Name: BarryNet Message Board Date/Time: 9/13/2020 3:06 AM Subject: Big City Blues (with Mel Torme) Song for the Day - September 13, 2020: "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" with legendary jazz singer Mel Tormé (Mel wrote the timeless "Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire)" with Bob Wells). Melvin "Mel" Howard Tormé (1925 - 1999) was born on September 13th.