Tormé
Americannoun
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“Night Court” aired on NBC from 1984 to 1992 and featured an ensemble cast of skilled comic actors, headed by Harry Anderson as a youthful judge fond of magic tricks and jazz singer Mel Tormé.
From Washington Post • Jul. 13, 2021
It was a sweltering L.A. day in 1945 when Mel Tormé and Robert Wells cranked out the line “Chestnuts roasting on an open fire, Jack Frost nipping at your nose.”
From The New Yorker • Jan. 6, 2020
She told Mel Tormé, who wanted to book me for the show – Mel and I were friends – that she didn’t like impersonators.
From Fox News • Jan. 2, 2019
“Blue Moon” is one of those heart-rending songs that was recorded by everyone from Mel Tormé to Ella Fitzgerald.
From New York Times • Sep. 16, 2018
I hope he is in some magical afterlife doing card tricks with Mel Tormé.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2018
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