Mel Tormé (“The Velvet Fog”)

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member of:	Chico Marx and His Orchestra
original eponymous member of:	Mel Tormé & His All-Star Quintet Mel Tormé with the Donn Tenner Octet
children:	James Tormé (jazz vocalist) Steve March Tormé Tracy Tormé (screenwriter)

part of:	Hollywood Walk of Fame (order: 974)

picture:	https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mel_Tormé_(1979).jpg [info]
purchase music for download:	https://music.apple.com/us/artist/56107 [info] https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/id56107 [info] (until 2019-05-19)
IMDb:	https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0868123/ [info]
Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/artist/152707 [info]
biographies:	http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=5612 [info]
official homepages:	http://www.meltorme.com/ [info]
other databases:	http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50014544 [info] http://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w62f8rsc [info] https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/100014 [info] https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb139005088 [info] https://d-nb.info/gnd/118873067 [info] https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-993743 [info] https://openlibrary.org/works/OL6625753A [info] https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/mel_torme [info] https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n50014544 [info]
BBC Music:	https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/4439c2fd-a754-4f6a-b3a6-791b47726156 [info] (until 2020-11-19)
VGMdb:	https://vgmdb.net/artist/19125 [info]
stream for free:	https://open.spotify.com/artist/4X8QFzZ1HqwPfwDfyjtwXC [info] https://www.deezer.com/artist/615 [info]
lyrics page:	http://muzikum.eu/en/122-8674/mel-tormÃ©/lyrics.html [info]
Allmusic:	https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000344275 [info]
SecondHandSongs:	https://secondhandsongs.com/artist/1095 [info]
VIAF ID:	74039030 [info]
Wikidata:	Q470848 [info]
Songkick:	https://www.songkick.com/artists/172407 [info]
Last.fm:	https://www.last.fm/music/Mel Tormé [info]
streaming page:	https://music.apple.com/us/artist/56107 [info] https://tidal.com/artist/378 [info]

