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An Elegant Evening
''An Elegant Evening'' is a 1985 studio album by the American jazz singer Mel Tormé, accompanied by George Shearing. Track listing #"I'll Be Seeing You (song), I'll Be Seeing You" (Sammy Fain, Irving Kahal) – 3:29 #Medley: "Love and the Moon"/"Oh, You Crazy Moon"/"No Moon at All" (Mel Tormé)/(Johnny Burke (lyricist), Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen)/(Redd Evans, David Mann (songwriter), David Mann) – 4:17 #"After the Waltz Is Over" (Tormé, Robert Wells (songwriter), Bob Wells) – 5:07 #"This Time the Dream's on Me" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) – 3:23 #"Last Night When We Were Young" (Arlen, Yip Harburg) – 5:17 #"You Changed My Life" (George Shearing, George David Weiss) – 2:31 #"I Had the Craziest Dream"/"Darn That Dream" (Mack Gordon, Harry Warren)/(Van Heusen, Eddie DeLange) – 4:20 #"Brigg Fair" (Traditional) – 4:19 #"My Foolish Heart (song), My Foolish Heart" (Ned Washington, Victor Young) – 6:10 #"You're Driving Me Crazy" (Walter Donaldson) – 4:41 Per ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mel Tormé
Melvin Howard Tormé (September 13, 1925 – June 5, 1999), nicknamed "The Velvet Fog", was an American musician, singer, composer, arranger, drummer, actor, and author. He composed the music for "The Christmas Song" ("Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire") and co-wrote the lyrics with Bob Wells. Early life Melvin Howard Tormé was born in Chicago, Illinois, to William David Torme, a Jewish immigrant from Poland, and Betty Torme (née Sopkin), a New York City native. He graduated from Hyde Park High School. A child prodigy, he first performed professionally at age four with the Coon-Sanders Orchestra, singing "You're Driving Me Crazy" at Chicago's Blackhawk restaurant. He played drums in the drum-and-bugle corps at Shakespeare Elementary School. From 1933 to 1941, he acted in the radio programs ''The Romance of Helen Trent'' and ''Jack Armstrong, the All-American Boy''. He wrote his first song at 13. Three years later his first published song, "Lament to Love", became a hit for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
