Biographies: Mel Tormé - Actor

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American singer and actor, born in Chicago, Illinois, on September 13, 1925. Mel was awarded the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1999, and also received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his music recordings. He started singing professionally at age four, and played the drums as a teenager. He formed his own group in the 40s and was nicknamed "The Velvet Fog" because of his mellow tenor voice. Mel was a songwriter, most notably co-writing "The Christmas Song" with Bob Wells, and he also wrote several books, including biographies of Judy Garland and Buddy Rich. His film debut was in Higher and Higher (1943) with Frank Sinatra, after which he appeared in a number of films and TV series till 1996. He was married four times and had five children. He died of a stroke in 1999 at the age of 73.

• 3 September 2021
• farah ashraf