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Mel Tormé, nicknamed The Velvet Fog, was best known as a singer of jazz standards. He was also an actor and an author. He composed the music for "The Christmas Song" ("Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire") and co-wrote the lyrics with Robert Wells.
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Mel Tormé | |
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 Tormé in 1979 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Melvin Howard Tormé |
| Born | September 13, 1925 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Died | June 5, 1999 (aged 73) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Genres | Jazz |
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| Instruments | Voice |
| Years active | 1929–1996 |
| Labels | Decca, Musicraft, Capitol, Bethlehem, Columbia, Concord |
| Associated acts | Artie Shaw, Marty Paich, George Shearing |
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