- He allegedly declined the C.B.E. (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) for his services to music in 2001.
- In his first volume of autobiography, he was frank about his bisexuality, promiscuity, marital infidelities and drug-taking.
- Jazz singer
- Older brother of actress Andree Melly.
- Brother-in-law of Oscar Quitak.
- For about three years in the early 1970s, he was the film critic of the London "Observer" newspaper.
- Had a scar under his left eye, the result of a near-fatal bad van crash whilst touring.
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