!['Pipes of Peace'. Written in answer to a request by George Melly, the song blends melody, a reggae feel and an ethnic touch. It topped the UK charts. 'Pipes of Peace'. Written in answer to a request by George Melly, the song blends melody, a reggae feel and an ethnic touch. It topped the UK charts.]()
'Pipes of Peace'. Written in answer to a request by George Melly, the song blends melody, a reggae feel and an ethnic touch. It topped the UK charts.
Alan George Heywood Melly (17 August 1926 – 5 July 2007) 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.