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- Tormé began singing professionally when he was just 4 years old. At age 6 he was in vaudeville, at 8 he starred on radio, and at 15 he composed his first hit, “Lament to Love.” Tormé began touring with Chico Marx ’s band just before he turned 17, and in 1943 he made his motion picture debut in Higher and Higher.
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Melvin Howard Tormé (September 13, 1925 – June 5, 1999), [ 1 ] nicknamed " the Velvet Fog ", was an American musician, singer, composer, arranger, drummer, actor, and author. He composed the music for " The Christmas Song " ("Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire") and co-wrote the lyrics with Bob Wells.
Jul 6, 2006 · A supreme vocal technician whose style encompassed everything from intimate pop crooning to jet-propelled scat improvisations, Mr. Torme was rivaled in virtuosity only by Ella Fitzgerald, who...
Sep 9, 2024 · His most familiar, “ The Christmas Song”—cowritten with Robert Wells and better known by its opening line, “Chestnuts roasting on an open fire”—was made famous by Nat King Cole in 1946 and subsequently recorded in more than 1,700 versions.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Oct 16, 2019 · In 1944 he formed a boy/girl vocal backing group, emulating the popular Modernaires and Pied Pipers. “I patterned the group after a saxophone session”, he later explained, “with two altos” [the girls], “two tenors” [including Mel], “and a baritone”.
- Hugh Rainey
Sep 12, 2007 · In 1947, Tormé left the Mel-Tones to concentrate on a solo career. He would bring his talent to the prestigious Capitol Records, where, over several years, he generated a number of hit records.
Sep 13, 2024 · After publishing his first song at 16, Mel Tormé quickly bloomed into a prolific songwriter who amassed 250 copyrights, the most famous of which was the Yuletide favorite, “The Christmas Song...
In 1947, he left the group to focus on a solo career and started recording with Capitol Records. He appeared in several films, including ‘Words and Music’, with the hit recording ‘Blue Moon’. Leaving Capitol in 1952, Tormé initially concentrated on jazz, including experimenting with scatting.
