http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.55039&rws=%2Fmel-torme%2Ftop-tracks.rssThe bobby socks generation knows him as the Velvet Fog for his light, smoky voice. The children of television recognize him from appearances on <I>Night Court</I> and <I>Sienfeld</I>. Jazz fans know Mel Torme as the singer who best exemplified the Cool West Coast sound. A child prodigy, Torme entered show biz at the age of three. A short stint as a big band drummer left him with a firm grasp of complex rhythms and he enjoyed a brief period as a crooning teen idol in the 1940s (film roles included). During the 1950s, Torme began a collaboration with arranger/pianist Marty Paich, and together they brought the Miles Davis/Gerry Mulligan "Birth of the Cool" sound to popular music on a series of classic albums. These remain his finest recordings, but Torme was popular during the '80s, where sold-out concert crowds were dazzled by his high-flying scat abilities and razor wit. Torme also wrote many songs, including the standard "Stranger in Town," penned when he was fifteen years old, as well as "The Christmas Song" ("...chestnuts roasting on an open fire"). - Nick DedinaVocal Jazzen720Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:26:59 -0800 http://static.realone.com/rotw/images/logo_rhapsody_113x22.gif http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.55039&rws=%2Fmel-torme%2Ftop-tracks.rss The bobby socks generation knows him as the Velvet Fog for his light, smoky voice. The children of television recognize him from appearances on <I>Night Court</I> and <I>Sienfeld</I>. Jazz fans know Mel Torme as the singer who best exemplified the Cool West Coast sound. A child prodigy, Torme entered show biz at the age of three. A short stint as a big band drummer left him with a firm grasp of complex rhythms and he enjoyed a brief period as a crooning teen idol in the 1940s (film roles included). During the 1950s, Torme began a collaboration with arranger/pianist Marty Paich, and together they brought the Miles Davis/Gerry Mulligan "Birth of the Cool" sound to popular music on a series of classic albums. These remain his finest recordings, but Torme was popular during the '80s, where sold-out concert crowds were dazzled by his high-flying scat abilities and razor wit. Torme also wrote many songs, including the standard "Stranger in Town," penned when he was fifteen years old, as well as "The Christmas Song" ("...chestnuts roasting on an open fire"). - Nick Dedina http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.578728&variant=play&rws=%2Fmel-torme%2Ftop-tracks.rss Pop Standards Fri, 1 Jan 1960 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Mel Torme on Rhapsody Online 578728 tra.578728 Mel Torme art.55039 0.99 Swings Shubert Alley alb.167394 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/0/0/1/0/1080100_170x170.jpg 1989-12-05 00:00:00.0 1960-01-01 00:00:00.0 true Too Close For Comfort tra.578728 245000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.578728&variant=play&rws=%2Fmel-torme%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.578728&variant=data&rws=%2Fmel-torme%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1389721&variant=play&rws=%2Fmel-torme%2Ftop-tracks.rss Vocal Jazz Wed, 1 Jan 1964 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Mel Torme on Rhapsody Online 1389721 tra.1389721 Mel Torme 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http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1151082&variant=play&rws=%2Fmel-torme%2Ftop-tracks.rss Cool/West Coast Jazz Tue, 10 Nov 1998 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Mel Torme on Rhapsody Online 1151082 tra.1151082 Mel Torme art.55039 0.99 Living Out Loud alb.171816 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/3/0/1/1/1281103_170x170.jpg 1998-11-10 00:00:00.0 1998-11-10 00:00:00.0 true Born To Be Blue tra.1151082 173000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1151082&variant=play&rws=%2Fmel-torme%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1151082&variant=data&rws=%2Fmel-torme%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2161087&variant=play&rws=%2Fmel-torme%2Ftop-tracks.rss Vocal Jazz Wed, 1 Jan 1997 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Mel Torme on Rhapsody Online 2161087 tra.2161087 Mel Torme art.55039 0.99 Ultra-Lounge Volume Fifteen: Wild, Cool and Swingin' alb.120374 