Patrick Fairley (14 April 1943 – 11 August 2020) was a Scottish musician who was the rhythm guitarist and keyboardist for Marmalade (originally called The Gaylords) from 1961 to 1972.

[1] By 1966, Fairley was the only founding member of the Gaylords still in the band when they changed their name to Marmalade and had a number of hit songs such as "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da", "Baby Make It Soon", "Reflections of My Life", and "Rainbow".

[3] Fairley left Marmalade in 1972, not long after their third studio album "Songs" was released, to run the group's music publishing company.

[4] Fairley illegally immigrated to Los Angeles in the late 1970s (but was given blanket amnesty by then USA president Ronald Reagan in the 1980s[5]), continuing his works in music publishing there as well.

Marmalade member William "Junior" Campbell described Pat as a “life-long friend” and someone who was “strong, loyal” and “always the group leader”.