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His appearances at New York's Copacabana led local disc jockey Fred Robbins to give him the nickname "The Velvet Fog" in honor of his high tenor and smooth vocal style. Tormé detested the nickname. He self-deprecatingly referred to it as "this Velvet Frog voice". [10]
- The Velvet Fog
- Melvin Howard Tormé
Over the last decade, Mr. Torme, whose warmly embracing baritone earned him the dubious nickname the Velvet Fog when he was a 21-year-old crooner, has become an institution, performing at...
Sep 12, 2007 · The approach earned him the adoration of thousands of young women, along with an unforgettable nickname: "The Velvet Fog." In 1947, Tormé left the Mel-Tones to concentrate on a solo career....
Jul 6, 2006 · Mel Torme, the fluent pop-jazz singer who earned the nickname the Velvet Fog for his smooth, soft vocal timbre, died Saturday of complications from a stroke he suffered in 1996. He was 73...
Oct 16, 2019 · An on-stage vocalist at four, and actor in radio shows at nine, he auditioned (on drums) at the age of 15 in 1940 with his own composition, Lament To Love, to Harry James. (An impressed James successfully recorded it, with Dick Haymes.) His youthful career continued to develop at breakneck pace.
- Hugh Rainey
In the second part of his interview with Les Tomkins, Mel Tormé talks in 1976 about his solo career and how much he dislikes his nickname ‘The Velvet Fog’.
Apr 29, 1983 · But what Mel Torme really is, vocally, is a saxophone -- or, better, saxophone section: tenor, alto, baritone, popping from one register to another, one tempo to another, one color or timbre to...
