Mel Tormé

Melvin Howard Tormé

Born September 13, 1925· Chicago, Illinois, USA

† Died June 5, 1999

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Born in Chicago to a Jewish family, his only formal musical instruction came from his uncle Al, who taught him ukulele and clarinet before a prodigious start at age four with the Coon-Sanders Orchestra. After early radio roles on The Romance of Helen Trent and Jack Armstrong, he entered film with Frank Sinatra’s debut picture Higher and Higher (1943) and gained teen-idol status in the 1947 musical…

Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources