Mel Torme

Genres:	Holiday & Seasonal, Jazz, Pop / Rock, Vocals
Decades Active:	1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s
Artist Compilations:	<b>Mel Torme</b> & Cleo Laine
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Biography

Melvin Howard Torme, 13 September 1925, Chicago, Illinois, USA, d. 5 June 1999, Beverly Hills, California, USA. A child prodigy, Tormé first sang on radio as a toddler and while still in his teens he was performing as a singer, pianist, drummer and dancer. He was also composing songs at an early age and wrote arrangements for the band led by Chico Marx, and composed "Lament To Love" for Harry James. He also acted on radio and in films and in addition to singing solo, led his own vocal group, the Mel-Tones. In this last capacity he recorded with Artie Shaw, enjoying a hit with "Sunny Side Of The Street'. By the 50s he was established as one of the leading song stylists, performing the great standards and often working with a jazz backing, notably with the Marty Paich Dek-tette on albums such as Lulu's Back In Town. He headlined concert packages across the USA and in Europe, appeared on television, often producing his own shows, and always delivering...

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