Jazz Singer George Melly

(Original Caption) Jazz singer George Melly and his blues - "A happy man doing what I like". British jazz singer George Melly at home in Chelsea, London, 1960. Top line modern-traditional jazz singer George Melly explained he was 33, sat and lounged back in his sofa and said: "I do what I like doing. I'm a happy man." With jazz club dates all over London and periodically throughout the provinces, a record contract with Pye Records and a carpeted flat in Chelsea who could say otherwise? He's been in London from his home town of Liverpool for the past 13 years, has been playing professionally for seven years and semi-professionally for 11. Mick Mulligan, well-known man in jazz, is the band George plays with and occasionally he sings private dates in jazz clubs. Hobbies include fishing, "I take my fishing kit with me whenever I tour the provinces" and writing captions for a nat (Photo by © Hulton-Deutsch Collection/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)