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/2/5/0/9/559052_170x170.jpg 2000-10-24 00:00:00.0 1997-01-01 00:00:00.0 true Midnight Swinger tra.2161087 132000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2161087&variant=play&rws=%2Fmel-torme%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2161087&variant=data&rws=%2Fmel-torme%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.7185175&variant=play&rws=%2Fmel-torme%2Ftop-tracks.rss Vocal Jazz Tue, 15 Jun 1999 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Mel Torme on Rhapsody Online 7185175 tra.7185175 Mel Torme art.55039 0.99 Mel Torme At The Movies - Motion Picture Soundtrack Anthology alb.7184498 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/0/6/4/1/1271460_170x170.jpg 2009-08-25 00:00:00.0 1999-06-15 00:00:00.0 true Puttin' On The Ritz tra.7185175 142000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.7185175&variant=play&rws=%2Fmel-torme%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.7185175&variant=data&rws=%2Fmel-torme%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2401583&variant=play&rws=%2Fmel-torme%2Ftop-tracks.rss Vocal Jazz Tue, 22 Mar 2005 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Mel Torme on Rhapsody Online 2401583 tra.2401583 Mel Torme art.55039 0.99 Songs Of New York alb.253520 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/9/7/8/6/1276879_170x170.jpg 2009-08-25 00:00:00.0 2005-03-22 00:00:00.0 true Lullaby Of Birdland tra.2401583 149000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2401583&variant=play&rws=%2Fmel-torme%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2401583&variant=data&rws=%2Fmel-torme%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.7665585&variant=play&rws=%2Fmel-torme%2Ftop-tracks.rss Vocal Jazz Tue, 20 Sep 2005 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Mel Torme on Rhapsody Online 7665585 tra.7665585 Mel Torme art.55039 0.99 The Bethlehem Years alb.7665192 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/5/6/3/1/1851365_170x170.jpg 2009-02-10 00:00:00.0 2005-09-20 00:00:00.0 true Can't Take That Away From Me tra.7665585 182000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.7665585&variant=play&rws=%2Fmel-torme%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.7665585&variant=data&rws=%2Fmel-torme%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2002473&variant=play&rws=%2Fmel-torme%2Ftop-tracks.rss Vocal Jazz Tue, 7 Oct 1997 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Mel Torme on Rhapsody Online 2002473 tra.2002473 Mel Torme art.55039 0.99 What A Wonderful Christmas alb.104938 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/3/4/0/3/1323043_170x170.jpg 1997-10-07 00:00:00.0 1997-10-07 00:00:00.0 true The Christmas Song tra.2002473 186000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2002473&variant=play&rws=%2Fmel-torme%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2002473&variant=data&rws=%2Fmel-torme%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1921401&variant=play&rws=%2Fmel-torme%2Ftop-tracks.rss Vocal Jazz Fri, 1 Jan 1960 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Mel Torme on Rhapsody Online 1921401 tra.1921401 Mel Torme art.55039 0.99 Swingin' On The Moon alb.107492 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/1/5/2/2/1082251_170x170.jpg 1998-06-23 00:00:00.0 1960-01-01 00:00:00.0 true No Moon At All tra.1921401 159000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1921401&variant=play&rws=%2Fmel-torme%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1921401&variant=data&rws=%2Fmel-torme%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.578735&variant=play&rws=%2Fmel-torme%2Ftop-tracks.rss Vocal Jazz Fri, 1 Jan 1960 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Mel Torme on Rhapsody Online 578735 tra.578735 Mel Torme art.55039 0.99 Swings Shubert Alley alb.167394 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/0/0/1/0/1080100_170x170.jpg 1989-12-05 00:00:00.0 1960-01-01 00:00:00.0 true Too Darn Hot tra.578735 168000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.578735&variant=play&rws=%2Fmel-torme%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.578735&variant=data&rws=%2Fmel-torme%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1922321&variant=play&rws=%2Fmel-torme%2Ftop-tracks.rss Vocal Tue, 17 May 1994 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Mel Torme on Rhapsody Online 1922321 