Mel Torme - The Early Years 1944-47 (2019)

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Artist: Mel Torme
Title: The Early Years 1944-47
Year Of Release: 2019
Label: Acrobat Records
Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Swing
Quality: FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 02:59:04
Total Size: 555 mb
WebSite: Album Preview

Tracklist:

CD1

[02:54] 1. Mel Torme & The Mel-Tones - A Stranger In Town
[03:00] 2. Mel Torme & The Mel-Tones - You've Laughed At Me For The Last Time
[02:22] 3. Mel Torme & His Meltones With Eugenie Baird - Am I Blue '
[02:50] 4. Mel Torme, The Mel-Tones & Bing Crosby - Day By Day
[02:16] 5. Mel Torme, The Mel-Tones & Bing Crosby - Prove It By The Things You Do
[02:56] 6. Mel Torme & The Mel-Tones - St. Louis Blues
[03:10] 7. Mel Torme & The Mel-Tones - On The Acheson, Topeka And Santa Fé
[02:56] 8. Mel Torme & The Mel-Tones With Sonny Burke & His Orchestra - There's No One But You
[03:01] 9. Mel Torme & The Mel-Tones With Sonny Burke & His Orchestra - Willow Road
[02:51] 10. Mel Torme & The Mel-Tones With Sonny Burke & His Orchestra - That's Where I Came In
[02:58] 11. Artie Shaw & His Orchestra with Mel Torme & The Mel-Tones - I Got The Sun In The Morning
[03:07] 12. Mel Torme & His Mel-Tones With Sonny Burke And His Orch. - Try A Little Tenderness
[03:06] 13. Mel Torme & His Mel-Tones With Sonny Burke And His Orch. - South America, Take It Away
[02:49] 14. Mel Torme & His Mel-Tones With Sonny Burke And His Orch. - It Happened In Monterey
[02:36] 15. Mel Torme & His Mel-Tones With Sonny Burke And His Orch. - Born To Be Blue
[02:59] 16. Mel Torme & The Mel-Tones - What Is This Thing Called Love
[03:14] 17. Artie Shaw & His Orchestra - Get Out Of Town
[02:38] 18. Mel Torme & The Mel-Tones - Changing My Tune
[03:08] 19. Artie Shaw & His Orchestra - They Can't Convince Me
[03:07] 20. Mel Torme & The Mel-Tones - Guilty
[02:32] 21. Mel Torme & The Mel-Tones - And So To Bed

CD2

[02:35] 1. Mel Torme & The Mel-Tones - Don't You Believe It Dear
[02:55] 2. Mel Torme & The Mel-Tones With Ray Linn & His Orchestra - A Little Kiss Each Morning
[03:01] 3. Mel Torme & The Mel-Tones With Ray Linn & His Orchestra - Dream Awhile
[02:54] 4. Mel Torme & The Mel-Tones With Ray Linn & His Orchestra - There's No Business Like Show Business
[02:48] 5. Artie Shaw & His Orchestra - I Believe
[03:01] 6. Artie Shaw & His Orchestra - It's The Same Old Dream
[03:02] 7. Mel Torme With Sonny Burke And His Orch. - It's Dreamtime
[02:13] 8. Mel Torme With Sonny Burke And His Orch. - You're Driving Me Crazy
[02:57] 9. Mel Torme With Sonny Burke And His Orch. - Who Cares What People Say'
[03:02] 10. Mel Torme With Sonny Burke And His Orch. - I'm Yours
[03:11] 11. Mel Torme With Walter Gross And His Orch. - How Long Has This Been Going On'
[02:47] 12. Mel Torme With Walter Gross And His Orch. - Kokomo, Indiana
[02:54] 13. Mel Torme With Walter Gross And His Orch. - Boulevard Of Memories
[03:00] 14. Mel Torme With Walter Gross And His Orch. - It's Easy To Remember
[03:03] 15. Mel Torme with The Page Cavanaugh trio - I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby
[01:59] 16. Mel Torme with The Page Cavanaugh trio - Three Little Words
[02:58] 17. Mel Torme with The Page Cavanaugh trio - Love, You Funny Thing
[02:58] 18. Mel Torme with The Page Cavanaugh trio - I'll Always Be In Love With You
[03:04] 19. Mel Torme with The Page Cavanaugh trio - Fine And Dandy
[02:41] 20. Mel Torme with The Page Cavanaugh trio - The Day You Came Along

CD3

[03:04] 1. Mel Torme with The Page Cavanaugh trio - And Mimi
[02:40] 2. Mel Torme with The Page Cavanaugh trio - My Baby Just Cares For Me
[02:59] 3. Mel Torme with The Page Cavanaugh trio - What Are You Doing New Year's Eve'
[03:13] 4. Mel Torme with The Page Cavanaugh trio - Ballerina
[02:48] 5. Mel Torme with The Page Cavanaugh trio - Magic Town
[02:51] 6. Mel Torme with The Page Cavanaugh trio - The Best Things In Life Are Free
[02:45] 7. Mel Torme with The Page Cavanaugh trio - If I Had A Girl Like You
[02:43] 8. Mel Torme With Hal Mooney & His Orch. - But Beautiful
[03:06] 9. Mel Torme With Hal Mooney & His Orch. - A Cottage For Sale
[02:53] 10. Mel Torme With Hal Mooney & His Orch. - Until The Real Thing Comes Along
[02:59] 11. Mel Torme With Hal Mooney & His Orch. - Gone With The Wind
[02:53] 12. Mel Torme With Hal Mooney & His Orch. - Makin' Whoopee
[02:52] 13. Mel Torme With Hal Mooney & His Orch. - Do It Again
[02:42] 14. Mel Torme With Hal Mooney & His Orch. - Night And Day
[03:00] 15. Mel Torme With Hal Mooney & His Orch. - Little White Lies
[02:45] 16. Mel Torme With Hal Mooney & His Orch. - A Foggy Day
[04:32] 17. Mel Torme With Hal Mooney & His Orch. - County Fair
[04:30] 18. Mel Torme With Hal Mooney & His Orch. - I Cover The Waterfront
[03:07] 19. Mel Torme With Hal Mooney & His Orch. - When Is Sometime
[03:06] 20. Mel Torme With Hal Mooney & His Orch. - Love Is The Sweetest Thing

Mel Torme was a singer, songwriter and arranger who was prominent throughout the post-war decades, enjoying chart hits into the 1960s, but who came to the fore in his late teens during the early as leader of the vocal group The Mel-Tones, having been an entertainer since his childhood. Born in 1925, he started singing professionally at the age of 4, acted on radio, was in the Chico Marx Band in 1942 and appeared in Frank Sinatra’s first film in 1943. He formed the Mel-Tones the following year, modelled on the Pied Pipers and with future star bandleader Les Baxter as a member. This 61-track 3-CD set comprises Torme’s recordings for Decca leading the Mel-Tones as they recorded both under their own name and with artists like Bing Crosby and Eugenie Baird and on Musicraft as featured artists with Artie Shaw’s orchestra, and in their own right with Sonny Burke’s orchestra, before Torme began recording solo with Shaw and Burke, and then with the orchestras of Walter Gross and Hal Mooney as well as the Page Cavanaugh Trio. During this time he wrote “The Christmas Song”, a big 1946 hit for Nat King Cole, but did not record it himself. The anthology includes the large majority of the recordings he made during this era before he was even 23 years old, and it demonstrates the maturity and breadth of the talent which made him one of the classiest vocalists of his generation.

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