Artist: Mel Torm

Title: The Quintet and Beyond

Condition:

Format: CD

Release Date: 2012

Label: JSP Records

UPC: 788065907228

Genre: Crooners

Album Tracks

DISC 1:
1. Stranger in Town
2. You've Laughed at Me for the Last Time
3. Am I Blue
4. Day By Day
5. Willow Road
6. I Got the Sun in the Morning
7. Try a Little Tenderness
8. It Happened in Monterey
9. Born to Be Blue
10. Get Out of Town
11. What Is This Thing Called Love
12. Changing My Tune
13. For You. for Me. for Evermore
14. Guilty
15. And So to Bed
16. Don't You Believe It Dear
17. A Little Kiss Each Morning
18. It's Dreamtime
19. You're Driving Me Crazy
20. Who Cares What People Say
21. I'm Yours
22. I Can't Give You Anything But Love
23. My Baby Just Cares for Me
24. Love, You Funny Thing
25. Dance Ballerina Dance
26. If I Had a Girl Like You
27. Until the Real Thing Comes Along

DISC 2:
1. But Beautiful
2. Love Is the Sweetest Thing
3. Gone with the Wind
4. I Cover the Waterfront
5. County Fair
6. A Foggy Day in London Town
7. Makin' Whoopee!
8. Little White Lies
9. Night and Day
10. Three Little Words
11. Love Me or Leave Me
12. Do, Do, Do
13. Careless Hands
14. Stompin' at the Savoy
15. You're Getting to Be a Habit with Me
16. Blue Moon
17. Again
18. The Four Winds and the Seven Seas
19. It's Too Late Now
20. Sonny Boy
21. Oh You Beautiful Doll
22. The Old Master Painter
23. I Hadn't Anyone Till You
24. Cross Your Heart
25. Skylark
26. Lullaby of the Leaves
27. Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered

DISC 3:
1. The Original "California Suite": Mountain Desert Theme/The Golden West/We T
2. Recipe for Romance
3. My Buddy
4. You're a Heavenly Thing
5. Don't Fan the Flame
6. A Stranger in Town
7. Anything Can Happen Mambo
8. Blue Skies
9. Rose O'Day
10. Hold Tight (Want Some Seafood Mama)
11. All of You
12. Spellbound
13. The Hut Sut Song
14. Cement Mixer
15. That Old Black Magic [Live]
16. Mountain Greenery [Live]
17. County Fair [Live]
18. The Christmas Song [Live]

DISC 4:
1. Goody, Goody [Live]
2. Bernie's Tune [Live]
3. Ghost of a Chance
4. I'm Getting Sentimental Over You
5. Prelude to a Kiss
6. I've Got the World on a String
7. Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
8. I Surrender Dear
9. Don't Worry 'Bout Me
10. One Morning in May
11. I Can't Give You Anything But Love
12. I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart
13. Via Con Dios
14. Six Lessons from Madam la Zonga
15. Nina
16. Frenesi
17. South of the Border
18. Perfidia
19. The Rhumba Jumps
20. Malaguena (At the Crossroads)
21. Cuban Love Song
22. Rosita
23. Adios
24. Baia
25. Baubles, Bangles and Beads
26. A Sleepin' Bee
27. The Surrey with the Fringe on Top
28. All I Need Is the Gin

Collection of early recordings from the Jazz composer and entertainer. Although Mel Torme allegedly disliked being tagged 'The Velvet Fog', the name certainly goes some way to describe his pitch perfect high baritone range, particularly during the early years of his singing career. And he was much more than a song stylist. At various stage he was a composer, conductor, instrumentalist, (drums and piano), actor, raconteur and author. Born in 1925, the young Mel showed signs of musical prowess, as a four year old he made his vocal debut with the Coon-Sanders Orchestra in Chicago. Later he was a child actor on radio. Aged 13, his first published song Lament to Love was recorded by Harry James. Later he made the first of several movie appearances. In 1944, the vocal quintet 'Mel Torme And His Mel-Tones' made a big impact on radio. He was on the way as a national star.