Appearances

Date	Title	Credited as	Attributes	Artist	Length
	instruments
1944-06-21	Sam's Got Him		drums (drum set)	Johnny Mercer	2:41
1951-08-08	Love Is Just Around The Corner		drums (drum set)	Charlie Ventura's Big Four	3:05
1964-05-02	Comin' Home Baby		piano	Mel Tormé	2:31
1964-05-02	Comin' Home Baby		ukulele	Mel Tormé	2:31
1964-05-02	Dat Dere		ukulele	Mel Tormé	2:36
1964-05-02	Dat Dere		piano	Mel Tormé	2:36
1964-05-02	Quiet Nights		ukulele	Mel Tormé	2:21
1964-05-02	Quiet Nights		piano	Mel Tormé	2:21
1964-05-02	Route 66		piano	Mel Tormé	1:51
1964-05-02	Route 66		ukulele	Mel Tormé	1:51
1964-05-02	Sidney's Soliloquy		piano	Mel Tormé	2:26
1964-05-02	Sidney's Soliloquy		ukulele	Mel Tormé	2:26
1964-05-02	We've Got a World That Swings		piano	Mel Tormé	2:09
1964-05-02	We've Got a World That Swings		ukulele	Mel Tormé	2:09
1964-05-02	When Sunny Gets Blue		ukulele	Mel Tormé	3:01
1964-05-02	When Sunny Gets Blue		piano	Mel Tormé	3:01
	“Porgy and Bess” Medley		piano	Mel Tormé	8:15
	“Porgy and Bess” Medley: Summertime / They Pass by Singin’ / I Got Plenty o’ Nuttin’ / It Take a Long Pull to Get There / It Ain’t Necessarily So / Strawberry Women / Oh Bess, Oh Where’s My Bess / Bess You Is My Woman		piano	Mel Tormé	7:56
	Gershwin (medley)		piano	Mel Tormé	15:30
	Mountain Greenery		piano	Mel Tormé	3:49
	Mountain Greenery		piano	Mel Tormé	3:03
	Zaz Turned Blue		piano	Was (Not Was)	4:18
	performed
	Big City Blues			Barry Manilow with Mel Tormé	4:14
	Darn That Dream			Gerry Mulligan feat. Mel Tormé	5:25
	Day by Day			Bing Crosby	2:55
	Isn't It a Pity?			Cleo Laine & Mel Tormé	4:03
	produced material that was sampled in
	The Brooklyn Bridge			Barry Manilow feat. Mel Tormé	2:44
	vocals
1943-08-24	You’re on Your Own (combined (song + reprise))			Frank Sinatra with The RKO Radio Studio Orchestra	3:19
1943-08-24	You’re on Your Own (film version)			Frank Sinatra with Dooley Wilson, Mel Tormé, Marcy McGuire, Michèle Morgan, Victor Borge & Cast	2:31
1945-12	Old Man River			Boyd Raeburn With Mel Torme and The Mel-Tones and Dodo Marmarosa	?:??
1945-12	That's Where I Came In			Boyd Raeburn With Mel Torme and The Mel-Tones and Dodo Marmarosa	?:??
1956-11	A Fine Romance			Mel Tormé	3:05
1956-11	A Foggy Day			Mel Tormé	2:48
1956-11	Can't Take That Away From Me			Mel Tormé	3:04
1956-11	Cheek to Cheek			Mel Tormé	3:01
1956-11	Face the Music and Dance			Mel Tormé	2:22
1956-11	Let's Call the Whole Thing Off			Mel Tormé	3:29
1956-11	Nice Work If You Can Get It			Mel Tormé	3:13
1956-11	Something's Gotta Give			Mel Tormé	4:01
1956-11	The Piccolino			Mel Tormé	2:38
1956-11	The Way You Look Tonight			Mel Tormé	2:25
1956-11	They All Laughed			Mel Tormé	2:29
1956-11	Top Hat, White Ties and Tails			Mel Tormé	3:11
1957-02-22	A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square			Mel Tormé	?:??
1957-02-22	Autumn Leaves			Mel Tormé	?:??
1957-02-22	Autumn Leaves			Mel Tormé	?:??
1957-02-22	De Lovely			Mel Tormé	?:??
1957-02-22	Here I Go Again			Mel Tormé	?:??
1957-02-22	Home by the Sea			Mel Tormé	?:??
1957-02-22	I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'			Mel Tormé	?:??
1957-02-22	I Wish I Were in Love Again			Mel Tormé	?:??
1957-02-22	I'm Beginning to See the Light			Mel Tormé	?:??
1957-02-22	It's All Right With Me			Mel Tormé	?:??
1957-02-22	It's Only a Paper Moon			Mel Tormé	?:??
1957-02-22	Just One of Those Things			Mel Tormé	?:??
1957-02-22	Looking at You			Mel Tormé	?:??
1957-02-22	Love Is Just a Bug			Mel Tormé	?:??
1957-02-22	Lover Come Back to Me			Mel Tormé	?:??
1957-02-22	Manhattan			Mel Tormé	?:??
1957-02-22	Nobody's Heart			Mel Tormé	?:??
1957-02-22	One for My Baby			Mel Tormé	?:??
1957-02-22	Tenderly			Mel Tormé	2:24
1957-02-22	The Boy Next Door			Mel Tormé	?:??
1957-02-22	The Tender Trap			Mel Tormé	?:??
1957-02-22	What Is This Thing Called Love			Mel Tormé	?:??
1957-03-07	Mel Tormé's California Suite, Side A			Mel Tormé	?:??
1957-03-07	Mel Tormé's California Suite, Side B			Mel Tormé	?:??
1959-04-02	Perfidia			Mel Tormé	2:08
1960-01-21 – 1960-02-11	A Sleepin' Bee			Mel Tormé with the Marty Paich Orchestra	3:37
1960-01-21 – 1960-02-11	All I Need Is a Girl			Mel Tormé with the Marty Paich Orchestra	3:08
1960-01-21 – 1960-02-11	Hello Young Lovers			Mel Tormé with the Marty Paich Orchestra	3:11
1960-01-21 – 1960-02-11	Just in Time			Mel Tormé with the Marty Paich Orchestra	3:31
1960-01-21 – 1960-02-11	Lonely Town			Mel Tormé with the Marty Paich Orchestra	3:43
1960-01-21 – 1960-02-11	Old Devil Moon			Mel Tormé with the Marty Paich Orchestra	2:50
