"Melody Fair" is a song by the Bee Gees, written by Barry, Robin &
Maurice Gibb in 1968 and released in 1969 on their album Odessa.
In May 1971, it was released as a single only in Japan where it
reached #3. It was not released as a single in the US and UK, but
become a favourite of fans and later appeared on the compilation
album Best of Bee Gees, Volume 2. According to Barry Gibb,
"I think 'Melody Fair' was probably influenced by 'Eleanor Rigby',
I was wanting to make the same kind of statement".
The lead vocals are sung by Maurice Gibb.
Odessa is the sixth studio album by the Bee Gees, a double vinyl LP
released on 30 March 1969. Despite reaching the UK Top Ten and the
US Top 20, the album was not particularly well-received, though now is
regarded by many as the most significant of the group's Sixties albums.
An ambitious project, it created tension and disagreements in the band
regarding the work's direction; finally, a dispute over which song to
release as a single led to Robin Gibb temporarily leaving the group.
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