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Crooner Culture

June 28th, 2008

The Velvet Fog - Mr. Mel Torme - April Showers

Did you know that Mel was nicknamed the “Velvet Fog”? In his younger years, I can see why… I’m personally not too keen on the stuff he did in the 70s and 80s, but that might be just because when I was growing up then, I thought of him as “old lady music”. LOL
Here’s a […]

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June 27th, 2008

Which is better, you decide: Mel or Mike?

Okay readers, I want to know which version you guys like better… The Mel Torme version or Michael Buble’s version of “Comin’ Home Baby”
Watch the video clips below, and leave your vote in the comments section. I’ll let you know what my vote is later on…
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June 26th, 2008

Did You Know? 5 Mel Torme Facts

Melvin Howard Tormé was born in 1925 in Chicago, Illinois to immigrant Russian Jewish parents whose real last name had been Torma.
He composed the music for the classic holiday song “The Christmas Song” (also known as “Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire” popularly sung by Nat King Cole and many other crooners). Noted by some […]

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June 8th, 2008

Speaking of impressions: Sammy Davis Jr. did them too.

A recent post showed Jim Carrey doing his impression of Sammy Davis, Jr. and gave my sort of moderately-offended-for-Sammy review.
Well here I have a video of Sammy doing impressions of his friends. He sings, “One for my Baby (One More for the Road)” while doing impressions of Fred Astaire, Nat ‘King’ Cole, Billy Eckstine, […]

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