Because obviously the whole purpose of putting records out is purely and simply to make money. Mel Torme Read Quote
But, in fairness to them, too, the popular song per se is really a pretty shallow medium to perform in. Mel Torme Read Quote
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 Read Quote
I didn’t really have an act per se – a theatrical performance, as opposed to just: here I am, folks, and you’re all supposed to be dead quiet while I sing eight or nine songs, then get off the stage. Mel Torme Read Quote
I was a singer professionally when I was four years old, and I did not really begin to play any instrument – the first one, of course, was drums – till I was about nine years old. Mel Torme Read Quote