tra.1922321 Mel Torme art.55039 0.99 Jazz Round Midnight alb.232117 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/6/7/8/2/1622876_170x170.jpg 1994-05-17 00:00:00.0 1994-05-17 00:00:00.0 true 'Round Midnight tra.1922321 196000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1922321&variant=play&rws=%2Fmel-torme%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1922321&variant=data&rws=%2Fmel-torme%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2401578&variant=play&rws=%2Fmel-torme%2Ftop-tracks.rss Vocal Jazz Tue, 22 Mar 2005 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Mel Torme on Rhapsody Online 2401578 tra.2401578 Mel Torme art.55039 0.99 Songs Of New York alb.253520 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/9/7/8/6/1276879_170x170.jpg 2009-08-25 00:00:00.0 2005-03-22 00:00:00.0 true Sunday In New York tra.2401578 154000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2401578&variant=play&rws=%2Fmel-torme%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2401578&variant=data&rws=%2Fmel-torme%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.7185178&variant=play&rws=%2Fmel-torme%2Ftop-tracks.rss Vocal Jazz Tue, 15 Jun 1999 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Mel Torme on Rhapsody Online 7185178 tra.7185178 Mel Torme art.55039 0.69 Mel Torme At The Movies - Motion Picture Soundtrack Anthology alb.7184498 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/0/6/4/1/1271460_170x170.jpg 2009-08-25 00:00:00.0 1999-06-15 00:00:00.0 true Monsters Lead Such Interesting Lives tra.7185178 103000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.7185178&variant=play&rws=%2Fmel-torme%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.7185178&variant=data&rws=%2Fmel-torme%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.7665579&variant=play&rws=%2Fmel-torme%2Ftop-tracks.rss Vocal Jazz Tue, 20 Sep 2005 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Mel Torme on Rhapsody Online 7665579 tra.7665579 Mel Torme art.55039 0.99 The Bethlehem Years alb.7665192 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/5/6/3/1/1851365_170x170.jpg 2009-02-10 00:00:00.0 2005-09-20 00:00:00.0 true Lullaby Of Birdland tra.7665579 292000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.7665579&variant=play&rws=%2Fmel-torme%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.7665579&variant=data&rws=%2Fmel-torme%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2852833&variant=play&rws=%2Fmel-torme%2Ftop-tracks.rss Vocal Jazz Tue, 10 May 2005 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Mel Torme on Rhapsody Online 2852833 tra.2852833 Mel Torme art.55039 0.99 Atlantic's Great Moments In Jazz alb.261755 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/2/2/5/8/1288522_170x170.jpg 2009-08-25 00:00:00.0 2005-05-10 00:00:00.0 true Comin' Home Baby tra.2852833 163000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2852833&variant=play&rws=%2Fmel-torme%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2852833&variant=data&rws=%2Fmel-torme%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2173324&variant=play&rws=%2Fmel-torme%2Ftop-tracks.rss Vocal Jazz Fri, 1 Jan 1960 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Mel Torme on Rhapsody Online 2173324 tra.2173324 Mel Torme art.55039 0.99 Swings Shubert Alley alb.167394 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/0/0/1/0/1080100_170x170.jpg 1989-12-05 00:00:00.0 1960-01-01 00:00:00.0 true A Sleepin' Bee tra.2173324 214000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2173324&variant=play&rws=%2Fmel-torme%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2173324&variant=data&rws=%2Fmel-torme%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1605427&variant=play&rws=%2Fmel-torme%2Ftop-tracks.rss Vocal Jazz Tue, 5 Oct 1999 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Mel Torme on Rhapsody Online 1605427 tra.1605427 Mel Torme art.55039 0.99 Santa's Greatest Hits (Hip-O) alb.320155 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/8/4/3/3/1323348_170x170.jpg 1999-10-05 00:00:00.0 1999-10-05 00:00:00.0 true The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire) tra.1605427 166000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1605427&variant=play&rws=%2Fmel-torme%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1605427&variant=data&rws=%2Fmel-torme%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1522729&variant=play&rws=%2Fmel-torme%2Ftop-tracks.rss