Swingin' Mel Carter Setting New Goals
Louise Criscione, KRLA Beat, 15 January 1966
WHEN HIS heart sings it really sings. His name is Mel Carter and he is one of the few remaining ballad singers who continues to have hit after hit on the pop charts.
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