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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 composed the music for the classic holiday song "The Christmas Song" ("Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire") and co-wrote the lyrics with Bob Wells.

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Discography

A Time for Us, 1969
It's a Blue World, 1995
Ole Tormé: Mel Tormé Goes South of the Border With Billy May, 2003
Lulu's Back In Town
Christmas Songs, 1992
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Just Jazz: Mel Tormé With the Chris Gunning Orchestra, 2005
Top Drawer, 1983
Right Now!, 1997
Mel Tormé, Rob McConnell & The Boss Brass
London Sessions, 2003
Complete Concord Recordings, 2002
An Elegant Evening, 1985
Smooth as Velvet
Nothing Without You
Swingin' on the Moon, 1960
Luck Be a Lady
The Duke Ellington and Count Basie Songbooks, 2005
Just Jazz: Together Again for the First Time, 2006
Mel & George "Do" World War II, 1991
Comin' Home Baby, 1997
Reunion, 1988
Prelude to a Kiss, 1996
My Kind of Music, 2000
Velvet & Brass, 1995
Songs of New York
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