The Mel-Tones

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Les Baxter Mel Tormé Sue Allen Bernie Parke Ginny O’Connor Betty Beveridge Paul Fredricks

American modern vocal group, they appeared in several motion pictures and numerous radio shows, later the name was expanded to Mel Tormé and the Mel-Tones in recognition of Mel Tormé’s dual role as the arranger and solo vocalist. The group disbanded in 1947, when Mel Tormé started his solo career.

Members were Bernie Parke, Diz Disruhd, Betty Beveridge, and Ginny O’Connor, plus Tormé who doubled as arranger. Disruhd was replaced by Les Baxter in 1944.

ALBUMS

Artie Shaw Featuring Mel Torme* & The Mel-Tones

What Is This Thing Called Love

1997, CD, Comp, President Records,

Big Band/Swing/Vocal

Mel Tormé And The Mel-Tones

There's No One But You

Mel Torme* With The Mel-Tones

Mel Torme Live With The Mel-Tones, Volume Two

1986, LP, Sounds Great Records,

Mel Tormé, The Mel-Tones

Mel Torme Live Volume One

Mel Tormé With His Mel-Tones*, Harold Mooney*

Mel Tormé Sings His California Suite

Mel Tormé And The Mel-Tones With Sonny Burke & His Orchestra*

It Happened In Monterey

1982, LP, Comp, Musicraft,

Artie Shaw And His Orchestra, Mel Tormé, The Mel-Tones

Artie Shaw And His Orchestra With Strings Featuring Mel Tormé And His Mel-Tones (Vol. 2)

Mel Torme* With The Meltones* And Artie Shaw

Mel Torme With The Meltones And Artie Shaw

1976, LP, Comp, Everest Records Archive Of Folk & Jazz Music,

Artie Shaw And His Orchestra Featuring Mel Torme* & The Meltones*

1965, 7", EP, A•R•C Records,

Mel Tormé And The Meltones* With Artie Shaw And His Orchestra

Mel Tormé And The Meltones

1965, LP, Comp, Sem, Presto

Artie Shaw And His Orchestra With Mel Tormé And The Meltones*

Artie Shaw And His Orchestra Also Featuring Mel Tormé And The Meltones

Mel Tormé & The Meltones* With Artie Shaw And His Orchestra

What Is This Thing Called Love / There's No Business Like Show-Business

1961, 7", Single, MGM Records

Mel Tormé with The Mel-Tones

Big Band/Vocal/Cool Jazz

Mel Tormé With The Meltones*

Artie Shaw And His Orchestra / Vocalists: Kitty Kallen, Teddy Walters, Mel Tormé And The Mel-Tones

Artie Shaw Plays Cole Porter

Mel Torme* With The Mel-Tones

How / My Rosemarie

Charles Watkins / The Meltones*

Christmas Morn / White Christmas

Mel Tormé And The Mel-Tones

That's Where I Came In / There's No Business Like Show Business

1947, Shellac, 10", Musicraft

Mel Tormé And The Mel-Tones

Dream Awhile / There's No Business Like Show Business

1947, Shellac, 10", Musicraft

Mel Torme* And His Mel-Tones*

Night Must Fall / I’m Down To My Last Dream

1947, Shellac, 10", Decca

Artie Shaw And His Orchestra / Artie Shaw And His Orchestra Featuring Mel Tormé And His Mel-Tones*

Connecticut / Don't You Believe It Dear

Mel Torme* And His Mel-Tones* With Sonny Burke And His Orchestra / Mel Torme* With Sonny Burke And His Orchestra

It Happened In Monterey / Born To Be Blue

1946, Shellac, 10", Musicraft,

Mel Torme* And The Meltones* With Sonny Burke And His Orchestra

There’s No One But You / Willow Road

1946, Shellac, 10", Musicraft

Artie Shaw And His Orchestra , Vocal By Mel Torme* And The Meltones*

I Got The Sun In The Morning / Along With Me

Mel Tormé And His Mel-Tones*

Try A Little Tenderness / Willow Road

Mel Tormé And His Mel-Tones* With Sonny Burke And His Orchestra

South America, Take It Away / Try A Little Tenderness

Eugenie Baird With Mel Torme* And His The Mel-Tones

I Fall In Love Too Easily / Am I Blue

1945, Shellac, 10", Decca

Where Or When / White Christmas

1945, Shellac, 10", Jewel,

Mel Torme* And His Mel-Tones*

A Stranger In Town / You've Laughed At Me For The Last Time

Artie Shaw And His Orchestra Featuring Mel Tormé And The Meltones*

Artie Shaw And His Orchestra Featuring Mel Tormé And The Meltones

LP, Comp, Society

Mel Tormé, The Mel-Tones

Jeri Sullivan, Babe Russin, Mel Tormé And The The Mel-Tones, The AFRS Swing Band / The AFRS String Orchestra

