Melody Fair is a song by the Bee Gees

Bee Gees

The Bee Gees are a musical group that originally comprised three brothers: Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb. The trio was successful for most of their 40-plus years of recording music, but they had two distinct periods of exceptional success: as a pop act in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and as a...

. Originally written in 1968, it was included on the 1969 double album Odessa

Odessa (album)

Odessa is the sixth studio album by the Bee Gees, released in 1969. It was the group's fourth album released internationally, and their first released as a double LP. Odessa is noted in Robert Dimery's book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die....

. The song was featured in the 1971 movie Melody

Melody (1971 film)

Melody is a 1971 British film directed by Waris Hussein about "puppy love". It was released as S.W.A.L.K. in the United Kingdom . The film starred Jack Wild, Mark Lester and Tracy Hyde...

, was included in the soundtrack

Soundtrack

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 album, and was released in May 1971 as a single in Japan

Japan

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. This is one of a handful of songs to make some use of Barry Gibb singing in falsetto voice - which would become a featured part of the Bee Gee's sound with a breakthrough on their 1975 hit single "Nights on Broadway

Nights on Broadway

"Nights on Broadway" is a song by the Bee Gees for the Main Course album in 1975. The second single release from the album, it immediately followed their number-one hit "Jive Talkin'"....

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Cover versions

Scottish singer Lulu

Lulu (singer)

Lulu Kennedy-Cairns, OBE , best known by her stage name Lulu, is a Scottish singer, actress, and television personality who has been successful in the entertainment business from the 1960s through to the present day...

 released a version as title song to the 1970 album Melody Fair