Name: BarryNet Message Board Date/Time: 9/13/2021 2:54 AM Subject: Big City Blues (with Mel Torme) Song for the Day - September 13, 2021: "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 jazz singer and composer Mel Tormé (Mel co-wrote "The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire)" with Bob Wells). Melvin Howard ("Mel") Tormé (1925 - 1999) was born on September 13th.