Biografía de Mel Tormé
Mel Tormé, nacido el 13 de septiembre de 1925 en Chicago (Estados Unidos), fue un cantante y compositor estadounidense de jazz y música popular. Su infancia transcurrió en la ciudad de Nueva York, donde comenzó a demostrar su talento musical desde temprana edad.
A los cinco años, Tormé ya tocaba el piano y cantaba profesionalmente en clubes nocturnos. A los diez años, grabó su primer disco con la orquesta de Benny Goodman. En 1943, a los dieciocho años, se unió al trío de Charlie Barnet como pianista y vocalista.
En 1952, Tormé comenzó a destacar por su estilo único de canto, que combinaba el jazz con la música popular y el pop. Su voz, potente y flexible, le permitió interpretar canciones en un amplio registro vocal. Entre sus álbumes más importantes se encuentran "Mel Tormé at Newport" (1956), "The Velvet Fog Sings" (1957) y "It's a Blue World" (1958).
Tormé fue un pionero en la música de jazz vocal, y su influencia se extendió a artistas como Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett y Sarah Vaughan. También compuso canciones populares como "The Christmas Song" ("Canción navideña") y "Comin' Home Baby" ("Viniendo a casa, niño").
Tormé recibió varios premios y reconocimientos por su carrera musical. En 1972, fue galardonado con el Grammy al mejor cantante masculino de jazz. También fue incluido en el Salón de la Fama del Jazz en 1978.
En la actualidad, Mel Tormé es considerado uno de los mejores cantantes y compositores de jazz de todos los tiempos. Su legado continúa vivo a través de sus grabaciones y las generaciones de artistas que han sido influenciadas por su estilo único y talento indiscutible.
Canciones más reproducidas
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- A Lovely Way To Spend An Evening (Live At Michael's Pub, New York City, NY / October 7-8, 1992)
- A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square (Live)
- A Shine On Your Shoes
- A Sleepin' Bee
- A Stranger In Town
- Ac-cent-tchu-ate The Positive
- All God's Chillun Got Rhythm
- All God's Chillun' Got Rhythm (Live At Michael's Pub, New York City, NY / October 7-8, 1992)
- All This and Heaven (2015 Remastered Version)
- Aren't You Glad You're You
- At The Crossroads (Malaguena)
- Autumn In New York (Live At Michael's Pub, New York City, NY / October 7-8, 1992)
- Autumn Serenade (Album Version)
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- Dat Dere
- Day In - Day Out (Live / 1990)
- Do Do Do (Remastered)
- Do I Love You Because You're Beautiful? (Album Version)
- Don'cha Go 'Way Mad
- Don't Cha Go 'Way Mad/Come To Baby Do (Live)
- Don't Dream Of Anybody But Me
- Don't Get Around Much Any More / I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart (Live At Michael's Pub, New York City, NY / October 7-8, 1992)
- Don't Let That Moon Get Away
- Don't Worry 'Bout Me
- Down For Double
- Down For Double (Live)
- Duke Ellington Medley (Live)
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- I Can't Believe That You're in Love with Me
- I Could Have Told You (Live)
- I Don't Want To Cry Anymore
- I Hadn't Anyone Till You
- I Know Your Heart (Album Version)
- I Like to Recognize the Tune (2012 Remastered Version)
- I Love Each Move You Make
- I Loved You Once In Silence
- I Remember Suzanne (Album Version)
- I Remember You/It's Easy To Remember (Live)
- I See It Now (Album Version)
- I Sent For You Yesterday And Here You Come Today (Live)
- I Wish I Were in Love Again (2012 Remastered Version)
- I Wished On The Moon
- I'll Be Around
- I'll Remember April / I Concentrate On You (Live At Michael's Pub, New York City, NY / October 7-8, 1992)
- I'm Glad There Is You
- I'm Gonna Go Fishin
- I'm Gonna Go Fishin' (Live At Michael's Pub, New York City, NY / October 7-8, 1992)
- I'm Gonna Go Fishin' (Live)
- I'm Hip (Live)
- I'm Nothing Without You (You're Nothing Without Me)
- I've Got A Feeling I'm Falling
- I've Got the World on a String
- I've Heard That Song Before (Live)
- If I Had a Hammer
- If You Could See Me Now (Album Version)
- In The Still Of The Night
- Isn't It A Pity? (Album Version)
- Isn't It Romantic (2015 Remastered Version)
- It Don't Mean A Thing (Live)
- It Don't Mean A Thing, If It Ain't Got That Swing (Live At Michael's Pub, New York City, NY / October 7-8, 1992)
- It Happened In Sun Valley
- It's All Right With Me / Love
- It's Only a Paper Moon (Live at the Crescendo)
- It's Too Late Now
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- Lady Be Good (Live)
- Let's Start the New Year Right / What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?
