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| Classic '50s & '60s sides from the Velvet Fog! What Is This Thing Called Love, A Stranger In Town, Cement Mixer, Whatever Lola Wants, Down For Double, 16 more. |
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| 1 A Stranger in Town |
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| 2 The Christmas Song |
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| 3 Mountain Greenery |
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| 4 The Hut Sut Song |
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| 5 Cement Mixer |
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| 6 The House Is Haunted (By the Echo of Your Last Goodbye) |
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| 7 I Don't Want to Cry Any More |
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| 8 What Is This Thing Called Love? |
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| 9 It Happened in Monterey/Ramona |
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| 10 Too Close for Comfort |
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| 11 Whatever Lola Wants |
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| 12 Born to Be Blue |
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| 13 A Shine on Your Shoes |
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| 14 At the Crossroads (Malagueña) |
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| 15 Niña |
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| 16 I'm Gonna Go Fishin' |
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| 17 Down for Double |
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| 18 I Loved You Once in Silence |
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| 19 What's New at the Zoo? |
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| 20 Don't Let That Moon Get Away |
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| 21 A Velvet Moon |
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Album Review
"Mel Tormé's Finest Hour" leads off with a Decca recording from 1944 but otherwise concentrates on Tormé's stints with the Coral and Verve labels between 1953-1960. Tormé's tight arrangements and smooth crooning made him a natural crossover artist, but he charted no pop hits during this period. Nonetheless, the recordings compiled here are broadly appealing, particularly on songs such as "What Is This Thing Called Love?" that prominently feature Tormé's jazz-pop vocal group, The Mel-Tones. "At The Crossroads (Malagueña)" vacillates between Bill Haley-style rock-a-boogie rhythms and big band swing, and "What'S New At The Zoo?" -- a duet with Margaret Whiting -- is a silly novelty with a rock 'n' roll guitar solo. "The Hut Sut Song" and Slim Gaillard's "Cement Mixer" are novelties, too, but ones that jazz purists will find less offensive. In between, there are a number of serious jazz vocal performances and sweetly orchestrated romantic ballads of the sort that earned Tormé the nickname "The Velvet Fog." Tormé's 1954 recording of his holiday standard "The Christmas Song" is also included, making "Mel Tormé's Finest Hour" an inclusive and diverse sampling of music from a versatile artist and exemplary vocalist. ~ Greg Adams, All Music Guide
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