Melvin Howard Tormé (1925–1999) was born to immigrant Russian Jewish parents whose name had been Torma. A child prodigy, he first sang professionally at 4 with the Coon-Sanders Orchestra, singing "You're Driving Me Crazy," at Chicago's Blackhawk restaurant. 1933-41, he acted in the network radio serials "The Romance of Helen Trent" and "Jack Armstrong, the All-American Boy." He wrote his first song at 13 and three years later, his first published song, "Lament to Love," became a hit recording for Harry James.
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Mel Tormé / Minnesota Orchestra Dec 8, 1992 Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States Uploaded by Bob De Boer
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Mel Tormé has had 7 concerts.
Mel Tormé is most often considered to be United States, Jazz, Adult Standards, Vocal Jazz, Lounge, Swing, Male Vocalists, Easy Listening, Contemporary Vocal Jazz, and Jazz Vocal.
The last Mel Tormé concert was on September 01, 1995 at Seattle Center in Seattle, Washington, United States. The bands that performed were: Ramones / Jonathan Richman / The Gap Band / No Use For A Name / michelle shocked / buddy miles / Mudhoney / Patti Smith / CIV / Diane Diprima / bottle rockets / Peter Himmelman / Narada Michael Walden / Nathan & The Zydeco Cha-Chas / Randy Hansen / John McLaughlin / Kelly Joe Phelps / Del Amitri / Jimmie Dale Gilmore / Six Finger Satellite / Fluf / Noel Redding / Juma Sultan / Eric Burdon / Junior Brown / Béla Fleck and the Flecktones / Kronos Quartet / Vernon Reid / Iris Dement / Mae Moore / Danny Hoch / Greg Brown / Good Riddance / Abraham Rodriguez Jr. / Supernova / Eric Gales / Lucinda Williams / Evelyn Lau / Reverend Horton Heat / L7 / Stanley Jordan / No Doubt / Orange 9mm / Mike McCready / Jerry Cantrell / Wizo / Jessamine / Little Jimmy King / The Paul DeLay Band / Marcia Ball / Sublime / Abraxas / Quicksand / Los Lobos / The Caulfields! / Dr. John / Jim Carroll / Mel Tormé / ani difranco / Peter Himmel / Donovan / Billy Cox / The Robert Cray Band / Maceo Parker / Roger Mcguinn / Goodness / 10,000 Maniacs / J.A. Jance / Exene Cervenka / Boukman Eksperyans / Joan Osborne / Obo Addy / Chris Duarte / Seattle Slam / clarence clemons / Mike Johnson / David Wilcox / Rory Block / Richard Thompson / Parliament-Funkadelic.
