# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/george-melly
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:24:25.251Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/george-melly"
name: "George Melly"
slug: "george-melly"
description: "Alan George Heywood Melly was an English jazz and blues singer, critic, writer, and lecturer. From 1965 to 1973, he was a film and television critic for The Observer; he also lectured on art history, with an emphasis on surrealism."
tagline: "English jazz and blues singer, critic, writer and lecturer (1926–2007)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/George_Melly_1978.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1926-08-17"
deathDate: "2007-07-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.62
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.773514666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0578155/"
    handle:    "nm0578155"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.georgemelly.com/"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%88%D8%B1%DA%86_%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%89_(%D9%85%D8%BA%D9%86%D9%89)"
    title: "چورچ ميلى (مغنى)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Melly"
    title: "George Melly"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Melly"
    title: "George Melly"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Melly"
    title: "George Melly"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Melly"
    title: "George Melly"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Melly"
    title: "George Melly"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Melly"
    title: "George Melly"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Melly"
    title: "George Melly"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Melly"
    title: "George Melly"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/7f8e0c3d-c901-4fc9-b4c0-ae0c46fbe814"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1293008"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1231582"
    title: "George Melly"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump