Mel Torme Songs

Release the very best of mel tormé is easily the best single volume on tormé ever done.

Mel torme songs. The secret of christmas shirley horn. A child prodigy torme entered show biz at the age of three. 16 most requested songs. Pianist leader marty paich offers beautifully understated arrangements.

2 47 preview the second time around. I saw mommy kissing santa claus joe sample. The children of television recognize him from appearances on night court and sienfeld. Tracks of disc 1.

Mel tormé recorded a number of lovely albums for bethlehem during the 50s including it s a blue world and sings fred astaire consisting of a few studio sides interspersed with material recorded live at the crescendo in february of 1957 songs for any taste finds tormé asserting himself with confidence and style. Mel tormé covered sonny boy the meadows of heaven skylark i got the sun in the morning and other songs. Spanning the 40s to the 80s which is a real rarity in the world of tormé it balances his hits and his best material adds in the best of his live performances. Five children steve melissa tracy daisy and james torme.

Jazz fans know mel torme as the singer who best exemplified the cool west coast sound. Mel tormé was married four times. View credits reviews tracks and shop for the 2001 cd release of songs for any taste on discogs. Although on the surface it doesn t look very different from the dozens of mel tormé compilations available at any one time the rhino u k.

Mel tormé originally did skylark changing my tune gone with the wind a foggy day and other songs. In his 1988 autobiography it wasn t all velvet its title a reference to his nickname the velvet fog bestowed upon him by a disc jockey in the 40s to describe his husky wide ranging voice he mentioned a wish that he had been born ten years. Mel tormé was a jazz oriented pop singer who worked at his craft steadily from the 40s to the 90s primarily in nightclubs and concert halls. 1 29 on itunes 2.

What are you doing new year s eve. His first three marriages ended in divorce. The bobby socks generation knows him as the velvet fog for his light smoky voice. Mel tormé wrote the christmas song merry christmas to you born to be blue and a stranger in town.

He was survived by his wife ali. For every bouncy single like that old feeling or i m gonna laugh you out of my life tormé sinks into the depths with gloomy sunday the house is haunted by the echo of your last goodbye. The christmas song mel torme. Mel tormé also appears in this compilation.

And two stepchildren carrie tormé and kurt. 0 99 on itunes 4. 2 52 preview haven t we met. Mel tormé mel tormé jazz 1993 preview song time p s.

Most of mel tormé s albums for verve and bethlehem during the 1950s concentrated on material either carefree usually up tempo or reflective mostly down tempo but 1958 s tormé blended the two. Steve march torme is also a musician and lives and works in appleton wisconsin.