Biography

Mel Torme is one of the most beloved pop crooners ever. A consummate entertainer, Torme earned the moniker "The Velvet Fog" for his deep, smokey vocals and "Birth of Cool" persona. And as a trained jazz drummer and accomplished songwriter and arranger, Torme collaborated with a host of the jazz world's finest from Jerry Mulligan and George Shearing to Buddy Rich and Artie Shaw. Torme was also brought to the attention of a younger audience thanks to his appearances on SEINFELD and NIGHT COURT. He continued to record and perform up until his death in 1999.

Top Tracks

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• A Cottage For Sale

• A Fine Romance

• A Foggy Day

• A House Is Not A Home

• A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square

• A Shine On Your Shoes

• A Stranger In Town

• All God's Chillun Got Rhythm

• Anything Goes

• April In Paris

• At The Crossroads (malagueña)

• Autumn In New York

• Autumn Leaves

• Baby, It's Cold Outside

• Baubles, Bangles And Beads

• Bernie's Tune

• Bewitched, Bothered And Bewildered

• Blue Moon

• Blue Skies

• Blues In The Night

• Born To Be Blue

• Careless Hands

• Carioca

• Comin' Home Baby

• Comin' Home Baby!

• County Fair

• Dancing In The Dark

• Dat Dere

• Day By Day

• Don'cha Go 'way Mad

• Don't Get Around Much Anymore

• Down For Double

• Ellington Medley: Cotton Tail/i Didn't Know About You/don't Get Around

• Everything Happens To Me

• Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye

• Fascinatin' Rhythm

• Fascinating Rhythm

• For You, For Me, For Evermore

• Frenesi

• Gershwin Medley: I Got Rhythm/mine/do-do-do/'s Wonderful/embraceab

• Gershwin Medley: I Got Rhythm/mine/do-do-do/'s Wonderful/embraceable You/love Walked In/love Is Here To Stay/oh, Lady Be

• Get Happy

• Give Me The Simple Life

• Gone With The Wind

• Got The Gate On The Golden Gate

• Haven't We Met?

• Hello, Young Lovers

• Here's That Rainy Day

• How High The Moon

• How Long Has This Been Going On?

• I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me

• I Can't Get Started

• I Can't Give You Anything But Love

• I Could Write A Book

• I Don't Stand A Ghost Of A Chance With You

• I Get A Kick Out Of You

• I Get Along Without You Very Well

• I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)

• I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'

• I Guess I'll Have To Change My Plan

• I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart

• I Remember Suzanne

• I Thought About You

• I Wish I Were In Love Again

• I Wished On The Moon

• I'll Be Seeing You

• I'm Gonna Go Fishin'

• I'm Gonna Move To The Outskirts Of Town

• I'm Hip

• In Don't Mean A Thing (if It Ain't Got That Swing)

• In The Still Of The Night

• Isn't It A Pity?

• Isn't It Romantic?

• Isn't This A Lovely Day?

• It Don't Mean A Thing (if It Ain't Got That Swing)

• It Don't Mean A Thing (if It Ain't Got That Swing) (reprise)

• It Happened In Monterey

• It Never Entered My Mind

• It's A Blue World

• It's All Right With Me

• It's Delovely

• It's De-lovely

• I've Got The World On A String

• I've Got You Under My Skin

• I've Heard That Song Before

• Jeru

• Jet Set

• Just One Of Those Things/on Green Dolphin Street

• Last Night When We Were Young

• Line For Lyons

• Liza (all The Clouds'll Roll Away)

• Love For Sale

• Love Is Just Around The Corner

• Love Me Or Leave Me

• Lullaby Of Birdland

• Lullaby Of The Leaves

• Lulu's Back In Town

• Medley: Just One Of Those Things/on Green Dolphin Street

• Medley: Soon It's Gonna Rain/here Is That Rainy Day

• Moon Medley: Love And The Moon/oh, You Crazy Moon/no Moon At All

• Moonlight In Vermont

• More Than You Know

• Mountain Greenery

• New York, New York

• Nice Work If You Can Get It

• Night And Day

• Oleo

• On Green Dolphin Street

• On The Street Where You Live

• Once In A Lifetime

• Our Love Is Here To Stay

• P.s. I Love You

• Porgy And Bess, Opera~part 1. I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'

• Porgy And Bess, Opera~part 1. It Ain't Necessarily So

• Porgy And Bess, Opera~part 2. A Red-headed Woman...