Swingtime / Serenade For Strings

Vinyl, 16", Transcription, Armed Forces Radio Service

Boyd Raeburn With Mel Torme* and The Mel-Tones and Dodo Marmarosa

Boyd Raeburn's Jubilee

LP, Mono, Joyce

Johnny Mercer, Ziggy Elman, Mel Tormé And The The Mel-Tones, The AFRS Swing Band, Murray McEachern / The AFRS String Orchestra, Harry Von Zell

Swingtime / Serenade For Strings

Vinyl, 16", Transcription, Armed Forces Radio Service

Bring Back The Fun Days When People Used To Dance Together

LP, Cozy Record Company

Mel Tormé And The Mel-Tones

Bop/Swing/Vocal

Bing Crosby With Mel Tormé And The Mel-Tones

Prove It By The Things You Do / Day By Day

APPEARANCES +

Mel Tormé With The Marty Paich Orchestra* Featuring Art Pepper

Swings Shubert Alley + Back In Town

2012, CD, Album, Comp, Phoenix Records (15)

2012, 3xCD, Comp, Memory Lane Media Ltd,

Easy Listening/Big Band

2010, CD, Album, Comp, Fuel 2000

You're Driving Me Crazy

2009, CD, Comp, Edel Records,

2008, 10xCD, Comp + DVD, NTSC, Storyville,

The Art Pepper-Marty Paich Sessions

2007, CD, Comp, RE, Lone Hill Jazz

Say It Isn't So - Songs Of Irving Berlin

2006, CD, Comp, Mono, Naxos Nostalgia,

The Artie Shaw Story

2005, 4xCD, Comp, Proper Records (2),

Artie Shaw And His Orchestra

A Memorial Album

2005, CD, Comp, Sounds Of Yester Year, Submarine Records,

Bing Crosby And Friends*

Bing Crosby And Friends

2004, 2xCD, Comp, Red Line (3)

Artie Shaw And His Orchestra

2003, CD, Comp, Prism Leisure,

Recipe For Romance

2001, CD, Comp, Mono, Tim Cz,

Boyd Raeburn And His Orchestra

2000, CD, Comp, Storyville,

The Complete Johnny Mercer Songbooks

Big Band/Vocal/Bop/Swing

At M-G-M - Motion Picture Soundtrack Anthology

1946 Changing The Tune - A Portrait Of A Year In Music

1995, CD, Comp, Phontastic,

Big Band/Bop/Swing

The Essential Mel Torme

1995, 3xCD, Album, Comp, Mono + Box, Laserlight Digital

Easter Parade (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Boyd Raeburn And His Orchestra

Jubilee Performances - 1946

'Round Midnight

Artie Shaw And His Orchestra With Strings*

Volume 2 - You Do Something To Me

1987, CD, Comp, Musicraft

1986, 2xLP, Comp + Box, Time Life Music,

The Greatest Recordings Of The Big Band Era

1984, 2xLP, Comp, Red + Box, The Franklin Mint Record Society

Artie Shaw And His Orchestra

The Greatest Recordings Of The Big Band Era

1984, Cass, Comp, The Franklin Mint Record Society,

Clarinet Magic With The Big Band And Strings (Volume 1)

The Velvet Fog. Mel Tormé

1976, LP, Comp, Drum

"Voice In Velvet"

1956, 7", EP, MGM Records,

Artie Shaw Plays Cole Porter

Do-Do-Do / Recipe For Romance

Sings His Own California Suite

Ray Noble And His Orchestra / Artie Shaw And His Band* / Les Paul And His Trio

Linda / What Is This Thing Called Love / It's The Talk Of The Town

1947, 12", V Disc,

Artie Shaw And His Orchestra

For You, For Me, For Evermore / Changing My Tune

Artie Shaw Plays Cole Porter

Artie Shaw And His Orchestra

They Can't Convince Me / And So To Bed

Artie Shaw And His Orchestra

Guilty / Anniversary Song

Artie Shaw And His Orchestra

In The Still Of The Night / What Is This Thing Called Love

Artie Shaw And His Orchestra

And So To Bed / I Believe

Shellac, 10", Parlophone

Mel Tormé With The Marty Paich Orchestra*

Swings Shubert Alley + Back In Town

Swing/Vocal/Bop/Big Band

That Everswingin'

The Early Years 1944-47

2019, 3xCD, Comp, Acrobat

The Lou Busch/Joe "Fingers" Carr Collection 1940-62

2018, 4xCD, Comp, Acrobat

West Coast Vocalists, Une Revolution En Douceur, Cry Me A River, 1953-1961

2017, 3xCD, Comp, Frémeaux & Associés,

Vocal/Easy Listening

The Les Baxter Collection 1943-62

2017, 4xCD, Comp, Acrobat Music,

The Ultimate Crooners

2016, 2xCD, Comp, Union Square Production, My Kind Of Music,

Easy Listening/Vocal

All-Star Jazz Salute To George Gershwin

2015, 3xCD, Comp, AAO Music,

Bop/Cool Jazz/Swing

Silver Screen Musical Memories

2010, CD, Comp, RM, TCM Turner Classic Movies Music, Rhino Movie Music

The Essential Collection

2009, 2xCD, Comp, Avid Entertainment, WE Westend

Singin' In The Rain (Original Songs From Turner Classic Movies)

