Torme

When Torme won Grammys two years in a row in 1983-84, for "An Evening With George Shearing and Mel Torme" and "Top Drawer," he blasted the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences for failing to nominate his partner, Shearing, either time.

Legendary Jazz Pianist Dead At 91 AP 2011

"It's hard to imagine a more compatible musical partner," Shearing said after Torme died in 1999.

Legendary Jazz Pianist Dead At 91 AP 2011

Thanks to Night Court, Mel Torme really got a boost in his career, eh?

The Jerry Lewis Show (1984) - The Retroist 2010

When Torme won Grammys two years in a row in 1983-84, for "An Evening With George Shearing and Mel Torme" and "Top Drawer," he blasted the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences for failing to nominate his partner, Shearing, either time.

Legendary Jazz Pianist Dead At 91 AP 2011

She concludes with an original, hard-swinging adaptation of "Michael Row Your Boat Ashore" also a hallelujah song that sounds like something Mel Torme might have arranged for Judy Garland circa 1963.

Highlights and Dark Nights Will Friedwald 2012

In 1984, he produced a syndicated, old-time-showbizzy type thing (his sidekick was Charlie Callas; guests were people like Mel Torme and Frank Sinatra) to compete with Johnny Carson.

The Jerry Lewis Show (1984) - The Retroist 2010

Dorothy Fontana, Tracy Torme, Ann Crispin, Diane Duane, Peter David — any of these and a few hundred other people I could name would have come up with a better story than what we got here.

19 « August « 2009 « Axiom's Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy 2009

Mel Torme, Johnny Marks, and Irving Berlin were part of a wave of Jewish popular songwriting in the last century.

Merry Christmas, Garrison! « View From a Height 2009

Dorothy Fontana, Tracy Torme, Ann Crispin, Diane Duane, Peter David — any of these and a few hundred other people I could name would have come up with a better story than what we got here.

Revisiting the Movies – Star Trek: Nemesis 2009

Her mother and stepfather were the only couple dancing, swaying to the Mel Torme album they'd brought from home.

Radium Carol Reid 2012