Mel Tormé
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"Marty Wynner stepped up to the mike and sang ‘I Didn’t Know What Time It Was.’ The arrangement, an intricate one, demanded attention from the listeners, and Marty sang against the complex Eddie Sauter backgrounds with taste and understanding."--Wynner (1978) by Mel Tormé |
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Melvin Howard Tormé (September 13, 1925 – June 5, 1999), nicknamed The Velvet Fog, was an American musician, known for his jazz singing. He was also a jazz composer and arranger, a drummer, an actor in radio, film, and television, and the author of five books. He co-wrote the classic holiday song "The Christmas Song" (also known as "Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire") with Bob Wells.
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