Melvin Howard Tormé (September 13, 1925 – June 5, 1999), nicknamed "The Velvet Fog", was an American musician, singer, composer, arranger, drummer, actor, and author. He composed the music for "The Christmas Song" ("Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire") and co-wrote the lyrics with Bob Wells. Tormé won two Grammy Awards and was nominated a total of 14 times. More about Mel Tormé
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Melvin Howard Tormé was born in Chicago, Illinois, to William David Tormé, a Jewish immigrant from Poland, and Betty Tormé (née Sopkin), a New York City native. He graduated from Hyde Park High School. A child prodigy, he first performed professionally at age four with the Coon-Sanders Orchestra, singing "You're Driving Me Crazy" at Chicago's Blackhawk restaurant.In total, we tracked 151 items since 01/01/2008. The chart below shows the trade volume over time.
The most expensive item with a signature of Mel Tormé (MEL TORME’ SIGNED BASEBALL w to TJ Best Always 7-15-95 1/24 JSA COA VELVET FOG) was sold in January 2020 for $999.00 while the cheapest item (JAZZ MUSICIAN MEL TORME (1925-1999) AUTOGRAPH PHOTO~) found a new owner for $0.99 in October 2022. The month with the most items sold (4) was August 2019 with an average selling price of $8.99 for an autographed item of Mel Tormé. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in December 2019 with $387.50 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $0.99 was May 2010. In average, an autographed item from Mel Tormé is worth $12.19.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Mel Tormé were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
Item Title | Price | Store | |
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Autographed 1980-1981 Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra Program feat Mel Torme | $6.99 | ||
JAZZ MUSICIAN MEL TORME (1925-1999) AUTOGRAPH 1994 TLS~ | $2.25 | ||
MEL TORME (1925-1999) AUTOGRAPH JAZZ MUSICIAN PHOTO~ | $15.50 | ||
MEL TORME SIGNED AUTOGRAPHED MUSIC SHEET THE CHRISTMAS SONG | $29.99 | ||
MEL TORME Signed Check American Express The Velvet Fog Jazz Singer | $9.89 | ||
Mel Torme signed sheet music *Clearance Sale | $4.25 | ||
Mel Torme The Velvet Frog Inscribed Autographed Picture | $24.95 | ||
Mel Tormé - Jazz Singer, Musician - Autographed 8x10 Photo | $11.50 | ||
Rare MEL TORME Signed 8x10 Photo-JAZZ SINGER-COMPOSER-PSA Authenticated | $74.99 | ||
Theatre 11 Mel Torme', George Benson & Randy Weston Hand Signed Program COA | $149.99 |