English jazz singer and writer George Melly, pictured in the 1950s.Photograph: Hulton Archive/GettyGeorge Melly performs at a nightclub in 1960.Photograph: Ray Moreton/Keystone Features/GettyGeorge Melly sings with the Mick Mulligan jazz band at a London club in 1960.Photograph: Ray Moreton/Keystone Features/Hulton Archive/GettyGeorge Melly at the Capital Radio jazz festival at Alexandra Palace in 1979. Photograph: PAGeorge Melly and Ronnie Scott.Photograph: Peter Jordan/PAGeorge Melly.Photograph: Eamonn McCabe/GuardianGeorge Melly onstage at the Palace theatre on May 19 2007.Photograph: Paul Saxby/PA