• Porgy And Bess, Opera~part 2. I Loves You, Porgy

• Porgy And Bess, Opera~part 2. There's A Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon For New York

• Prelude To A Kiss

• Puttin' On The Ritz

• 'round Midnight

• San Fernando Valley

• September Song

• Someday I'll Find You

• Something's Gotta Give

• South America, Take It Away

• Stranger In Town

• Sunday In New York

• Sweet Georgia Brown

• Swingin' The Blues

• That Old Black Magic

• That Old Feeling

• The Best Is Yet To Come

• The Blues

• The California Suite: Mountain Desert (theme)

• The Carioca

• The Christmas Song

• The Folks Who Live On The Hill

• The Glory Of Love

• The Hut-sut Song

• The Lady Is A Tramp

• The Money Song

• The Nearness Of You

• The Night We Called It A Day

• The Old Master Painter

• The Piccolino

• The Sidewalk Shufflers

• The Song Is Ended (but The Melody Lingers On)

• The Song Is You

• The Surrey With The Fringe On Top

• The Way You Look Tonight

• There's No Business Like Show Business

• There's No Business Like Show Businesse

• These Foolish Things

• They Can't Take That Away From Me

• Three Little Words

• Too Close For Comfort

• Too Darn Hot

• Until The Real Thing Comes Along

• Walkin'

• We Mustn't Say Goodbye

• We Think The West Coast Is The Best

• What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life

• What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life?

• What Is This Thing Called Love?

• Whatever Lola Wants

• What's This/anthropology/air Mail Special

• What's This?

• When It's Sleepy Time Down South

• When You Wish Upon A Star/i'm Wishing

• Whisper Not/love Me Or Leave Me

• Yesterday

• Yesterday, When I Was Young

• You And The Night And The Music

• You Make Me Feel So Young

• You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To

• You'll Have To Swing It (mr. Paganini)

• You're Driving Me Crazy

• You're Getting To Be A Habit With Me

Discography

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• Mel Tormé and the Marty Paich Dek-Tette [Blue Note Japan]

  Bethlehem High Fidelity

  2006

• Live at the Playboy Jazz Festival

  Playboy Jazz

  2002

• In New York

  Jazzdoor

  1998

• An Evening with Mel Tormé [Concord]

  Concord Jazz

  1996

• Velvet & Brass

  Concord

  1995

• The Great American Songbook: Live at Michael's Pub

  Telarc Distribution

  1993

• Live at the Fujitsu-Festival 1992 'Sing, Sing, Sing'

  Concord

  1992

• Nothing Without You

  Concord

  1992

• Mel and George "Do" World War II

  Concord

  1991

• Fujitsu-Concord Festival (1990)

  Concord Jazz

  1990

• Night at the Concord Pavilion

  Concord Jazz

  1990

• Tormé

  Verve

  1989

• In Concert Tokyo

  Concord Jazz

  1988

• Reunion

  Concord Jazz

  1988

• A Vintage Year

  Concord

  1988

• Mel Tormé, Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass

  Concord

  1986

• An Evening at Charlie's

  Concord

  1983

• Encore at Marty's, New York

  Flair

  1982

• Live at Marty's

  Finesse

  1981

• Together Again: For the First Time

  Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab

  1978

• The London Sessions

  Sandstone

  1977

• Mel Torme At The Red Hill/Live At The Maisonette

  Warner Jazz/Atlantic

  1974

• Right Now!

  Sony Music Distribution

  1966

• That's All

  Sony Music Distribution

  1965

• Mel Tormé Sings Sunday in New York and Other Songs About New York

  Atlantic

  1964

• Comin' Home Baby

  Collectables

  1962

• Mel Tormé at the Red Hill

  Import

  1962

• My Kind of Music

  Verve / PolyGram / Universal Distribution

  1961

• The Duke Ellington and Count Basie Songbooks

  Verve / Polygram

  1961

• I Dig the Duke! I Dig the Count!

  1961

• Swingin' on the Moon

  Verve / Polygram

  1960

• Mel Tormé Swings Shubert Alley

  Verve

  1960

• Olé Tormé: Mel Tormé Goes South of the Border with Billy May

  Verve / Universal Distribution

  1959

• Back in Town

  Verve

  1959

• Sings About Love

  Audiophile Records

  1958

• Prelude to a Kiss

  Simitar Distribution

  1957

• Songs for Any Taste

  Bethlehem Music Company, Inc. / Rhino

  1957

• Mel Tormé's California Suite [Bethlehem]

  Avenue (Rhino) / Bethlehem/Avenue Jazz

  1957

• Sings Fred Astaire

  Rhino / Rhino/WEA

  1956

• It's a Blue World

  Bethlehem High Fidelity

  1955

• Live at the Crescendo

  Hallmark Recordings

  1954

• Musical Sounds Are the Best Songs

  Coral Music Group

  1954

• Mel Tormé Sings His Own California Suite

  Fresh Sound

  1950