Melvin Howard Tormé, nicknamed "The Velvet Fog", was an American musician, singer, composer, arranger, drummer, actor, and author. He composed the music for "The Christmas Song" and co-wrote the lyrics with Bob Wells. Tormé won two Grammy Awards and was nominated a total of 14 times.
Tormé in 1979
Tormé on drums with Benny Goodman and Teddy Wilson
Tormé's grave
"The Christmas Song" is a classic Christmas song written in 1945 by Robert Wells and Mel Tormé.
Man roasting chestnuts on an open fire.
Nat King Cole (1958)
Aguilera's (pictured) version became the second highest charting position of the song on the Billboard Hot 100 after the original 55 years earlier