Mel Tormé
Birthday: 13 September 1925, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Birth Name: Melvin Howard Torme
A professional singer at the age of three, Mel Torme was a genuine musical prodigy. As a teenager, he played the drums in Chico Marx's band and earned the nickname "The Velvet Fog" beca ...Show More
I have to confess that my way of singing is very much affected by my private life, or by anything th Show more
I have to confess that my way of singing is very much affected by my private life, or by anything that touches me personally. I am a man, not a machine. Hide
One of the joys of a jazz singer is to try to keep a dimension of constant improvisation in relation Show more
One of the joys of a jazz singer is to try to keep a dimension of constant improvisation in relation to what he sings. But--and it's a big but--only if you never lose sight of the original musical value which the composer put in it. And above all, if you don't sacrifice the most important element of a popular song: the words. Hide
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