Birth Name: Melvin Howard Tormé
Occupation: Jazz Singer
Place Of Birth: Chicago
Date Of Birth: September 13, 1925
Date Of Death: June 5, 1999
Cause Of Death: N/A
Ethnicity: White
Nationality: American
Mel Torme was born on the 13th of September, 1925. He was famous for being a Jazz Singer. Widely popular 20th century singer known as The Velvet Fog. He is best remembered for co-writing The Christmas Song or Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire with Bob Wells.
Mel Torme was born in Chicago. He sang with the Coon-Sanders Orchestra at the age of four and was widely hailed as a child prodigy. He also acted in radio serials The Romance of Helen Trent and Jack Armstrong, the All-American Boy from 1933 until 1941. He was the teen idol of his generation after he appeared in Good News, the 1947 film musical.
Mel Torme was a Virgo and was born in the Silent Generation.
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Childhood
Mel Torme was born in 1920s. The 1920s represented an era of change and growth. The decade was one of learning and exploration. The economic boom and the Jazz Age were over, and America began the period called the Great Depression. Discover what happened on this day.
Melvin Howard Tormé is part of the Silent Generation, which followed after the G.I. Generation. As young adults during the McCarthy Era, many members of this generation felt it was dangerous to speak out. They were too young to see action in World War II and too old to participate in the fun of the Summer of Love.
Education
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Family
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Personal Life
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Mel Torme was born in the Year of the Ox.
Fast Facts
| REAL NAME: | Melvin Howard Tormé |
| NICKNAME: | The Velvet Fog, Mr. Butterscotch, The Kid With the Gauze In His Jaws |
| RELIGION: | Jewish |
| AGE GENERATION: | Silent Generation |
| BIRTH SIGN: | Virgo |
| BIRTH DAY: | Sunday |
| DEATH DAY: | Saturday |
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Horoscope
Zodiac Sign: Mel Torme was a Virgo. People of this zodiac sign like animals, healthy food, nature, cleanliness, and dislike rudeness and asking for help. The strengths of this sign are being loyal, analytical, kind, hardworking, practical, while weaknesses can be shyness, overly critical of self and others, all work and no play. The greatest overall compatibility with Virgo is Pisces and Cancer.
Chinese Zodiac: Mel Torme was born in the Year of the Dragon. People born under this sign are persistent and straightforward. They have a strong faith and can be seen as stubborn in their old ways.
Ruling Planet: Mel Torme had a ruling planet of Mercury and has a ruling planet of Mercury and by astrological associations Wednesday is ruled by Mercury. In Astrology, Mercury is the planet that rules our mindset. People who are born with Mercury as the ruling planet have communication skills, intellect and cleverness.
Mel Torme’s birth sign is Virgo and he had a ruling planet of Mercury.
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