Hello, wonderful readers! To continue and hopefully conclude this melancholic March, let’s look at “It’s a Blue World” by Mel Tormé, an album by a semi-popular and underrated vocalist from the ...

Scott talks with NPR's Vice President of Cultural Programming Murray Horwitz about one of the most beloved Christmas tunes, "The Christmas Song," (a.k.a. "Chesnuts roasting on an open fire....") which ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mel Tormé would eventually compose hundreds of songs – but is best known for writing The Christmas Song - Martin Mills/Hulton ...

Mel Torme -- aka the Velvet Fog -- was an impressive singer, arranger, actor and author known for his impeccably smooth voice. He was also the composer of the holiday standard known simply as "The ...

All About Jazz is celebrating Mel Torme's birthday today! Mel Torme was among the most enduring singers from the big-band era, maligned by some as the epitome of lounge singer, acclaimed by many more ...

Back in '82 when this concert was recorded at Carnegie Hall, Mel Tormé was just starting his vocal ascent out of a slump by beginning a long and fruitful musical friendship with pianist George ...

Dec. 25—It was in December of 2015 when I sat down with the late James "Spot" O'Donnell and his daughter Maureen Lynch to talk about a Christmas song. Wait, no, not a Christmas song — "The Christmas ...

Mel Tormé was unquestionably one of the great jazz singers of all time, by any definition, and yet he himself was never entirely comfortable with that label. Well, let me clarify that: He didn’t mind ...