George Melly

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Send Me to the 'Lectric Chair 03:04 Tools
Midnight Cannonball 02:30 Tools
Anything Goes 02:13 Tools
Sounds that Saved My Life 02:13 Tools
Everybody Loves My Baby 03:39 Tools
Kitchen Man 03:01 Tools
Backwater Blues 05:55 Tools
Frankie And Johnny 04:35 Tools
Straighten Up and Fly Away 02:37 Tools
Run See Jerusalem 04:35 Tools
Georgia On My Mind 03:38 Tools
I'm a Ding Dong Daddy 02:11 Tools
There'll Be Some Changes Made 02:19 Tools
As Time Goes By 02:41 Tools
Heebie Jeebies 02:39 Tools
The Big Butter And Egg Man 02:23 Tools
Gone Fishin' 02:54 Tools
Goody Goody 03:46 Tools
Sweet Lorraine 03:25 Tools
Let's Call The Whole Thing Off 03:40 Tools
Mr Gallagher And Mr Shean 02:39 Tools
My Canary Has Circles Under His Eyes 02:54 Tools
Abdul Abulbul Amir 03:48 Tools
Sporting Life 02:20 Tools
Ain't Misbehavin' 03:44 Tools
Sounds that Saved My Life (Homage to K.S.) 01:00 Tools
Mississippi Mud 04:07 Tools
Honeysuckle Rose 03:36 Tools
The Trudge 02:33 Tools
After You've Gone 02:26 Tools
Masculine Women, Feminine Men 02:47 Tools
Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans 03:22 Tools
The Joint Is Jumpin' 02:49 Tools
September Song 04:24 Tools
Riverboat Shuffle 01:43 Tools
The Black Bottom 02:21 Tools
Lazy River 02:10 Tools
My Very Good Friend the Milkman 01:00 Tools
The Old Music Master 02:25 Tools
It Had To be You 03:03 Tools
Lazybones 02:32 Tools
Sweet Georgia Brown 03:50 Tools
T'aint No Sin 05:07 Tools
Rockin' Chair 04:21 Tools
Watch the Birdie 04:20 Tools
I Want My Fanny Brown 03:24 Tools
You've Got the Right Key But the Wrong Keyhole 02:25 Tools
Your Feet's Too Big 03:31 Tools
Roll 'Em Pete! 05:09 Tools
Winin' Boy Blues 04:28 Tools
God Bless The Child 04:41 Tools
Michigan Water Blues 02:33 Tools
Magnolia 02:09 Tools
I'm Down in The Dumps 03:18 Tools
Grandmother's Old Armchair 03:18 Tools
Was I Drunk? 02:47 Tools
The Nearness of You 03:06 Tools
I Wanna Hot Dog for My Roll 02:47 Tools
Loveless Love 03:16 Tools
I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter 02:24 Tools
You're Driving Me Crazy 03:55 Tools
Let's Do It 04:02 Tools
Ma Reiney's Black Bottom 03:09 Tools
The House Of The Rising Sun 03:28 Tools
Empty Bed Blues 03:33 Tools
Run Come See Jerusalem 02:50 Tools
I Won't Grow Old 02:21 Tools
Black Bottom 00:00 Tools
Nuts 04:20 Tools
Ise a Muggin' 04:46 Tools
It's De-Lovely 03:28 Tools
Route 66 03:30 Tools
Blue Turning Grey Over You 03:55 Tools
Please Don't Mention Your Sign 03:44 Tools
Gulf Coast Blues 03:06 Tools
Rail Roadin' Man 02:24 Tools
Way Down Yonder In New Orleans 03:02 Tools
Running Wild 04:06 Tools
Makin' Whoopee 03:11 Tools
Hound Dog 03:28 Tools
Hard Hearted Hannah 02:59 Tools
Hometown 03:16 Tools
Maybe Not At All 03:51 Tools
Puttin' On The Ritz 02:44 Tools
Organ Grinder Blues 00:00 Tools
Drunk Again 04:46 Tools
I Can't Give You Anything But Love 04:03 Tools
Mama Don't Allow 05:37 Tools
Riverboat Shuttle 01:45 Tools
I've Got What It Takes 04:01 Tools
I Hate A Man Like You 04:24 Tools
You've Got The Right Key, But The Wrong Keyhole 03:45 Tools
Jazzbo Brown from Memphis Town 03:17 Tools
The Food Of Love 03:32 Tools
Then I'll Be Happy 03:43 Tools
(Get Your Kicks On) Route 66 03:32 Tools
I Ain't Got Nobody 02:21 Tools
This Train 02:15 Tools
Someday Sweetheart 02:36 Tools
Oh Chubby Stay The Way You Are 02:49 Tools
Down With Love 03:50 Tools
It's a Sin To Tell a Lie 03:32 Tools
Mama Don't Allow It 05:19 Tools
Granny's Old Armchair 02:49 Tools
Salty Dog 03:59 Tools
I Don't Want To Set The World On Fire 02:56 Tools
Chicago (That Toddling Town) 02:36 Tools
(I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My) Sister Kate 03:06 Tools
Sundown Mama 03:36 Tools
Send Me To The ‘Lectric Chair 03:22 Tools
Mr Gallagher and Mr. Shean 00:00 Tools
Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen 02:56 Tools
My Canary Has Circles Under Her Eyes 00:30 Tools
Nobody Knows When You're Down And Out 03:40 Tools
