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As a singer, the biggest joy I have are the arrangements.
Mel Torme

As Buddy Rich, for instance, broke into the business at the age of three, I think it was, on drums, so indeed did I break into the business at the age of four as a singer.
Mel Torme

As regards my feelings about drummers - there's Buddy Rich, and then there's everybody else.
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Because Chicago was to radio what Hollywood was to films and Broadway was to the theatre: it was the hub of radio.
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Because obviously the whole purpose of putting records out is purely and simply to make money.
Mel Torme

Buddy Rich is one of a kind; he's a genius, and that's all there is to it.
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But, in fairness to them, too, the popular song per se is really a pretty shallow medium to perform in.
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How many radio shows I did is lost to memory now; it's in the hundreds - maybe even close to being in the thousands - for the span of years from the time I was eight till I was about fifteen.
Mel Torme