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Sep 13, 1988 · For Mel Torme, who has earned belated recognition as one of the country's greatest pop-jazz singers, that moment arrived in 1956 with the advent of rock-and-roll. ... Mr. Torme completed a Western ...
The recorded collaborations between vocalist Mel Tormé and arranger Marty Paich were arguably the highlights of each man's career. The albums they recorded with a 10-piece studio ensemble, the Marty Paich Dek-tette are some of the finest vocal LPs ever made. Thomas Cunniffe's study of this music was originally part of his Master's Thesis, and has been published on several websites over the ...
Dec 16, 2014 · Later, Torme organized, led, composed and arranged for and sang with the Mel-Tones, a group made up of students from Los Angeles City College. The group enjoyed success but broke up in 1946 ...
Feb 9, 2023 · The Mel-Tones were among the first of the jazz-influenced vocal groups, setting the direction later followed by the Hi-Los and the Manhattan Transfer. In 1947, he broke out as a solo artist, and has stayed in fairly steady, if not spectacular, demand, since then. He had one #1 hit, "Careless Love," in 1949, and several minor hits, among them ...
