Mel Carter (born April 22, 1943, Cincinnati, Ohio)
There was one thing I knew for certain when I was growing up in the early Sixties, when It came time for a yearly countdown of the greatest songs of all time there among the top would be Mel Carter’s “Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me“. Every year it would take a year to get that song out of your head and, then, it get put right back into it for another year, but what a great song it was!! Well, today Mel Carter celebrates his 72nd birthday. From Wikipedia:
Mel Carter (born April 22, 1943, Cincinnati, Ohio) is an American singer and actor. He is best known for his 1965 million-selling recording, “Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me”.
From his biography at his website
The now legendary Quincy Jones first discovered Mel and signed him to record his debut pop session on Mercury Records, which expertly showcased Mel’s passionate vocals and immediately began turning heads in the recording industry. But it was not until Sam Cooke signed Mel to Derby Records that he had his first hit single, “When A Boy Falls In Love,” which climbed the charts in England as well as in the United States and reached the number one position on the West Coast
From Wikipedia:
By the time he reached his commercial peak with Imperial Records in the middle of the decade, he was specializing in pop ballads. His biggest success was the Top 10 Billboard Hot 100 hit, “Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me,” which reached #8, in 1965. It sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc.[1] He had a couple of other Top 40 entries over the next year, “Band of Gold” and “All of a Sudden My Heart Sings”, as well as a few other easy listening sellers.
According to his website he is still active, so Happy Birthday, Mel Carter!
Here’s Mel with a performance of the song , from way back when!
