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unusual facts about torch songs



Weldon Kees

Restless and often estranged from his poetry, Kees began to collaborate with the jazz clarinetist Bob Helm in 1953 on ballads and torch songs (some written for the singer Ketty Lester).


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Jeff Dean

Producer Steve Albini (Shellac, Big Black) recorded their first two records, 'Arming' and 'Torch Songs'.

Orion Records

An exception was one of the label's rare non-classical issues, a collection of torch songs recorded by Anita Ellis; with a few thousand copies sold, it was the label's most successful release.

Peaceful Snow/Lounge Corps

Unlike the more neofolk sounds of their most recent releases this album is completely piano led, under the moniker of 'Totenkopf Torch Songs'.