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It's a Blue World
Studio album by Mel Tormé
Released	1955
Recorded	August 28–30, 1955
Genre	Jazz
Length	33:15
Label	Bethlehem
Mel Tormé chronology
Mel Tormé at the Crescendo (1955) It's a Blue World (1955) Mel Tormé and the Marty Paich Dek-Tette (1956)

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Source	Rating
AllMusic

It's a Blue World is an album by Mel Tormé that was released by Bethlehem Records.

Reception

The Billboard review in 1955 wrote that the material was mostly standards and that Tormé "renders them in a mellow, jazz-wize manner, and sales should be good among the hipsters". AllMusic stated: "Tormé invested the songs with warmth and confidence. Recorded and released around the time he turned 30, It's a Blue World marked a turning point in Mel Tormé's recording career."

In his 2023 book Let's Do It - The Birth of Pop Music: A History, Bob Stanley noted the similarities between Blue World and Frank Sinatra's In the Wee Small Hours, released earlier the same year. He went on to praise the record for its "twilight feel, dusk at the end of a warm summer's day".

Track listing

1. "I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)" (Duke Ellington, Paul Francis Webster) – 3:23
2. "Till the Clouds Roll By" (Jerome Kern, P. G. Wodehouse) – 2:54
3. "Isn't It Romantic?" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 3:41
4. "I Know Why (And So Do You)" (Mack Gordon, Harry Warren) – 3:50
5. "All This, and Heaven Too" (Eddie DeLange, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 3:39
6. "How Long Has This Been Going On?" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 3:33
7. "Polka Dots and Moonbeams" (Johnny Burke, Van Heusen) – 3:56
8. "You Leave Me Breathless" (Ralph Freed, Frederick Hollander) – 3:23
9. "I Found a Million Dollar Baby (in a Five and Ten Cent Store)" (Mort Dixon, Billy Rose, Warren) – 3:43
10. "Wonderful One" (Paul Whiteman, Ferde Grofé, Theodora Morse) – 3:17
11. "It's a Blue World" (George Forrest, Robert C. Wright) – 3:45
12. "Stay as Sweet as You Are" (Gordon, Harry Revel) – 3:21

Personnel

• Mel Tormé - vocals
• Marty Paich - arranger, conductor
• Al Pellegrini - arranger, conductor
• André Previn - arranger, conductor
• Russell Garcia - arranger, conductor

References

1. ^ AllMusic review
2. ^ "Reviews and Ratings of New Popular Albums". Billboard. Vol. 67, no. 53. December 31, 1955. p. 16.
3. Stanley, Bob (2022). "California Suite: The Long-Player". Let's Do It - The Birth of Pop Music: A History. New York: Pegasus Books. pp. 401–402.

• 1955 albums
• Mel Tormé albums
• Albums arranged by Marty Paich
• Albums arranged by André Previn
• Albums arranged by Russell Garcia (composer)
• Bethlehem Records albums
• Albums conducted by Marty Paich