Torme,Mel Chart Years: Selected Singles 1949-62 CD

Singer, musician, composer and actor Mel Torm? was one of the influential hit-making vocalists who emerged in the post-war years, although Torm?, as a fine jazz performer and successful songwriter, transcended the description of "crooner" often applied to his contemporaries. Making his debut when still in his teens, he had been recording since the latter years of WWII (see "Mel Torm? - The Early Years 1944-47" Acrobat ACTRCD9086), and had written the classic hit "The Christmas Song", before signing to Capitol in 1949. This great-value 52-track 2-CD collection comprises selected A & B sides of his releases on the Capitol, Coral, Bethlehem, Verve and Atlantic labels during these years, including duets with Peggy Lee and Margaret Whiting - the creative orientation of some of those labels underlines the jazz dimension of his output. It features all his chart entries from this era, including the US No.1 "Careless Hands" and the Top 10 hits "Again", "The Four Winds And The Seven Seas" and "Bewitched" and the UK Top 20 hits "Mountain Greenery" and "Comin' Home Baby". It includes recordings with some of the most noted arranger/conductors of the day, including Nelson Riddle, Billy May, Neal Hefti, Frank de Vol, Pete Rugolo, Marty Paich, Sonny Burke and others. It's a fine showcase for one of the era's classiest and most versatile performers.

1. Careless Hands 2. She's a Home Girl 3. Again 4. Blue Moon 5. You're Getting to Be a Habit with Me 6. There Isn't Any Special Reason 7. The Four Winds and the Seven Seas 8. Meadows of Heaven 9. There's a Broken Heart for Every Light on Broadway 10. Oh You Beautiful Doll 11. The Old Master Painter 12. Bless You (For the Good That's in You) 13. I Hadn't Anyone Till You 14. Cross Your Heart 15. The Piccolino 16. Bewitched 17. Do, Do, Do 18. I Owe a Kiss to a Girl in Iowa 19. Skylark 20. Lullaby of the Leaves 21. The One for Me 22. Don't Fan the Flame 23. Telling Me Yes, Telling Me No 24. My Buddy 25. You're a Heavenly Thing 26. Black Moonlight 27. Anywhere I Wander 28. Blue Skies 29. The Anything Can Happen Mambo 30. Just One More Chance 31. Tutti Frutti 32. I'se a Muggin' 33. All of You 34. Spellbound 35. Rose O'Day 36. It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) 37. Goody Goody 38. Jeepers Creepers 39. My Rosemarie 40. Mountain Greenery 41. Bernie's Tune 42. Lulu's Back in Town 43. Keeping Myself for You 44. At the Crossroads (Malaguena) 45. Frenesi 46. Walk Like a Dragon 47. Hey, Look Me Over 48. What's New at the Zoo 49. Her Face 50. Yes Indeed 51. Comin' Home Baby 52. Right Now