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Right Now! - Mel Tormé

Right Now! - Mel Tormé

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(11 tracks - 31 mins)

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When Mel Tormé signed with Columbia in the mid-'60s, the jazz singer was talked into recording current pop tunes.

The resulting music is so bad as to be laughable.

Even fans of lounge music will find Tormé's treatments of a variety of teen songs (he was over 40 at the time) to be quite awkward and embarrassing.

Imagine hearing Mel Tormé trying to sound hip on "Walk on By," "If I Had a Hammer," "Strangers in the Night," "Secret Agent Man," "Molly Marlene" (which is about a go-go girl), and "Dominique's Discotheque," all of which have dated pop rhythms and background singers.

One of the obvious low points of his career.

Title/Composers Performer Listen Time Size Size
1
Comin' Home Baby
Bob Dorough, Ben Tucker
Mel TorméPlay03:227 MB0 MB
2
Homeward Bound
Paul Simon
Mel TorméPlay02:335 MB0 MB
3
My Little Red Book
Burt Bacharach, Hal David
Mel TorméPlay02:406 MB0 MB
4
Walk on By
Burt Bacharach, Hal David
Mel TorméPlay02:566 MB0 MB
5
If I Had a Hammer
Lee Hays, Pete Seeger
Mel TorméPlay03:057 MB0 MB
6
Better Use Your Head
Vargus Pike, Teddy Randazzo
Mel TorméPlay02:526 MB0 MB
7
Time
Michael Merchant
Mel TorméPlay03:418 MB0 MB
8
Secret Agent Man
Steve Barri, P.F. Sloan
Mel TorméPlay02:355 MB0 MB
9
Pretty Flamingo
Mark Barkan
Mel TorméPlay02:285 MB0 MB
10
Red Rubber Ball
Paul Simon, Bruce Woodley
Mel TorméPlay02:366 MB0 MB
11
Strangers In the Night (Live)
Mel TormePlay02:426 MB0 MB
31 mins72 MB
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Artist Job
1
Burt Bacharach
Composer
2
Robert Barene
Violin
3
Mark Barkan
Composer
4
Steve Barri
Composer
5
Arnold Belnick
Violin
6
Harry Bluestone
Violin
7
Gary Coleman
Vibraphone
8
Hal David
Composer
9
Joseph DiFiore
Viola
10
Bob Dorough
Composer
11
Ernie Freeman
Arranger, Conductor
12
Mort Garson
Arranger, Conductor
13
James Getzoff
Violin
14
Arnold Goland
Arranger, Conductor
15
Jim Gordon
Drums
16
Lee Hays
Composer
17
Bert Kaempfert
Composer
18
Armand Karpoff
Cello
19
Al McKibbon
Bass
20
Michael Melovin
Piano
21
Michael Merchant
Composer
22
Vargus Pike
Composer
23
Teddy Randazzo
Composer
24
Howard Roberts
Guitar
25
Shorty Rogers
Arranger, Conductor
26
Henry Ross
Violin
27
Nathan Ross
Violin
28
Myron Sadler
Viola
29
Pete Seeger
Composer
30
Frederick Seykora
Cello
31
Sidney Sharp
Violin
32
Paul Simon
Composer
33
Charlie Singleton
Composer
34
P.F. Sloan
Composer
35
Eddie Snyder
Composer
36
Marshall Sosson
Violin
37
Allen Stanton
Producer
38
Mel Tormé
Drums, Primary Artist, Vocals
39
Ben Tucker
Composer
40
Bruce Woodley
Composer

Mel Tormé

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