On the Melanie website, she's quoted as saying:
"When I began to sing, I used my maiden name (Safka). For some unknown
reason, when my first album came out, it only carried my first name...and
that's the way it has been ever since."
As a kid, I wondered why a singer with a fairly common name didn't use their
last name. Now I know! Wonder if that's what happened to Madonna. Maybe Joni
should have left off her last name. Glad to hear Melanie's such a good person Jerry. Jimmy
