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George Melly
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English jazz and blues singer, critic, writer and lecturer (1926–2007)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1926
- Died
- 2007
- Works
- 20
Top works
- I, Flook
- I remember
- Slowing down
- A child of six could do it!
- Alan Stocker
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Film & TV
Known for
- London: The Modern Babylon — Self - Interviewee2012
- George Melly's Last Stand — Self2007
- Timeshift — self2002
- Lee Miller: A Crazy Way of Seeing — Self2001
- The Stranglers — Self - Presenter2000
- So Graham Norton — Self1998
- HARDtalk1997
- Ain't Misbehavin' — Bing Williams1997
- Joan Miró: Constellations - The Color of Poetry — Self1994
- Room 101 — Self1994
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 4,521
- Total plays
- 31,412
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Alan George Heywood Melly (17 August 1926 – 5 July 2007) was an English jazz and blues singer and writer. From 1965–1973 he was a film and television critic for The Observer. He also lectured on art history, with an emphasis on Surrealism. His singing style, particularly for the blues, was strongly influenced by his idol, the American Blues singer Bessie Smith. While many British musicians of the time treated jazz and blues with almost religious solemnity <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Geor
Official website
Mr George Melly, At Your Service!
Mr George Melly, is currently on a sell-out tour of the UK. This celebrated blues and jazz singer joins with Digby Fairweather and his Half Dozen giving a fine rendition of their repertoire of songs from their new cd's. You can guarantee George will have some memorable anecdotes which reflect decades of life in the jazz world and beyond.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- St Michael's Hamlet
- Place of death
- Shepherd's Bush
- Sibling
- Andrée Melly
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- jazz
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Warner Music Group
- Official website
- www.georgemelly.com
- Image
- George Melly 1978.jpg
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- Commons category
- George Melly
- date of birth
- 1926-08-17
- date of death
- 2007-07-05
- cause of death
- pulmonary emphysema
- manner of death
- natural causes
- start of work period
- 1946-00-00
- name in native language
- Alan George Heywood Melly
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Works in European collections
1 object attributed to George Melly, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
Gallery (2)
Available in 9 languages
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