2007, CD, Comp, Compass Productions, Rhino Custom Products,

Vocal/Soundtrack

Original Movie Themes

2007, 10xCD, Comp + Box, Documents

George Gershwin

The Essential Collection

2006, 2xCD, Comp, Avid Entertainment, WE Westend

In The Mood - The Dance Band Years

2006, 5xCD, Comp, Reader's Digest,

The Ultimate Jazz Archive

2005, 168xCD, Comp + Box, Membran,

Ragtime/Dixieland/Swing/Big Band/Bop/Boogie Woogie/Dark Jazz/Delta Blues/Chicago Blues/Electric Blues/Memphis Blues/Rhythm & Blues

Easy To Love: 40 Great Tracks

2005, Box, Comp + 2xCD, Comp, The Platinum Collection

Velvet Martini - Smooth Sounds For Another Round

2005, 4xCD, Comp, Direct Source Special Products Inc.,

Easy Listening/Smooth Jazz/Vocal/Swing

June Christy / Frank Sinatra / Dinah Washington / Mel Tormé

The Ultimate Jazz Archive - Vocalists

Swing/Contemporary Jazz/Easy Listening/Vocal

The Swing Years - Lullaby Of Broadway

2004, DVD-V, Smplr, NTSC, Unforgettable,

American Dream Duets

2003, CD, Comp, ZYX Music,

Late Night Jazz

2003, 3xCD, Comp, Soho,

2002, CD, Comp, Acrobat,

The Groups Sing: From The Big Band Era And Beyond

2002, 2xCD, Comp, Jasmine Records,

The Velvet Fog- Early Hits 1944-1949

2000, CD, Comp, Mono, ASV, Living Era,

2000, CD, Comp, ABM,

Caramba! It's The Samba!

1999, CD, Comp, Castle Pie

Musical Legends 1

1999, CD, Comp, Madacy Entertainment, Madacy Entertainment,

The Sound Of The Movies - Judy Garland Vol.2

A (Musical) Anthology

1998, CD, Comp, Capitol Records,

George Gershwin

1998, CD, Comp, RM, Avid, Avid,

Big Band/Musical

Jazz For Lovers Volume 5

1997, CD, Comp, Verve Records

The Mel Tormé Collection 1944 - 1985

1996, 4xCD, Comp + Box, Rhino Records (2),

Bop/Easy Listening/Cool Jazz/Vocal/Ballad

Dynamic Duos:Memorable Meetings In Jazz

1996, CD, Album, Comp, Drive Archive

That's Entertainment! (The Ultimate Anthology Of M-G-M Musicals)

Great Romantic Memories Of The War Years

Swing/Big Band/Vocal

Jazz Giants. Special Price Sampler Spring 1992

1992, CD, Album, Comp, Promo, PolyGram, Music World (12),

The Complete Cole Porter Songbooks

Hard Bop/Big Band/Easy Listening

American Songbook Series: George Gershwin

Vocal/Operetta/Ballad

The Best Of The Capitol Years

1990, CD, Comp, Mono, Verve Records,

Smooth Jazz/Cool Jazz/Latin Jazz

The Golden Age Of Swing

1990, 8xLP, Comp + Box, Reader's Digest,

Night And Day - The Cole Porter Songbook

Hard Bop/Easy Listening

Good Old Songs Vol.2

1983, LP, Comp, Alcohall,

The Great Verve Songbook

Bing Sings 96 Of His Greatest Hits

Easy Listening/Big Band/Vocal

History Of Jazz

Swing/Bop/Big Band/Ragtime

Big Bands Of The Swinging Years

The Very Best of Cole Porter

Makin' Whoopee! / Dream Awhile

Mel Tormé With Frank DeVol And His Orchestra*

The Blossoms On The Bough / Don't Do Something To Someone Else (That You Wouldn't Want Done To You)

Artie Shaw And His Orchestra

The Hornet / Changing My Tune

1948, Shellac, 10", Parlophone

Artie Shaw And His Orchestra

In The Still Of The Night / What Is This Thing Called Love

Mel Thormé* / Ink Spots*

How High The Moon

2xCD, Comp, RM, History,

The Many Sides Of Mel Tormé (The Quintet And Beyond 1944-1960)

4xCD, Comp, RM, JSP Records,

Mel Tormé With Sonny Burke And His Orchestra

It Happened In Monterey / You're Driving Me Crazy!

Shellac, 10", Musicana

The Golden Age Of Swing

5xCD, Comp, Reader's Digest,