CANDLES IN THE RAIN
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 in the Rain)”, which was inspired by the crowd’s reaction to her performance at Woodstock. The cover of the Rolling Stones’ 1967 song “Ruby Tuesday” reached the Top Ten in the United Kingdom. (More from Wikipedia)
While attracting little attention initially, the James Taylor song “Carolina in My Mind” was covered frequently not long after its release. North Carolina country music recording artist George Hamilton IV had some success with his version of “Carolina in My Mind” in 1969. Probably the best known version of the song other than Taylor’s is that of Melanie, who included “Carolina in My Mind” on her classic 1970 album, Candles in the Rain. Other recordings of the song have been made by the Everly Brothers, Evie Sands, John Denver, and Dawn (later known as Tony Orlando and Dawn). Glen Campbell and Linda Ronstadt performed a duet of the song on his TV show, The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour; the song was ultimately released in the 2007 video Good Times Again.
(August 2015)
