Melanie En The Edwin Hawkins Singers - Lay Down (Candles In The Rain) Album

Tracklist

1	Animal Crackers	2:12
2	Lay Down (Candles In The Rain)	3:48

Versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
H 610.054, H 610 054	Melanie En The Edwin Hawkins Singers	Melanie En The Edwin Hawkins Singers - Lay Down ‎(7", Single)	Buddah Records, Buddah Records	H 610.054, H 610 054	Netherlands	1970
610 054, 610054	Melanie Et Les Edwin Hawkins' Singers	Melanie Et Les Edwin Hawkins' Singers - Lay Down ‎(7", Single, Mono)	Buddah Records, Buddah Records	610 054, 610054	France	1970
2011-013	Melanie	Lay Down ‎(7", Single, TP, W/Lbl)	Buddah Records	2011-013	UK	1970
BE 610054	Melanie & The Edwin Hawkins Singers	Melanie & The Edwin Hawkins Singers - Lay Down (Candles In The Rain) ‎(7", Single)	Buddah Records	BE 610054	Belgium	1970
H 610.054	Melanie With The Edwin Hawkins Singers	Melanie With The Edwin Hawkins Singers - Lay Down (Candles In The Rain) ‎(7", Single, Mono)	Buddah Records	H 610.054	Netherlands	1970

Credits

• Producer – Peter Schekeryk
• Written-By – Melanie Safka

Notes

Made in Holland

Fold-over cover.
Large centre hole, claret coloured labels with silver text.

Barcodes

• Rights Society: B.I.E.M.
• Matrix / Runout (Runout side A): 610054-1W
• Matrix / Runout (Runout side B): 610054.2W

Video

Album

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, climbing to number six on the Billboard Hot 100 and number three on the Cash Box Top 100. The record was ranked number 23 on the Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1970. It was released in March 1970. The self-conscious but there was joy in the air, and the song hit 1 on the Dutch charts soon after my appearance on this widely viewed. Текст песни: Lay down, lay down Lay it all down Let your white birds smile up At the ones who stand and frown. stay black against the night Oh, raise them higher again And if you do we could stay dry against the rain Lay down, lay down Lay it all down Let your white birds smile up At the ones who stand and frown Lay down, lay down Lay it all down Let your white birds smile up At the ones who stand and frown. Edwin Hawkins Singers - Lay Down. On this page you can download song Melanie ft. Edwin Hawkins Singers - Lay Down in mp3 and listen online. Rock Pop Funk. Melanie , Edwin Hawkins Singers. The Summer Of Love 67. Melanie With The Edwin Hawkins Singers - Lay Down Candles In The Rain. Edwin Hawkins Singers - Someday. Edwin Hawkins Singers - Jubilation. Edwin Hawkins Singers - Joy, Joy. Edwin Hawkins Singers - I Believe. Edwin Hawkins Singers - Precious Memories. Edwin Hawkins Singers - My Thing. Edwin Hawkins Singers - New World. The Karaoke Channel - In the style of Melanie, The Edwin Hawkins Singers - Vol. 1 - Stingray Music Karaoke. Лента с персональными рекомендациями и музыкальными новинками, радио, подборки на любой вкус, удобное управление своей коллекцией. The Edwin Hawkins Singers backed Melanie on this track. They got a deal with Melanie's label Buddah Records in 1969 when Oh Happy Day, recorded in church and sold as part of an album to raise money for the choir, started getting airplay on various radio stations. A gospel group, they brought a vibrant, spiritual feel to this song. Regarding the song and the era in which it was written, Melanie told Songfacts: There was, without getting into it, a strong force going against it, and who would want to look at that The powers that be do not want a bunch of free happy beings. Посмотреть сведения об участниках альбома, рецензии, композиции и приобрести альбом 1970 Vinyl от Candles In The Rain на new version of is available, to keep everything running smoothly, please reload the site. Melanie with the Edwin Hawkins Singers. Lay Down Candles In The Rain. Love this track. from the album Candles in the Rain. Candles in the Rain spoken word. March 7, 1970. Released in March 1970, the recording was a spirited collaboration between folk singersongwriter Melanie Safka and California gospel act the Edwin Hawkins Singers, who had reached the national Top Ten the previous year with Oh Happy Day. Melanie wrote the song after performing at Woodstock in August 1969 the song's lyrics describe what she felt as she looked out at the sea of people attending the music event. Lay Down is also associated with certain events occurring during the Moratorium to End the War in Vietnam, held in the autumn of 1969. 1970s Candles in the Rain was Melanie Safka's third album, but while her first two LPs found her trying to make a coherent whole out of her grab bag of influences and ideas, this was where she seemed to truly hit the mark for the first time. Lay Down Candles in the Rain was that rarity, a hit single that truly presented an eclectic artist in her best light - the Woodstock rock festival that inspired the tune was just the sort of event that would appeal to Melanie's hippie-styled idealism, and with the power of the Edwin Hawkins Singers backing her, she had a