REMEMBERING MEL TORME

Who died this date in 1999 and who co-wrote the lyrics to one of our favorite Christmas songs.....

Melvin Howard Tormé (September 13, 1925 – June 5, 1999), nicknamed The Velvet Fog, was an American musician, best known as a singer of jazz standards. He was also a jazz composer and arranger, drummer, an actor in radio, film, and television, and the author of five books. He composed the music for "The Christmas Song" ("Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire") and co-wrote the lyrics with Bob Wells. MORE HERE.

YOU MAY ALSO ENJOY... AN OLD BLACK AND WHITE FILM OF NAT KING COLE SINGING THE CHRISTMAS SONG; SEE IT HERE