Melvin Howard Tormé was born in Chicago, Illinois, to immigrant Russian Jewish parents, whose surname had been Torma. A child prodigy, he first sang professionally at age 4 with the Coon-Sanders Orchestra, singing "You’re Driving Me Crazy" at Chicago’s Blackhawk restaurant. Between 1933-41, he acted in the network radio serials The Romance of Helen Trent and Jack Armstrong, the All-American Boy. He wrote his first song at 13, and three years later, his first published song, "Lament to Love," became a hit recording for Harry James. He played drums in Chicago’s Shakespeare Elementary School drum and bugle corps in his early teens. While a teenager, he sang, arranged, and played drums in a band led by Chico Marx of the Marx Brothers. His formal education ended in 1944 with his graduation from Chicago’s Hyde Park High School. In 1963–64, Tormé wrote songs and musical arrangements for The Judy Garland Show, where he made three guest appearances. However, he and Garland had a serious falling out, and he was fired from the series, which was canceled by CBS not long afterward. A few years later, after Garland’s death, his time with her show became the subject of his first book, "The Other Side of the Rainbow with Judy Garland on the Dawn Patrol" (1970). Although the book was praised, some felt it painted an unflattering picture of Judy, and that Tormé had perhaps over-inflated his own contributions to the program; it led to an unsuccessful lawsuit by Garland’s family. Tormé befriended Buddy Rich, the day Rich left the Marine Corps in 1944. Rich became the subject of Tormé’s book Traps — The Drum Wonder: The Life of Buddy Rich (1987). Tormé also owned and played a drum set that drummer Gene Krupa used for many years. George Spink, treasurer of the Jazz Institute of Chicago from 1978 to 1981, recalled that Tormé played this drum set at the 1979 Chicago Jazz Festival with Benny Goodman on the classic "Sing, Sing, Sing." Tormé had a deep appreciation for classical music; especially that of Frederick Delius and Percy Grainger.
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C
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Piano/Voice/Guitar
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F
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
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Eb
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Piano/Voice/Guitar
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F
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Piano Solo
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Choir score
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Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire
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Score, Parts
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Eb
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
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Score, Parts
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Am
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
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Vocal score
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Eb
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Piano/Voice/Guitar
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Choir score
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Piano/Vocal
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Merry Christmas to You / Viele bunte Päckchen
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Piano score
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Am
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Piano Solo
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Easy Piano
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Choral
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Choir score
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Full Orchestra
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Score, Parts
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Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire
for: Concert band
Score
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Score, Parts
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for: Voice, big band
Score, Parts
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Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire
Discovery Band – A Series for Developing Bands 5
Hal Leonard Discovery Band Series
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Score, Parts
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Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire
Hal Leonard Flex Band Series
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Score
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Instrumental Solo
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Chestnuts Roasting on an open fire
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Score, Parts
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Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire
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Score
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F
for: Piano
Easy Piano
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Piano reduction
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Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire
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Score
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Einzelstimme
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Score, Parts
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Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire
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Score, Parts
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Score
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Eb
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Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
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Eb
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Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
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Score (C), Parts
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Score
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Eb
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Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
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Merry Christmas To You
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Choir score
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Chestnuts Roasting on an open fire
for: Concert band
Score
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Full Orchestra
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
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Choir score
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F
for: Violin, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
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(Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
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Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire
for: Jazz ensemble
Score, Parts
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F
for: Cello, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
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