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class="tbl release-group-list"><thead><tr role="row"><th colSpan="1" role="columnheader" class="year c">Year</th><th colSpan="1" role="columnheader">Title</th><th colSpan="1" role="columnheader" class="artist">Artist</th><th colSpan="1" role="columnheader" class="rating c">Rating</th><th colSpan="1" role="columnheader" class="count c">Releases</th></tr></thead><tbody role="rowgroup"><tr role="row" class="odd"><td role="cell" class="c">1986</td><td role="cell"><span class="blank-icon"></span><a href="/release-group/bcc7bf9e-867d-4d0b-93c5-29c21d4ce869"><bdi>Running wild</bdi></a></td><td role="cell"><a href="/artist/7f8e0c3d-c901-4fc9-b4c0-ae0c46fbe814" title="Melly, George"><bdi>George Melly</bdi></a></td><td role="cell" class="c"><span class="inline-rating"><span class="star-rating" tabindex="-1"></span></span></td><td role="cell" class="c">1</td></tr><tr role="row" class="even"><td role="cell" class="c">1996</td><td role="cell"><span class="artwork-icon caa-icon" title="This release group has artwork in the Cover Art Archive"></span><a href="/release-group/cdceb83e-e913-46b8-9b2b-69ae4c3a6d9e"><bdi>Anything Goes</bdi></a></td><td role="cell"><a href="/artist/7f8e0c3d-c901-4fc9-b4c0-ae0c46fbe814" title="Melly, George"><bdi>George Melly</bdi></a> & <span class="name-variation"><a href="/artist/4e0eff22-2520-4c6c-b9f6-e49a0eecf729" title="John Chilton’s Feetwarmers – Chilton, John’s Feetwarmers"><bdi>John Chilton's Feetwarmers</bdi></a></span></td><td role="cell" class="c"><span class="inline-rating"><span class="star-rating" tabindex="-1"><span class="current-rating" style="width:80%">4</span></span></span></td><td role="cell" class="c">2</td></tr><tr role="row" class="odd"><td role="cell" class="c">2004</td><td role="cell"><span class="blank-icon"></span><a href="/release-group/dbfd0a34-6906-4d52-b342-f6fcc068b829"><bdi>Nuts</bdi></a></td><td role="cell"><a href="/artist/7f8e0c3d-c901-4fc9-b4c0-ae0c46fbe814" title="Melly, George"><bdi>George Melly</bdi></a> & <span class="name-variation"><a href="/artist/4e0eff22-2520-4c6c-b9f6-e49a0eecf729" title="John Chilton’s Feetwarmers – Chilton, John’s Feetwarmers"><bdi>The Feetwarmers</bdi></a></span></td><td role="cell" class="c"><span class="inline-rating"><span class="star-rating" tabindex="-1"><span class="current-rating" style="width:100%">5</span></span></span></td><td role="cell" class="c">0</td></tr><tr role="row" class="even"><td role="cell" class="c">—</td><td role="cell"><span class="blank-icon"></span><a href="/release-group/87fc00fd-61a1-48af-af5c-141f96224d18"><bdi>Son of Nuts</bdi></a></td><td role="cell"><a href="/artist/7f8e0c3d-c901-4fc9-b4c0-ae0c46fbe814" title="Melly, George"><bdi>George Melly</bdi></a> & <span class="name-variation"><a href="/artist/4e0eff22-2520-4c6c-b9f6-e49a0eecf729" title="John Chilton’s Feetwarmers – Chilton, John’s Feetwarmers"><bdi>The Feetwarmers</bdi></a></span></td><td role="cell" class="c"><span class="inline-rating"><span class="star-rating" tabindex="-1"><span class="current-rating" style="width:80%">4</span></span></span></td><td role="cell" class="c">0</td></tr><tr role="row" class="odd"><td role="cell" class="c">—</td><td role="cell"><span class="blank-icon"></span><a href="/release-group/f602a543-5fbb-48df-a03a-59b6ca23895e"><bdi>Singing and Swinging the Blues</bdi></a></td><td role="cell"><a href="/artist/7f8e0c3d-c901-4fc9-b4c0-ae0c46fbe814" title="Melly, George"><bdi>George Melly</bdi></a> and <a href="/artist/ea3a2688-7ac3-47c3-bef3-8ee58575b56c" title="Fairweather, Digby’s Half-Dozen"><bdi>Digby Fairweather’s Half-Dozen</bdi></a></td><td