Mel Tormé

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American jazz musician actor author composer film actor human jazz singer memoirist radio actor songwriter television actor

Mel Tormé was an American jazz singer, composer, and actor, celebrated for his smooth vocal style and known as "The Velvet Fog."

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Label Occurrences
Mel Tormé canonical 70
Mel Tormé – “Mountain Greenery” 1
Melvin Howard Tormé 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American jazz musician ⓘ
actor ⓘ
author ⓘ
composer ⓘ
film actor ⓘ
human ⓘ
jazz singer ⓘ
memoirist ⓘ
radio actor ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
television actor ⓘ
appearedIn Night Court ⓘ
awardReceived Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Male ⓘ
surface form: Grammy Award for Best Male Jazz Vocal Performance
birthName Mel Tormé self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Melvin Howard Tormé
burialPlace Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery ⓘ
causeOfDeath stroke ⓘ
child Steve March-Tormé ⓘ
collaboratedWith Robert Wells ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
coWriterOf The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire) ⓘ
surface form: The Christmas Song
dateOfBirth 1925-09-13 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1999-06-05 ⓘ
ethnicity Jewish American ⓘ
genre jazz ⓘ
traditional pop ⓘ
vocal jazz ⓘ
instrument vocals ⓘ
name Mel Tormé self-link ⓘ
nickname The Velvet Fog ⓘ
notableAlias The Velvet Fog ⓘ
surface form: Velvet Fog
notableWork The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire) ⓘ
surface form: The Christmas Song
occupation actor ⓘ
author ⓘ
composer ⓘ
singer ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
performedWith Artie Shaw ⓘ
Benny Goodman ⓘ
Buddy Rich ⓘ
George Shearing ⓘ
placeOfBirth Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Los Angeles, California, United States of America ⓘ
surface form: Los Angeles, California, United States
spouse Arlene Miles ⓘ
Janette Scott ⓘ
Julie Wilson ⓘ
voiceType baritone ⓘ
wrote It Wasn’t All Velvet ⓘ
The Other Side of the Rainbow ⓘ
yearsActive 1929–1996 ⓘ

Referenced by (72)

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The Judy Garland Show → notableGuest → Mel Tormé ⓘ
The Big Operator → castMember → Mel Tormé ⓘ
The Trolley Song → coveredBy → Mel Tormé ⓘ
Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery → hasNotableBurial → Mel Tormé ⓘ
Christmas Time Is Here → coveredBy → Mel Tormé ⓘ
The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire) → composer → Mel Tormé ⓘ
The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire) → lyricist → Mel Tormé ⓘ
Mountain Greenery (song) → hasNotablePerformer → Mel Tormé ⓘ
subject surface form: Mountain Greenery
Mountain Greenery (song) → hasNotableRecording → Mel Tormé ⓘ
subject surface form: Mountain Greenery
this entity surface form: Mel Tormé – “Mountain Greenery”
Isn't It Romantic? (jazz standard) → hasNotablePerformer → Mel Tormé ⓘ
subject surface form: Isn't It Romantic?
Lover (jazz standard) → hasNotablePerformer → Mel Tormé ⓘ
Blue Moon → hasNotableRecordingBy → Mel Tormé ⓘ
Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered → coveredBy → Mel Tormé ⓘ
Have You Met Miss Jones? → hasNotableRecordingBy → Mel Tormé ⓘ
You Took Advantage of Me → notablePerformer → Mel Tormé ⓘ
Falling in Love with Love → hasNotableRecordingArtist → Mel Tormé ⓘ
You Are My Lucky Star → hasNotablePerformer → Mel Tormé ⓘ
Great American Songbook → hasNotablePerformer → Mel Tormé ⓘ
featuring Maila Nurmi in a supporting role → hasCastMember → Mel Tormé ⓘ
subject surface form: The Big Operator
I’ve Got You Under My Skin → notablePerformer → Mel Tormé ⓘ
subject surface form: I've Got You Under My Skin
Too Darn Hot → hasNotableRecordingBy → Mel Tormé ⓘ
Mel Tormé → name → Mel Tormé self-link ⓘ
Mel Tormé → birthName → Mel Tormé self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Melvin Howard Tormé
Les Baxter → associatedAct → Mel Tormé ⓘ
Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire → composer → Mel Tormé ⓘ
Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire → lyricist → Mel Tormé ⓘ
Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire → writer → Mel Tormé ⓘ
Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire → associatedWithArtist → Mel Tormé ⓘ
Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire → hasNotableCoverVersionBy → Mel Tormé ⓘ
April Showers → recordedBy → Mel Tormé ⓘ
Bob Wells → hasComposer → Mel Tormé ⓘ
subject surface form: The Christmas Song
Bob Wells → collaboratedWith → Mel Tormé ⓘ
George Shearing → collaboratedWith → Mel Tormé ⓘ
Isn’t This a Lovely Day? → notablePerformer → Mel Tormé ⓘ
A Fine Romance → hasNotablePerformer → Mel Tormé ⓘ
Pick Yourself Up → hasNotableCoverVersionBy → Mel Tormé ⓘ
Let's Call the Whole Thing Off → coveredBy → Mel Tormé ⓘ
How Long Has This Been Going On? → hasNotablePerformer → Mel Tormé ⓘ
Nice Work If You Can Get It → hasNotableRecordingBy → Mel Tormé ⓘ
A Foggy Day → hasNotablePerformer → Mel Tormé ⓘ
Something's Gotta Give → hasNotableCoverVersionBy → Mel Tormé ⓘ
You Keep Coming Back Like a Song → hasNotableRecordingBy → Mel Tormé ⓘ
Good News → starring → Mel Tormé ⓘ
subject surface form: Good News (1947 film)
Long Ago (and Far Away) → hasNotableRecordingBy → Mel Tormé ⓘ
Teach Me Tonight → hasNotableRecordingBy → Mel Tormé ⓘ
Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry → notablePerformer → Mel Tormé ⓘ
Jeepers Creepers → hasNotablePerformer → Mel Tormé ⓘ
Skylark → hasNotableCoverVersionBy → Mel Tormé ⓘ
Blues in the Night → hasNotableRecordingBy → Mel Tormé ⓘ
Goody Goody → hasNotableRecording → Mel Tormé ⓘ