Black Mare Blues 03:03 Tools
Waiting For a Train 02:42 Tools
I Want a Little Girl 02:56 Tools
If You'se A Viper 03:35 Tools
Lock & Key 04:38 Tools
The Lady Wants Some Jazz 04:37 Tools
Boogie Woogie Man 04:38 Tools
St Louis Blues 04:13 Tools
Don't Get Around Much Anymore 03:40 Tools
Chicago 02:33 Tools
Sounds That Saved My Life (Hom 04:13 Tools
Your Feets Too Big 04:13 Tools
Down In The Dumps 02:18 Tools
Downhearted Blues 03:35 Tools
All Of Me 02:18 Tools
Nobody Knows You (When You're Down And Out) 02:18 Tools
Cemetery Blues 05:06 Tools
Muddy Water 03:35 Tools
Railroadin' Man 02:19 Tools
Oh Chubby, Stay The Way You Are 02:29 Tools
Hong Kong Blues 00:58 Tools
Rocking Chair 03:40 Tools
Young Woman's Blues 00:00 Tools
George Reminisces About His Schooldays 03:40 Tools
St. Louis Blues 00:00 Tools
Wasted Life Blues 03:05 Tools
Sophisticated Mama 03:05 Tools
Underneath The Arches 04:13 Tools
Spider Crawl 00:00 Tools
Dr. Jazz 04:13 Tools
Black Mountain Blues 03:10 Tools
Lying to Myself 02:33 Tools
Alexander's Ragtime Band 02:04 Tools
New Orleans 02:04 Tools
Ace In The Hole 02:17 Tools
Dr Jazz 02:17 Tools
Donald The Dub, The Dirty Little Pill 02:48 Tools
Jenny's Ball 03:05 Tools
I Need a Little Sugar in My Bowl 00:00 Tools
Let's Do It (Let's Fall In Love) 03:32 Tools
Michigan Water 00:00 Tools
Stardust 02:42 Tools
George Melly & Chilton's Feetwarmers - Anything Goes 02:42 Tools
Sounds That Saved My Life (Homage To KS) 00:58 Tools
My Home Is In A Southern Town 03:10 Tools
I'm Gonna Sit Right Down (& Write Myself A Letter) 03:10 Tools
Sugar 03:10 Tools
Lulu's Back In Town! 02:33 Tools
One Morning in May 00:58 Tools
Oh, You Beautiful Doll 02:16 Tools
Girl Of My Dreams 02:15 Tools
Get Away Old Man, Get Away 02:29 Tools
Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out 03:38 Tools
Straighten Up And Fly Right 02:48 Tools
Lock And Key 04:36 Tools
Organ Grinder 03:07 Tools
Take Me For A Buggy Ride! 00:58 Tools
George Melly - Dr. Jazz 00:58 Tools
George Melly - If You're A Viper 00:58 Tools
Route 66 (Get Your Kicks On) 03:32 Tools
Sam Jones Blues 03:38 Tools
Blue Spirit Blues 03:38 Tools
Funny Feathers 03:38 Tools
Nobody's Sweetheart 02:19 Tools
When You're Smiling 01:57 Tools
Lazy Bones 01:57 Tools
Muskrat Ramble 01:55 Tools
Small Fry 01:55 Tools
George Remembers Turning Professional With The Feetwarmers! 00:53 Tools
George Remembers The Day He Joined Mick Mulligan 01:14 Tools
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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, Melly rejoiced in their more bawdy side, and this was reflected in his choice of songs and exuberant stage performances. He recorded a track called 'Old Codger' with The Stranglers in 1978 especially written for him by the band. Technically, Melly was bisexual, but moved from strictly homosexual relationships in his teens and twenties to largely heterosexual relationships from his thirties onwards. He married twice and had a child from each marriage. He was still active in music, journalism, and lecturing on Surrealism and other aspects of modern art until his death, despite worsening health problems such as vascular dementia, incipient emphysema and lung cancer. In addition to age-related health problems, Melly suffered from environmental hearing loss due to long-term exposure to on-stage sound systems, and his hearing in both ears became increasingly poor. On Sunday 10 June 2007, George Melly made an appearance, announced as his last ever performance, at the 100 Club in London. This was on the occasion of a fund-raising event to benefit the charity supporting his carers. He died at his London home of lung cancer aged 80 on 5 July 2007. Much of George's music was in collaboration with others and hence you will find him on last.fm often as "George Melly and..." rather than in his own name. Use the search facility to find many of the jazz bands he worked with Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.