Vocal Jazz Fri, 1 Jan 1960 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Mel Torme on Rhapsody Online 1522729 tra.1522729 Mel Torme art.55039 0.99 Swings Shubert Alley alb.167394 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/0/0/1/0/1080100_170x170.jpg 1989-12-05 00:00:00.0 1960-01-01 00:00:00.0 true Just In Time tra.1522729 208000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1522729&variant=play&rws=%2Fmel-torme%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1522729&variant=data&rws=%2Fmel-torme%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1522733&variant=play&rws=%2Fmel-torme%2Ftop-tracks.rss Vocal Jazz Fri, 27 Jun 1958 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Mel Torme on Rhapsody Online 1522733 tra.1522733 Mel Torme art.55039 0.99 Torme alb.148745 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/3/9/4/0/1080493_170x170.jpg 2003-09-23 00:00:00.0 1958-06-27 00:00:00.0 true Gloomy Sunday tra.1522733 311000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1522733&variant=play&rws=%2Fmel-torme%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1522733&variant=data&rws=%2Fmel-torme%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1522573&variant=play&rws=%2Fmel-torme%2Ftop-tracks.rss Vocal Jazz Sun, 1 Jan 1995 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Mel Torme on Rhapsody Online 1522573 tra.1522573 Mel Torme art.55039 0.99 Spotlight On Mel Torme alb.191430 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/6/9/4/6/416496_170x170.jpg 2009-11-03 00:00:00.0 1995-01-01 00:00:00.0 true Careless Hands tra.1522573 195000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1522573&variant=play&rws=%2Fmel-torme%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1522573&variant=data&rws=%2Fmel-torme%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.9267080&variant=play&rws=%2Fmel-torme%2Ftop-tracks.rss Vocal Jazz Wed, 17 Oct 1990 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Mel Torme on Rhapsody Online 9267080 tra.9267080 Mel Torme art.55039 0.99 Live At The Maisonette alb.9265287 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/2/1/9/7/1287912_170x170.jpg 2006-02-21 00:00:00.0 1990-10-17 00:00:00.0 true Route 66 (Live at the Maisonnette) tra.9267080 266000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.9267080&variant=play&rws=%2Fmel-torme%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.9267080&variant=data&rws=%2Fmel-torme%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2401557&variant=play&rws=%2Fmel-torme%2Ftop-tracks.rss Vocal Jazz Fri, 27 Jun 1958 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Mel Torme on Rhapsody Online 2401557 tra.2401557 Mel Torme art.55039 0.99 Torme alb.148745 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/3/9/4/0/1080493_170x170.jpg 2003-09-23 00:00:00.0 1958-06-27 00:00:00.0 true Round Midnight tra.2401557 192000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2401557&variant=play&rws=%2Fmel-torme%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2401557&variant=data&rws=%2Fmel-torme%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2661788&variant=play&rws=%2Fmel-torme%2Ftop-tracks.rss Vocal Jazz Sun, 1 Jan 1961 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Mel Torme on Rhapsody Online 2661788 tra.2661788 Mel Torme art.55039 0.99 My Kind Of Music alb.236364 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/4/6/7/2/1082764_170x170.jpg 2000-07-18 00:00:00.0 1961-01-01 00:00:00.0 true You And The Night And The Music tra.2661788 148000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2661788&variant=play&rws=%2Fmel-torme%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2661788&variant=data&rws=%2Fmel-torme%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1523126&variant=play&rws=%2Fmel-torme%2Ftop-tracks.rss Vocal Jazz Tue, 22 Mar 2005 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Mel Torme on Rhapsody Online 1523126 tra.1523126 Mel Torme art.55039 0.99 Songs Of New York alb.253520 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/9/7/8/6/1276879_170x170.jpg 2009-08-25 00:00:00.0 2005-03-22 00:00:00.0 true Let Me Off Uptown tra.1523126 155000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1523126&variant=play&rws=%2Fmel-torme%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1523126&variant=data&rws=%2Fmel-torme%2Ftop-tracks.rss