Posts Tagged Mel Torme

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September 17, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 51

Mel Tormé, The Velvet Fog (1970) So many crooners. So many good singers. Singing so many good songs. I got to Mel Tormé in the silliest of ways – but it’s one that is in keeping with my generation’s way of being introduced to things I guess. The TV show Night Court, a favourite features […]

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November 16, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Drummers You Just Can’t Beat: # 15 – Buddy Rich

I recently re-read Traps – The Drum Wonder: The Life of Buddy Rich. It’s a Buddy Rich biography written by his pal Mel Tomé. Tomé, as well as being a singer (known as “The Velvet Fog”) had a background as a drummer. Rich, as well as being a drummer (one of the first household-names within […]