 He began to train his voice with help from the pianist Michael Raucheisen in Berlin and gave his first concert performance at Town Hall on April 22, 1932 in New York and embarked on an American and Canadian concert tour along with songwriter George Gershwin in 1934.Melton continued to perform on the radio.He was heard on "The Firestone Hour" in 1933, on "Ward's Family Theater" in 1935, "The Sealtest Sunday Night Party" (1936), "The Palmolive Beauty Box Theater" (1937), "The Song Shop" (1938), the "Bell Telephone Hour" (1940), "Texaco Star Theater" (1944) and "Harvest of Stars" (1945).