- Line For Lyons (Live)
- Liza (All The Clouds'll Roll Away)
- Lonely Town
- Looking At You/Look At That Face (Live)
- Love For Sale (Live)
- Love Is Just Around The Corner (Album Version)
- Love Walked In
- Lover Come Back to Me (Live at the Crescendo)
- Lover Come Back To Me (Live)
- Lover, Come Back to Me
- Lullaby Of Birdland
- Lullaby of Birdland (2012 Remastered Version)
- Lullaby Of The Leaves (Remastered)
- Lulu's Back In Town
- Lulu's Back in Town (2012 Remastered Version)
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- Medley: I Had The Craziest Dream/Darn That Dream (Live)
- Medley: Sophisticatted Lady/I Didn't Know About You (Live)
- Medley: Stompin' At The Savoy/Don't Be That Way/And The Angels Sing/Why Don't You Do Right?/Avalon/Sing, Sing, Sing (Live)
- Moanin'
- Moonlight In Vermont
- More Than You Know (Album Version)
- Mountain Greenery
- My Buddy
- My Little Red Book
- My Romance (Album Version)
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- Secret Agent Man
- Sent For You Yesterday And Here You Come Today (Live / 1990)
- Sent For You Yesterday And Here You Come Today (Live)
- Seventeen (Album Version)
- Shine On Your Shoes
- Shine On Your Shoes (Live)
- Sidney's Soliloquy
- Sing For Your Supper (Live)
- Sing You Sinners
- Skylark (Remastered)
- Something's Gotta Give (2012 Remastered Version)
- Sonny Boy
- Sophisticated Lady / I Didn't Know About You (Live At Michael's Pub, New York City, NY / October 7-8, 1992)
- Spoken Intro (Album Version)
- Stairway To The Stars (Live - Edit)
- Stairway To The Stars (Live / 1992)
- Stardust (Album Version)
- Stardust (Live At Michael's Pub, New York City, NY / October 7-8, 1992)
- Stardust (Live)
- Stay as Sweet as You Are (2015 Remastered Version)
- Strangers In the Night (Live)
- Swingin' The Blues (Live)
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- Tenderly (2012 Remastered Version)
- The Boy Next Door (Live; 2014 - Remaster)
- The Carioca
- The Carioca (2012 Remastered Version)
- The Christmas Feeling
- The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire) (Live At The Crescendo Club/1955)
- The Christmas Song/Autumn Leaves (Live / 1990)
- The Christmas Waltz
- The Hut Sut Song
- The Lady Is a Tramp (2012 Remastered Version)
- The Lady's in Love with You
- The Nearness Of You (Album Version)
- The Party's Over (Live At Michael's Pub, New York City, NY / October 7-8, 1992)
- The Song Is Ended (But The Melody Lingers On) (Live)
- The Song Is You
- The Way You Look Tonight (2012 Remastered Version)
- The Way You Look Tonight (Live - Vocal)
- These Foolish Things (Live / 1992)
- They All Laughed (2012 - Remaster)
- They Can't Take That Away from Me (2012 Remastered Version)
- This Time The Dream's On Me
- Three Little Words/Slipped Disc/Smooth One/Rachel's Dream (Live)
- Too Close For Comfort
- Too Close For Comfort (Album Version)
- Too Darn Hot (Live)
- Top Hat, White Tie and Tails (2012 Remastered Version)
- Tribute To Benny Goodman (Medley)
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- Walk Between Raindrops
- Walkin' Shoes
- Walkin' Shoes (Live)
- Wave (Live)
- Wave/Agua De Beber (Live)
- What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life? (Live)
- What Child Is This? (Instrumental)
- What Is There To Say? (Album Version)
- What Is This Thing Called Love
- What's New At The Zoo?
- What's This/Anthropology/Air Mail Special
- Whatever Lola Wants
- When April Comes Again (2012 Remastered Version)
- When the Sun Comes Out (2012 Remastered Version)
- Whisper Not
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- You Gotta Try (Live At Michael's Pub, New York City, NY / October 7-8, 1992)
- You Leave Me Breathless (2015 Remastered Version)
- You Make Me Feel So Young (Live At Michael's Pub, New York City, NY / October 7-8, 1992)
- You Make Me Feel So Young (Live)
- You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To
- You'd Better Love Me
- You're A Heavenly Thing
- You're Driving Me Crazy (What Did I Do) (Live / 1990)
- You're Driving Me Crazy (What Did I Do)/Moten Swing (Live)
- You're Getting To Be A Habit With Me (Remastered)

