Alan Melville

Real name: William Melville Caverhill
Born: April 9, 1910
Died: December 23, 1983
Country: United Kingdom
IPI: 00005637991 3 works
00020436135 5 works
Affiliation: PRS
Comments: English broadcaster, writer, actor, raconteur, producer, playwright and wit. He was one of Britain's first television stars. He became chairman of "The Brains Trust" and a panellist in "What's My Line?". He wrote and appeared in many television programmes, among them "A to Z", which ran for two years (1957–58) and played host to more than 400 guests including Bob Hope, Phil Silvers, John Dankworth and Dame Edith Evans.

Songs written by Alan Melville

Title	Written by	Originally by	Original date	Covered by
Bees Are Buzzin'	Ivor Novello, Alan Melville	Cicely Courtneidge and Company PRF, Cicely Courtneidge REL	October 17, 1950	Covered by (3 artists)
Finder Please Return	Ivor Novello, Alan Melville	Lizbeth Webb PRF, Denis Martin REL	October 17, 1950	Covered by (3 artists)
Gaiety Glad	Ivor Novello, Alan Melville	Cicely Courtneidge and Company PRF, Cicely Courtneidge REL	October 17, 1950	Covered by (2 artists)
If Only He'd Looked My Way	Ivor Novello, Alan Melville	Cicely Courtneidge PRF, Denis Martin REL	October 17, 1950	Covered by (8 artists)
It's Bound to Be Right on the Night	Ivor Novello, Alan Melville	Cicely Courtneidge PRF,REL	October 17, 1950	Covered by Sophie-Louise Dann
Vitality	Ivor Novello, Alan Melville	Cicely Courtneidge and Company PRF, The Melachrino Orchestra conducted by George Melachrino REL	October 17, 1950	Covered by (2 artists)