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Mel Tormé

Nicknamed The Velvet Fog, Mel Tormé was a classic crooner with a rich, smooth voice and unshakeably cool delivery, who was once described by Bing Crosby as "the best musical performer I have ever seen". Born in Chicago, Illinois, Tormé was raised in a music-loving Russian-Jewish family. By the age of four he was performing at a local restaurant as a novelty act with the Coon-Sanders Orchestra and by the end of the roaring 1920s he had established himself as a child star by performing in vaudeville troupes and radio plays. Precociously talented, he was just 15 when he wrote the...