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Home---Listener's Guide---The Songs---Who's Who---Liner Notes---What's New---Search Mel Torme Born 13 Sept 1925, Chicago, Illinois Died 5 June 1999, Los Angeles, California 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 as one of a talented and serious vocalist. Legend has it that Torme began singing ...

Mel Torme and the Mel-Tones The union of Torme and the Mel-Tones was created from fortuitous circumstances. Drummer/band leader Ben Pollack, who was the Chico Marx band organizer/manager at the time, must be credited as the matchmaker. He brought Torme together with these five Los Angeles City College students, who had billed themselves as The School Kids, singing informally in and around the ...