974
The Ernie Sigley Show
(TV Series) (writer - 2 episodes)
- Episode dated 20 August 1974
(1974)
... (writer: "Look What They Done to My Song")
- Episode dated 30 July 1974
(1974)
... (writer: "Alexander Beetle")
1973
The Graham Kennedy Show
(TV Series) (writer - 2 episodes)
- Episode dated 18 October 1973
(1973)
... (writer: "Look What They Done to My Song")
- Episode dated 12 June 1973
(1973)
... (writer: "Look What They Done to My Song")
1972
A Sense of Loss
(Documentary) (performer: "I've Got a Brand New Pair of Roller Skates") / (writer: "I've Got a Brand New Pair of Roller Skates")
1970
R.P.M.
(lyrics: "Stop! I Don't Wanna' Hear It Anymore", "We Don't Know Where We're Goin'") / (performer: "Stop! I Don't Wanna' Hear It Anymore", "We Don't Know Where We're Goin'") / (writer: "We Don't Know Where We're Goin'")
1969
The Johnny Cash Show
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.10
(1969)
... (performer: "Baby Guitar", "Silver Threads and Golden Needles")
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Album: "These Nights" (Mango Gang Records) See more »Alternate Names:
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My idea about songs is that once you write them, you have very little say in their life afterward. It's a lot like having a baby. You conceive a song, deliver it, and then give it as good a start as you can. After that, it's on its own. People will take it any way they want to take it. See more »Trivia:
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