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Early life. Melvin Howard Tormé was born in Chicago, Illinois, to William David Tormé, a Jewish immigrant from Poland, and Betty Tormé (née Sopkin), a New York City native. [3] [4] [5] He graduated from Hyde Park High School. [6]
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8 de ago. de 2012 · August 8: Mel Tormé. A stroke on this date in 1996 abruptly ended the 65-year singing career of Mel Torme, whose Russian Jewish immigrant parents had their name changed from Torma to Torme, missing only the accent, at Ellis Island.
10 de jun. de 1999 · Torme, who died Saturday at 73 of complications from a stroke he suffered in 1996, was born to Russian Jewish immigrant parents on Chicago’s South Side. Immigration officials had changed the ...
Mel Tormé. Jazz hero dubbed 'the Velvet Fog' by fans and peers. Ronald Atkins. Sun 6 Jun 1999 20.39 EDT. Calling his autobiography It Wasn't All Velvet, a nod to his nickname the Velvet Fog,...
6 de jun. de 1999 · The son of Russian-Jewish immigrants whose name mistakenly had been changed from Torma to Torme by a U.S. immigration agent, Melvin showed what a musical prodigy he was by singing a song...
13 de sept. de 1988 · Over the last decade, Mr. Torme, whose warmly embracing baritone earned him the dubious nickname the Velvet Fog when he was a 21-year-old crooner, has become an institution, performing at jazz...
6 de jun. de 1999 · Melvin Howard Torme was born on the South Side of Chicago on Sept. 13, 1925, to a working-class Jewish family. His parents were immigrants whose name had been changed from Torma to Torme by...
