Thursday 13 February 2014

A STRANGER IN TOWN...



Whaddya mean, who's MEL TORME?  Hang
your heads in shame!  He's only one of the greatest
vocalists of the 20th century, that's who!  Don't believe
me?  Then click on the above link and prepare to have
your doubts dispelled, you li'l ol' unbelievers you.
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9 comments:

  1. John Pitt13 February 2014 at 17:37

    Any lovers of Christmas songs , like myself will KNOW who he is!

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  2. Kid13 February 2014 at 17:45

    Although, JP, you'd be surprised (as I was) by the amount of people who know that song, but don't know who Mel Torme is. Strange, eh?

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  3. Gey Blabby13 February 2014 at 22:28

    "Jimmy loves The Velvet Fog."

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  4. TwoHeadedBoy14 February 2014 at 01:25

    Daffy Duck introduced me to Mel, a long long time ago - in the opening scene of Daffy Duck's Quackbusters (1989), our hero is tasked with singing to a club full of monsters. He drinks from a bottle marked "Eau du Torme", and then there's Mel voicing Daffy Duck, singing the wonderful "Monsters Lead Such Interesting Lives".

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  5. Kid14 February 2014 at 01:50

    GB, apparently he wasn't wild about that appellation as it was often misquoted by comedians as 'The Velvet Frog'.

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    Don't recall seeing that, THB - must look out for it. Daffy Duck, eh? Surely one of the finest comedy creations of the 20th century.

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  6. David14 February 2014 at 15:34

    If you head over to http://www.newsfromme.com/pov/col245/ you can read a lovely annecdote about Mel Torme

    David Simpson

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  7. Kid14 February 2014 at 15:37

    Thanks, David - I read it a couple of years ago and again only recently when Mark provided a link for it in another post. I'd certainly recommend it to others.

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  8. TwoHeadedBoy14 February 2014 at 20:50

    Here you go - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGYJtI37Y7M

    Quick, before Warner Bros. deletes it!

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  9. Kid14 February 2014 at 21:35

    Thanks, THB - that was funny. Can't help wishing it was cinema-quality animation 'though, instead of the cheaper TV-type.

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