My Kind of Music (Mel Tormé album)

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My Kind of Music
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Studio album by
Released1961
RecordedJuly 18–21, 1961
Genre Vocal jazz
Length33:15
Label Verve
Mel Tormé chronology
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(1960)
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(1962)
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My Kind of Music is a 1961 album by Mel Tormé. This was the last album that Tormé recorded for Verve Records. [3]

Contents

Track listing

  1. "You and the Night and the Music" (Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz) – 2:28
  2. "A Stranger in Town" (Mel Tormé) – 2:55
  3. "I Guess I'll Have to Change My Plan" (Dietz, Schwartz) – 3:07
  4. "Born to Be Blue" (Tormé, Robert Wells) – 2:55
  5. "County Fair" (Tormé) – 6:23
  6. "Dancing in the Dark" (Dietz, Schwartz) – 2:41
  7. "Welcome to the Club" (Tormé) – 4:01
  8. "By Myself" (Dietz, Schwartz) – 3:19
  9. "The Christmas Song" (Tormé, Wells) – 2:48
  10. "Alone Together" (Dietz, Schwartz) – 2:47
  11. "A Shine on Your Shoes" (Dietz, Schwartz) – 3:13

Personnel

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References

  1. Allmusic review
  2. Watson, Jimmy (10 November 1962). "Mel Torme: My Kind Of Music" (PDF). New Record Mirror . No. 87. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2022. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
  3. My Kind of Music at AllMusic