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Melanie Anne Safka Schekeryk † (February 3, 1947 – January 23, 2024 [aged 76]),https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0577376/ professionally known as Melanie or Melanie Safka, was an American singer-songwriter. 
==Early life==
She 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.
==Career==
In the 1960s, she started performing at The Inkwell, a coffee house in the West End section of Long Branch. After high school, her parents insisted that she attend college, so she studied acting at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York. She began singing in the folk clubs of Greenwich Village, such as The Bitter End, and signed her first recording contract with Columbia Records.
==Personal life==
Melanie married record producer Peter Schekeryk in 1968. They had three children: daughter Leilah born on October 3, 1973; daughter Jeordie on March 27, 1975; and son Beau-Jarred on September 11, 1980. Leilah and Jeordie, when aged seven and six, released a cover of "There's No One Quite Like Grandma" that charted in Canada, reaching No. 27. Peter Schekeryk died in 2010. Melanie was a vegetarian in the early 1970s; she also practiced fasting.https://www.nytimes.com/1976/11/14/archives/melanies-back-and-shes-not-kissing-cows-melanie.html
Melanie identified herself politically as a libertarian, stating, "I am not a Democrat, a Socialist, or a Republican." She said that she had experienced acceptance from a "universal force of motherhood" after receiving a hug from Mata Amritanandamayi, a.k.a. Amma ("Mother") or as the "hugging saint" from India, as she is also known, which had inspired her to write "Motherhood of Love".
==Death==
Melanie passed away on January 23, 2024. Her cause of death is unknown.https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/music-news/singer-melanie-dead-woodstock-brand-new-key-1235806345/
== Discography ==
* Born to Be (1968)
* Melanie aka Affectionately Melanie (1969)
* Candles in the Rain (1970)
* The Good Book (1971)
* Gather Me (1971)
* Garden in the City (1971)
* Stoneground Words (1972)
* Madrugada (1974)
* As I See It Now (1974)
* Sunset and Other Beginnings (1975)
* Photograph (1976)
* Phonogenic – Not Just Another Pretty Face (1978)
* Ballroom Streets (1978)
* Arabesque (1982)
* Seventh Wave (1983)
* Am I Real or What (1985)
* Melanie (The Dutch album) (1987)
* Cowabonga – Never Turn Your Back on a Wave (1988)
* Silence Is King (1993)
* Silver Anniversary (1993)
* Old Bitch Warrior (1996)
* Low Country (1997)
* Antlers (1997)
* Beautiful People (1999)
* Moments from My Life (2002)
* Crazy Love (2002)
* Paled by Dimmer Light (2004)
* Ever Since You Never Heard of Me (2010)
* The First Farewell Tour (2022)
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