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Billsdaughter

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14. My Favorite Mel Torme Hit

Reply to sir pball (Original post)

Sun Nov 9, 2025, 12:19 AM

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I Cover the Waterfront. He contributed so much to the soundtrack of America and particularly to The Greatest Generation.

I heard his son's album of Mel's hits on an NPR segment several years ago and boy he sounds a lot like his dad.

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