{"id":3141,"date":"2025-12-27T14:34:21","date_gmt":"2025-12-27T14:34:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/auditcops2026.com\/?p=3141"},"modified":"2025-12-27T14:34:22","modified_gmt":"2025-12-27T14:34:22","slug":"with-heavy-hearts-we-announce-the-passing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/auditcops2026.com\/?p=3141","title":{"rendered":"With heavy hearts, we announce the passing."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Melanie Safka, the singer behind 1970s hits \u201cBrand New Key\u201d and \u201cLay Down (Candles in the Rain),\u201d passed away on January 23, 2024, at 76. Her children, Leilah, Jeordie,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>and Beau Jarred, announced her death, sharing that she \u201cpeacefully crossed over from this world to the next\u201d after being \u201cill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Melanie rose to fame after performing at Woodstock in 1969 and became known for hits like \u201cLay Down\u201d and \u201cBrand New Key.\u201d She also founded Neighborhood Records, the first independent rock label owned by a woman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her children remembered her as \u201cone of the smartest, bravest, and most passionate women of her time.\u201d Fans were invited to light a candle in her memory on January 24th at 10 p.m. Central time.Melanie was working on a new album&nbsp;<strong>Read more below<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/auditcops2026.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/who.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/auditcops2026.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/who.jpg 512w, https:\/\/auditcops2026.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/who-240x300.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/figure>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Melanie Safka, the singer behind 1970s hits \u201cBrand New Key\u201d and \u201cLay Down (Candles in the Rain),\u201d passed away on January 23, 2024, at 76. Her children, Leilah, Jeordie, and Beau Jarred, announced her death, sharing that she \u201cpeacefully crossed over from this world to the next\u201d after being \u201cill. Melanie rose to fame after [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3142,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3141","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/auditcops2026.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3141","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/auditcops2026.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/auditcops2026.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auditcops2026.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auditcops2026.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3141"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/auditcops2026.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3141\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3143,"href":"https:\/\/auditcops2026.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3141\/revisions\/3143"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auditcops2026.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/auditcops2026.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auditcops2026.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auditcops2026.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}