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George Melly

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George Melly

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Also known as Alan George Heywood Melly

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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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Country
GB
Active from
1926-08-17
Active to
2007-07-05

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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

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

  1. A short history of<i>SHELX</i>

    · 2007 · cited 79,940x

  2. Bias in meta-analysis detected by a simple, graphical test

    · 1997 · cited 48,627x

  3. Crystal structure refinement with<i>SHELXL</i>

    · 2015 · cited 40,872x

  4. <i>SHELXT</i>– Integrated space-group and crystal-structure determination

    · 2015 · cited 27,626x

  5. A new and rapid colorimetric determination of acetylcholinesterase activity

    · 1961 · cited 23,198x

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Music

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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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Works in European collections

1 object attributed to George Melly, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

Artwork

Untitled

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