MEL TORMÉ

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Melvin Howard Tormé (1925–1999) was born to immigrant Russian Jewish parents whose name had been Torma. A child prodigy, he first sang professionally at 4 with the Coon-Sanders Orchestra, singing "You're Driving Me Crazy," at Chicago's Blackhawk restaurant. 1933-41, he acted in the network radio serials "The Romance of Helen Trent" and "Jack Armstrong, the All-American Boy." He wrote his first song at 13 and three years later, his first published song, "Lament to Love," became a hit recording for Harry James. He played drums in Chicago's Shakespeare Elementary School drum and bugle corps in his early teens. While a teen-ager, he sang, arranged, and played drums in a band led by Chico Marx of the Marx Brothers. His formal education ended in 1944, with his graduation from Chicago's Hyde Park High School.

In 1943, Torme made his movie debut in Frank Sinatra's first film, the musical "Higher and Higher."
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MEL TORMÉ Musical Sounds Are The Best Songs album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Musical Sounds Are The Best Songs
Vocal Jazz 1954
MEL TORMÉ It's a Blue World album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
It's a Blue World
Vocal Jazz 1955
MEL TORMÉ Mel Tormé With The Marty Paich Dek-Tette (aka The Tormé Touch aka Lulu's Back In Town) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Mel Tormé With The Marty Paich Dek-Tette (aka The Tormé Touch aka Lulu's Back In Town)
Vocal Jazz 1956
MEL TORMÉ Sings Fred Astaire album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Sings Fred Astaire
Vocal Jazz 1956
MEL TORMÉ Prelude to a Kiss album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Prelude to a Kiss
Vocal Jazz 1958
MEL TORMÉ Tormé album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Tormé
Vocal Jazz 1958
MEL TORMÉ Swingin' on the Moon album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Swingin' on the Moon
Vocal Jazz 1960
MEL TORMÉ My Kind of Music album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
My Kind of Music
Vocal Jazz 1961
MEL TORMÉ The Duke Ellington and Count Basie Songbooks album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Duke Ellington and Count Basie Songbooks
Vocal Jazz 1962
MEL TORMÉ Comin' Home Baby album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Comin' Home Baby
Vocal Jazz 1962
MEL TORMÉ Songs of New York album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Songs of New York
Vocal Jazz 1964
MEL TORMÉ Right Now! album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Right Now!
Vocal Jazz 1966
MEL TORMÉ A Day In The Life Of Bonnie And Clyde album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
A Day In The Life Of Bonnie And Clyde
Vocal Jazz 1968
MEL TORMÉ A Time for Us album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
A Time for Us
Vocal Jazz 1969
MEL TORMÉ Mel Tormé & Buddy Rich ‎: Together Again-For The First Time album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Mel Tormé & Buddy Rich ‎: Together Again-For The First Time
Vocal Jazz 1978
MEL TORMÉ Mel Tormé, Rob McConnell & The Boss Brass album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Mel Tormé, Rob McConnell & The Boss Brass
Vocal Jazz 1986
MEL TORMÉ London Sessions album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
London Sessions
Vocal Jazz 1990
MEL TORMÉ Christmas Songs album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Christmas Songs
Vocal Jazz 1992
MEL TORMÉ Velvet & Brass album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Velvet & Brass
Vocal Jazz 1995

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MEL TORMÉ Mel Tormé with The Marty Paich Dek-Tette in Concert Tokyo 1988 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Mel Tormé with The Marty Paich Dek-Tette in Concert Tokyo 1988
Vocal Jazz 1989
MEL TORMÉ Night at the Concord Pavilion album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Night at the Concord Pavilion
Vocal Jazz 1991
MEL TORMÉ Sing, Sing, Sing album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Sing, Sing, Sing
Vocal Jazz 1992
MEL TORMÉ Fujitsu-Concord Jazz Festival in Japan '90 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Fujitsu-Concord Jazz Festival in Japan '90
Vocal Jazz 1993
MEL TORMÉ Great American Songbook, Live at Michael's Pub album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Great American Songbook, Live at Michael's Pub
Vocal Jazz 1993
MEL TORMÉ Encore at Marty's New York album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Encore at Marty's New York
Vocal Jazz 1995
MEL TORMÉ An Evening With Mel Torme album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
An Evening With Mel Torme
Vocal Jazz 1996

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MEL TORMÉ Compact Jazz album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Compact Jazz
Vocal Jazz 1990
MEL TORMÉ Smooth as Velvet album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Smooth as Velvet
Vocal Jazz 1991
MEL TORMÉ Luck Be a Lady album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Luck Be a Lady
Vocal Jazz 1993
MEL TORMÉ 'Round Midnight: A Retrospective 1956-1968 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
'Round Midnight: A Retrospective 1956-1968
Vocal Jazz 1993
MEL TORMÉ Jazz 'round Midnight album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Jazz 'round Midnight
Vocal Jazz 1994
MEL TORMÉ A Tribute to Bing Crosby album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
A Tribute to Bing Crosby
Vocal Jazz 1994
MEL TORMÉ The Mel Tormé Collection: 1944-1985 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Mel Tormé Collection: 1944-1985
Vocal Jazz 1996
MEL TORMÉ The Mel Tormé Collection 1944-1985 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Mel Tormé Collection 1944-1985
Vocal Jazz 1996
MEL TORMÉ That's All album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
That's All
Vocal Jazz 1997
MEL TORMÉ A&E Biography: A Musical Anthology album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
A&E Biography: A Musical Anthology
Vocal Jazz 1998
MEL TORMÉ The Best of Mel Tormé album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Best of Mel Tormé
Vocal Jazz 1999
MEL TORMÉ The Best of the Concord Years album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Best of the Concord Years
Vocal Jazz 1999
MEL TORMÉ Mel Tormé's Finest Hour album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Mel Tormé's Finest Hour
Vocal Jazz 2001
MEL TORMÉ In the Lounge With... album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
In the Lounge With...
Vocal Jazz 2001
MEL TORMÉ In a Soulful Mood album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
In a Soulful Mood
Vocal Jazz 2005
MEL TORMÉ 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of Mel Tormé album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of Mel Tormé
Vocal Jazz 2005
MEL TORMÉ Mel Tormé Sings About Love album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Mel Tormé Sings About Love
Vocal Jazz 2007
MEL TORMÉ Meets The British: The London Recordings 1956/1957 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Meets The British: The London Recordings 1956/1957
Vocal Jazz 2008
MEL TORMÉ Best of Mel Torme album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Best of Mel Torme
Vocal Jazz 2017

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