Mel Torme

Tormé hie allochtone, Russysk-Joadske âlden mei de efternamme Torma. Dy namme waard lykwols feroare yn Tormé. Hy song foar it earst as berops, doe't er fjouwer jier wie, mei it Coon-Sanders Orkest yn in restaurant ("You're Driving Me Crazy" (Frysk: "Ik wurdt mâl fan dy"). Tusken 1933 en 1941 trede er op yn ferskate radioprogramma's. Hy skreau syn earste nûmer Lament to Love doe't er 13 wie; it waard trije jier letter útbrocht. As tsiender song, arranzjearre en drumde er. Hy drumde yn in band laat fan Chico Marx (fan de Marx Brothers).

• The Other Side of the Rainbow (1970), oer syn tiid as muzikaal adviseur fan Judy Garlands tv-show
• Wynner (1978), roman
• It Wasn't All Velvet (1988)
• Traps — The Drum Wonder: The Life of Buddy Rich (1991)
• My Singing Teachers: Reflections on Singing Popular Music (1994)

• Higher and Higher (1943)
• Ghost Catchers (1944)
• Pardon My Rhythm (1944)
• Resisting Enemy Interrogation (1944)
• Let's Go Steady (1945)
• Junior Miss (1945)
• The Crimson Canary (1945)
• Janie Gets Married (1946)
• Good News (1947)
• Words and Music (1948)
• Duchess of Idaho (1950)
• The Fearmakers (1958)
• The Big Operator (1959)
• Girls Town (1959)
• Walk Like a Dragon (1960)
• The Private Lives of Adam and Eve (1960)
• The Patsy (1964)
• A Man Called Adam (1966)
• Land of No Return (1978)
• Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got (1985)
• The Night of the Living Duck (1988)
• Daffy Duck's Quackbusters (1988)
• The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (1991)

• The Mel Tormé Show (1951–1952)
• TV's Top Tunes (presintator yn 1951)
• Summertime U.S.A. (1953)
• The Comedian (1957)
• The Pat Boone Chevy Showroom (1960)
• To Tell the Truth (1964)
• The Lucy Show as Mel Tinker (1965–1967)
• Run for Your Life, with Ben Gazzarra
• You Don't Say! (1967)
• The Virginian (spesjale gast 1968)
• It Was a Very Good Year (1971)
• Pray TV (1982)
• Hotel (1983)
• Night Court (1986–1992)
• A Spinal Tap Reunion: The 25th Anniversary London Sell-Out (1992)
• Pops Goes the Fourth (1995)
• Seinfeld (1995)
• Sliders (1996)