role="cell" class="c"><span class="inline-rating"><span class="star-rating" tabindex="-1"></span></span></td><td role="cell" class="c">1</td></tr></tbody></table><h3>Album + Compilation</h3><table role="table" class="tbl release-group-list"><thead><tr role="row"><th colSpan="1" role="columnheader" class="year c">Year</th><th colSpan="1" role="columnheader">Title</th><th colSpan="1" role="columnheader" class="artist">Artist</th><th colSpan="1" role="columnheader" class="rating c">Rating</th><th colSpan="1" role="columnheader" class="count c">Releases</th></tr></thead><tbody role="rowgroup"><tr role="row" class="odd"><td role="cell" class="c">1992</td><td role="cell"><span class="blank-icon"></span><a href="/release-group/224903f9-238d-4cdb-8356-20b7134d88ea"><bdi>The Best of George Melly</bdi></a></td><td role="cell"><a href="/artist/7f8e0c3d-c901-4fc9-b4c0-ae0c46fbe814" title="Melly, George"><bdi>George Melly</bdi></a></td><td role="cell" class="c"><span class="inline-rating"><span class="star-rating" tabindex="-1"></span></span></td><td role="cell" class="c">1</td></tr><tr role="row" class="even"><td role="cell" class="c">1994</td><td role="cell"><span class="artwork-icon caa-icon" title="This release group has artwork in the Cover Art Archive"></span><a href="/release-group/4efa088c-4753-4ccd-bcbc-a0d9d4414816"><bdi>The Best of George Melly</bdi></a></td><td role="cell"><a href="/artist/7f8e0c3d-c901-4fc9-b4c0-ae0c46fbe814" title="Melly, George"><bdi>George Melly</bdi></a></td><td role="cell" class="c"><span class="inline-rating"><span class="star-rating" tabindex="-1"></span></span></td><td role="cell" class="c">1</td></tr><tr role="row" class="odd"><td role="cell" class="c">1995</td><td role="cell"><span class="blank-icon"></span><a href="/release-group/665855b9-2629-4acb-83d7-156e14fbb1ef"><bdi>Best of Live</bdi></a></td><td role="cell"><a href="/artist/7f8e0c3d-c901-4fc9-b4c0-ae0c46fbe814" title="Melly, George"><bdi>George Melly</bdi></a> & <span class="name-variation"><a href="/artist/4e0eff22-2520-4c6c-b9f6-e49a0eecf729" title="John Chilton’s Feetwarmers – Chilton, John’s Feetwarmers"><bdi>John Chilton's Feetwarmers</bdi></a></span></td><td role="cell" class="c"><span class="inline-rating"><span class="star-rating" tabindex="-1"></span></span></td><td role="cell" class="c">1</td></tr><tr role="row" class="even"><td role="cell" class="c">2001</td><td role="cell"><span class="blank-icon"></span><a href="/release-group/ebbbe1a5-a09f-4975-9fc6-5b764f4ec114"><bdi>Goodtime George</bdi></a></td><td role="cell"><a href="/artist/7f8e0c3d-c901-4fc9-b4c0-ae0c46fbe814" title="Melly, George"><bdi>George Melly</bdi></a></td><td role="cell" class="c"><span class="inline-rating"><span class="star-rating" tabindex="-1"></span></span></td><td role="cell" class="c">1</td></tr><tr role="row" class="odd"><td role="cell" class="c">2002</td><td role="cell"><span class="blank-icon"></span><a href="/release-group/313493d5-40a8-3956-a7e2-da2d24d58c30"><bdi>The Pye Jazz Anthology</bdi></a></td><td role="cell"><a href="/artist/7f8e0c3d-c901-4fc9-b4c0-ae0c46fbe814" title="Melly, George"><bdi>George Melly</bdi></a> with <a href="/artist/b2825734-d284-4835-a049-9fbc5e250d36" title="Mulligan, Mick"><bdi>Mick Mulligan</bdi></a> and <a href="/artist/35f85929-baa5-4fd1-aa96-0740fd48314c" title="Chilton, John"><bdi>John Chilton</bdi></a></td><td role="cell" class="c"><span class="inline-rating"><span class="star-rating" tabindex="-1"><span class="current-rating" style="width:90%">4.5</span></span></span></td><td role="cell" class="c">1</td></tr><tr role="row" class="even"><td role="cell" class="c">2004</td><td role="cell"><span class="blank-icon"></span><a href="/release-group/224b9269-8a24-4b9d-96b9-8af690feea9f"><bdi>Nuts & Son of Nuts</bdi></a></td><td role="cell"><a href="/artist/7f8e0c3d-c901-4fc9-b4c0-ae0c46fbe814" title="Melly, George"><bdi>George Melly</bdi></a> & <span class="name-variation"><a href="/artist/4e0eff22-2520-4c6c-b9f6-e49a0eecf729" title="John Chilton’s Feetwarmers – Chilton, John’s Feetwarmers"><bdi>The Feetwarmers</bdi></a></span></td><td role="cell" class="c"><span class="inline-rating"><span class="star-rating" tabindex="-1"></span></span></td><td role="cell" class="c">1</td></tr><tr role="row" class="odd"><td role="cell" class="c">2014</td><td role="cell"><span class="blank-icon"></span><a href="/release-group/7f5c1ebe-bf1d-48ba-9fc9-02bc5b5abd4a"><bdi>George Melly Sings Doom - The Hedonistic Fifties</bdi></a></td><td role="cell"><a href="/artist/7f8e0c3d-c901-4fc9-b4c0-ae0c46fbe814" title="Melly, George"><bdi>George Melly</bdi></a></td><td role="cell" class="c"><span class="inline-rating"><span class="star-rating" tabindex="-1"></span></span></td><td role="cell" class="c">1</td></tr></tbody></table></form><p>Showing official release groups by this artist (<a href="/artist/7f8e0c3d-c901-4fc9-b4c0-ae0c46fbe814?va=1">Show official various artist release groups</a>)</p><script src="https://static.metabrainz.org/MB/artist/index-1d7fa37.js" async=""></script></div><div id="sidebar"><script type="application/json">{"cachedImage":null,"entity":{"entityType":"artist","gid":"7f8e0c3d-c901-4fc9-b4c0-ae0c46fbe814"}}</script><div class="commons-image"></div><h2 class="artist-information">Artist information</h2><dl class="properties"><dt>Sort name:</dt><dd class="sort-name">Melly, George</dd><dt>Type:</dt><dd class="type">Person</dd><dt>Gender:</dt><dd class="gender">Male</dd><dt>Born:</dt><dd class="begin-date">1926-08-17</dd><dt>Born in:</dt><dd class="begin_area"><a href="/area/c249c30e-88ab-4b2f-a745-96a25bd7afee"><bdi>Liverpool</bdi></a>, <a href="/area/dbcfe24c-1c0b-4722-addf-28b8696e32f8"><bdi>Merseyside</bdi></a>, <a href="/area/9d5dd675-3cf4-4296-9e39-67865ebee758"><bdi>England</bdi></a>, <span class="flag flag-GB"><a href="/area/8a754a16-0027-3a29-b6d7-2b40ea0481ed"><bdi>United Kingdom</bdi></a></span></dd><dt>Died:</dt><dd class="end-date">2007-07-05 (aged 80)</dd><dt>Died in:</dt><dd class="end_area"><a href="/area/f03d09b3-39dc-4083-afd6-159e3f0d462f"><bdi>London</bdi></a> <span class="comment">(<bdi>Greater London</bdi>)</span>, <a href="/area/9d5dd675-3cf4-4296-9e39-67865ebee758"><bdi>England</bdi></a>, <span class="flag flag-GB"><a href="/area/8a754a16-0027-3a29-b6d7-2b40ea0481ed"><bdi>United Kingdom</bdi></a></span></dd><dt>Area:</dt><dd class="area"><span class="flag flag-GB"><a href="/area/8a754a16-0027-3a29-b6d7-2b40ea0481ed"><bdi>United Kingdom</bdi></a></span></dd><dt>ISNI code:</dt><dd class="isni-code"><a href="http://www.isni.org/0000000114740876">0000 0001 1474 0876</a></dd></dl><h2 class="rating">Rating</h2><p><span class="inline-rating"><span class="star-rating" tabindex="-1"><span class="current-rating" style="width:100%">5</span></span></span> (<a href="/artist/7f8e0c3d-c901-4fc9-b4c0-ae0c46fbe814/ratings" title="Melly, George"><bdi>see all ratings</bdi></a>)</p><div id="sidebar-tags"><h2>Tags</h2><h3>Genres</h3><div class="genre-list"><p><a href="/tag/jazz">jazz</a></p></div><h3>Other tags</h3><div id="sidebar-tag-list"><p><a href="/tag/british">british</a>, <a href="/tag/english">english</a>, <a href="/tag/jazz%20and%20blues">jazz and blues</a>, <a href="/tag/uk">uk</a></p></div><p><a 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