Day 21, Christmas music I’ve seen chestnuts roasting. Really. Posted by linkmeister on 21 December 2018, 8:00 am When I lived in Japan I saw 50-gallon drums turned on their ends and repurposed as charcoal grills on several street corners. I could buy a handful of hot grilled chestnuts for a couple of hundred yen. …
Originally posted December 2015 That could only be Frank Sinatra accompanied by Nat King Cole singing “The Christmas Song,” written by Mel Tormé and Bob Wells on what Tormé claimed was the hottest day of the year back in July of 1945. Here’s Mark Evanier relating his tale of Mr. Tormé at the Farmers’ Market …
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When I lived in Japan I saw 50-gallon drums turned on their ends and repurposed as charcoal grills on several street corners. I could buy a handful of hot grilled chestnuts for a couple of hundred yen. Mel Tormé sings his signature song, one he co-wrote with Bob Wells in the summer of 1946. Here’s …
That could only be Frank Sinatra accompanied by Nat King Cole singing “The Christmas Song,” written by Mel Tormé and Bob Wells on what Tormé claimed was the hottest day of the year back in July of 1945. Here’s Mark Evanier relating his tale of Mr. Tormé at the Farmers’ Market in LA a long …
Here are Mel Tormé and Judy Garland singing Mel’s song “The Christmas Song” at what appears to be a party when they were pretty young. Once again, here’s a link to Mark Evanier’s story of composer Mel Tormé’s encounter with some carolers in the Farmers’ Market between Hollywood and Sunset Boulevards in LA.
Ladies and Gentlemen, Nat King Cole! From his album “The Christmas Song” recorded in 1961. As usual, when I post a video of a singer singing this song, I also post a link to Mark Evanier’s wonderful story of four Christmas carolers and their unexpected meeting with the song’s co-composer, Mel Tormé at the Farmer’s …
From Christmas Songs, The Christmas Song — Mel Tormé (who co-wrote it): Here’s a wonderful anecdote about some youngsters singing this song with Tormé in the audience, in case you haven’t read it before when I’ve linked to it.
I finally got my Grinch fix for the season this evening. Missed the last half of The News Hour to do it, but that was a small price to pay for the joys of Mr. Karloff, Chuck Jones’s animation, and poor Max’s facial expressions. From Christmas Songs, The Christmas Song — Mel Tormé (who co-wrote …
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Nat King Cole sings “The Christmas Song.” Here’s a link to Mark Evanier’s wonderful story of the song’s writer, Mel Tormé, singing it on a sunny afternoon in Los Angeles.