Mel Tormé discography explained

Artist:Mel Tormé
Studio:34
Live:19

This is a partial discography of American jazz singer Mel Tormé.

Studio albums

YearTitle
1954 Musical Sounds Are the Best Sounds
1955 It's a Blue World
1956 Mel Tormé and the Marty Paich Dek-Tette (with Marty Paich and his Dek-Tette)
Mel Tormé Sings Fred Astaire (with Marty Paich and his Dek-Tette)
1957Mel Tormé's California Suite (with Marty Paich and his Dek-Tette)
Tormé Meets the British
1958 Prelude to a Kiss
Mel Tormé Sings About Love
Tormé
1959
Back in Town (with the Mel-Tones)
1960 Mel Tormé Swings Shubert Alley (with Marty Paich and his Dek-Tette)
Swingin' on the Moon
1961 My Kind of Music
Broadway, Right Now! (with Margaret Whiting)
1962 Comin' Home Baby!
I Dig the Duke! I Dig the Count!
1963 Mel Tormé Sings Sunday in New York & Other Songs About New York
1965 That's All
1966 Right Now!
1968 A Day in the Life of Bonnie and Clyde
1969 A Time for Us (Love Theme from Romeo & Juliet)
Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head
1977
1978 (with Buddy Rich and his big band)
1983 Top Drawer (with George Shearing)
1985 An Elegant Evening (with George Shearing)
1986 Mel Tormé, Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass (with Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass)
1988 Mel Tormé and the Marty Paich Dektette – Reunion (with Marty Paich and his Dek-Tette)
1992 Nothing Without You (with Cleo Laine)
Christmas Songs
1994 A Tribute to Bing Crosby
1995 Velvet & Brass (with Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass)
1999 Mel Tormé at the Movies

Live albums

YearTitle
1955Mel Tormé at the Crescendo
1957 Mel Tormé at the Crescendo
Songs for Any Taste
1962 Mel Tormé at the Red Hill
1975 Mel Tormé live at the Maisonette
1981Mel Tormé and Friends
1982Encore at Marty's
The Classic Concert Live (with George Shearing and Gerry Mulligan)
An Evening with George Shearing & Mel Tormé (with George Shearing)
1983 An Evening at Charlie's (with George Shearing)
1987 A Vintage Year (with George Shearing)
1988 Mel Tormé and the Marty Paich Dektette – In Concert Tokyo (with Marty Paich and his Dek-Tette)
1990 Night at the Concord Pavilion
Mel and George "Do" World War II (with George Shearing)
Mel Tormé Live at the Fujitsu–Concord Festival 1990
1992Sing Sing Sing
1993
1996 An Evening with Mel Tormé
2002 Mel Tormé Live at the Playboy Jazz Festival (Recorded 1993)

Compilations

YearTitle
199316 Most Requested Songs
2002 The Complete Concord Recordings (with George Shearing) Includes the six studio and live albums listed above with Shearing, along with a bonus CD of unreleased recordings

Chart singles

YearSingleChart Positions
US Pop[1] [2] UK[3]
1945"I Fall in Love Too Easily"
Eugenie Baird with Mel Tormé's Mel-Tones
20-
1946"Day by Day"
Bing Crosby with Mel Tormé & His Mel-Tones
15-
1947"It's Dreamtime"
Mel Tormé with the Mel-Tones
24-
1949"Careless Hands"1-
"Again" /
"Blue Moon"
3
20
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"The Four Winds and the Seven Seas"10-
1950"The Old Master Painter"
Peggy Lee & Mel Tormé
9-
"Bewitched"8-
1952"Anywhere I Wander"30-
1956"Mountain Greenery"-4
1962"Comin' Home Baby"3613

Contributions

Notes and References

  1. Book: Whitburn, Joel. 1986. Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954. 1st. Record Research Inc.. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin. 0-89820-083-0. 421. registration.
  2. Book: Whitburn, Joel. 2003. Top Pop Singles 1955-2002. 1st. Record Research Inc.. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin. 0-89820-155-1. 718. registration.
  3. Book: Betts, Graham. 2004. Complete UK Hit Singles 1952-2004. 1st. Collins. London. 0-00-717931-6. 791.