1960-01-21 – 1960-02-11	On the Street Where You Live			Mel Tormé with the Marty Paich Orchestra	2:57
1960-01-21 – 1960-02-11	Once in Love With Amy			Mel Tormé with the Marty Paich Orchestra	3:14
1960-01-21 – 1960-02-11	The Surrey With the Fringe on Top			Mel Tormé with the Marty Paich Orchestra	3:03
1960-01-21 – 1960-02-11	Too Close for Comfort			Mel Tormé with the Marty Paich Orchestra	4:08
1960-01-21 – 1960-02-11	Too Darn Hot			Mel Tormé with the Marty Paich Orchestra	2:50
1960-01-21 – 1960-02-11	Whatever Lola Wants			Mel Tormé with the Marty Paich Orchestra	3:23
1962-03-24	(Ah, The Apple Trees) When the World Was Young			Mel Tormé	3:41
1962-03-24	Anything Goes			Mel Tormé	3:08
1962-03-24	Early Autumn			Mel Tormé	3:02
1962-03-24	I'm Beginning to See the Light			Mel Tormé	2:21
1962-03-24	In Other Words			Mel Tormé	4:06
1962-03-24	Love for Sale			Mel Tormé	2:33
1962-03-24	Love Is Just Around the Corner			Mel Tormé	3:11
1962-03-24	Medley: A Foggy Day / A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square			Mel Tormé	3:31
1962-03-24	Mountain Greenery			Mel Tormé	2:45
1962-03-24	Shakin' the Blues Away			Mel Tormé	1:55
1962-03-25	It's Delovely			Mel Tormé	4:18
1962-03-25	Nevertheless			Mel Tormé	3:26
1962-07-11	Dat Dere (stereo)			Mel Tormé	2:57
1962-07-11	Hi‐Fly (stereo)			Mel Tormé	3:12
1962-07-11	Moanin’ (stereo)			Mel Tormé	3:03
1962-07-11	On Green Dolphin Street (stereo)			Mel Tormé	2:56
1962-07-13	Sidney’s Soliloquy (stereo)			Mel Tormé	2:30
1962-07-13	Walkin’ (stereo)			Mel Tormé	2:59
1962-07-13	Whisper Not (stereo)			Mel Tormé	2:49
1962-07-16	Puttin’ on the Ritz (stereo)			Mel Tormé	2:23
1962-07-16	Sing You Sinners (stereo)			Mel Tormé	2:27
1962-07-16	The Lady’s in Love With You (stereo)			Mel Tormé	2:58
1962-09-13	Comin’ Home Baby (stereo)			Mel Tormé	2:41
1962-09-13	Right Now (stereo)			Mel Tormé	2:12
1964-05-02	Comin' Home Baby			Mel Tormé	2:31
1964-05-02	Dat Dere			Mel Tormé	2:36
1964-05-02	Interview		spoken vocals	Mel Tormé	7:24
1964-05-02	Mel Speaks		spoken vocals	Mel Tormé	0:34
1964-05-02	Mel Speaks		spoken vocals	Mel Tormé	1:08
1964-05-02	Mel Speaks		spoken vocals	Mel Tormé	1:20
1964-05-02	Mel Speaks		spoken vocals	Mel Tormé	1:00
1964-05-02	Quiet Nights			Mel Tormé	2:21
1964-05-02	Route 66			Mel Tormé	1:51
1964-05-02	Sidney's Soliloquy			Mel Tormé	2:26
1964-05-02	We've Got a World That Swings			Mel Tormé	2:09
1964-05-02	When Sunny Gets Blue			Mel Tormé	3:01
1964-12-16	Isn't It a Pity?			Mel Tormé	3:12
1978-01	Blues in the Night			Mel Tormé & Buddy Rich	8:07
1978-01	Bluesette			Mel Tormé with The Buddy Rich Orchestra	3:32
1978-01	Here's That Rainy Day			Mel Tormé with The Buddy Rich Orchestra	4:55
1978-01	I Won't Last a Day Without You			Mel Tormé & Buddy Rich	3:57
1978-01	Lady Be Good			Mel Tormé & Buddy Rich	4:37
1978-01	When I Found You			Mel Tormé with The Buddy Rich Orchestra	3:14
1978-01	You Are the Sunshine of My Life			Mel Tormé with The Buddy Rich Orchestra	4:32
1982-04-15	A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square			George Shearing & Mel Tormé	5:01
1982-04-15	All God's Chillun Got Rhythm			George Shearing & Mel Tormé	3:37
1982-04-15	Born to Be Blue			George Shearing & Mel Tormé	5:14
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	instruments
	Mel Tormé Swings Shubert Alley		membranophone	Mel Tormé with the Marty Paich Orchestra
	vocals
	Live at the Maisonette			Mel Tormé feat. Al Porcino and His Orchestra
	tribute albums
	Let's Groove: Tribute to Mel Torme			Jimmy Amadie
	composed
1944	The Christmas Song (arr. John Rutter)
1944 – 1945	The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)	Mel Tormé
	A Stranger in Town
	Be My Guest
	Captain’s Roastin’
	Every Which Way
	I'm Gonna Miss You
	Joululaulu (Hiljaa leijaa maahan hiutaleet)
	Swingin’ on the Moon
	The Christmas Song (arr. Chris Walden)
	クリスマスの歌
	lyrics
1944	The Christmas Song (arr. John Rutter)
	A Stranger in Town
	Be My Guest
	I'm Gonna Miss You
	Swingin’ on the Moon
	The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)
	クリスマスの歌
	wrote
	A Stranger Called the Blues
	Born to Be Blue
	County Fair
	Floetic
	Got the Gate on the Golden Gate
	Het kerstlied
	Ho‐Dee‐I, Ho‐Dee‐Ay, at the Country Fair
	Joyeux Noël
	Real Thing
	That's Where I Came In
	That’s the Least You Can Do
	The Christmas Song (Carla Bley arrangement)
	The Christmas Song
	This Couldn't Be the Real Thing
	Welcome to the Club
	Willow Road

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