Name: BarryNet Message Board Date/Time: 9/13/2019 2:27 AM Subject: Big City Blues (with Mel Tormé) Song for the Day - September 13, 2019: "BIG CITY BLUES" (written by Barry Manilow and Adrienne Anderson) from Barry's 1984 album 2:00 AM PARADISE CAFE! Barry recorded "Big City Blues" as a duet with Mel Tormé. Jazz legend Melvin Howard Tormé (1925 – 1999) was born on September 13th.