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Melvin Howard Tormé (September 13, 1925 – June 5, 1999), [1] nicknamed " the Velvet Fog ", was an American musician, singer, composer, arranger, drummer, actor, and author. He composed the music for "The Christmas Song" ("Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire") and co-wrote the lyrics with Bob Wells.
Mel Tormé. Soundtrack: Gangster Squad. A professional singer at the age of three, Mel Torme was a genuine musical prodigy. As a teenager, he played the drums in Chico Marx's band and earned the nickname "The Velvet Fog" because of his smooth, mellow tenor voice.
Mel Tormé. Soundtrack: Gangster Squad. A professional singer at the age of three, Mel Torme was a genuine musical prodigy. As a teenager, he played the drums in Chico Marx's band and earned the nickname "The Velvet Fog" because of his smooth, mellow tenor voice.
Sep 13, 2023 · This introduction to the the best songs of Mel Torme celebrates and explores one of the 20th century's most indelible voices.
Jun 7, 2024 · Mel Tormé (born September 13, 1925, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.—died June 5, 1999, Los Angeles, California) was an American singer, songwriter, composer, arranger, pianist, drummer, actor, and author. He was one of the 20th century’s most versatile, respected, and influential jazz vocalists.
Sep 13, 2023 · Considered by his peers to be a “singer’s singer,” Mel Tormé was an extraordinary vocal technician with unmatched abilities as an improvisational vocalist who sang and scatted his way ...
Dec 25, 2017 · Mel Tormé famously co-wrote one of the most well-known carols of all time in 1945. His son, James, tells the story of how the song came to be.
Jun 5, 1999 · Melvin Howard Tormé was born Sept. 13, 1925, on the south side of Chicago, Ill. His parents were Russian Jewish immigrants; their name was originally Torma but was changed by an...
Jun 7, 1999 · Singer MEL TORME died Saturday at age 73 of complications from a stroke. We'll hear an interview Terry Gross did with Mel in 1988. For more than 50 years, Torme was one of most...
Sep 12, 2007 · Tormé was the consummate entertainer: as a drummer, singer, composer, arranger, lyricist, writer and actor, his career spanned nearly the entire 20th century of American...
