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Tommy Dorsey

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Tommy Dorsey
  • Birth Name:
    Thomas Francis Dorsey
  • Nickname:
    The Sentimental Gentleman of Swing
  • Date of Birth:
    November 19, 1905
  • Zodiac Sign:
    Scorpio
  • Place of Birth:
    Shenandoah, Pennsylvania, USA
  • Place of Death:
    Greenwich, Connecticut, USA
  • Date of Death:
    November 26, 1956
  • Cause of Death:
    Asphyxiation
  • Sex:
    Male
  • Nationality:
    American

Family

Tommy Dorsey
  • Father:
    Thomas Francis Dorsey
  • Brother:
    Jimmy Dorsey
  • Spouse:
    Mildred Kraft - divorced
    Patricia Dane - divorced
    Jane New Dorsey -
  • Son:
    Steve, Thomas Francis "Skipper" Dorsey III
  • Daughter:
    Catherine Susan, Patricia Marie Dorsey

Career

Tommy Dorsey

Trivia

Tommy Dorsey
  • In 1992, Bob Gunton portrayed Dorsey in the CBS miniseries Sinatra, starring alongside Philip Casnoff.
  • In 1996, the U.S. Postal Service issued a commemorative Tommy Dorsey and Jimmy Dorsey postage stamp.
  • In 1982, the 1940 Victor recording "I'll Never Smile Again", Victor 26628, by Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra, featuring Frank Sinatra and The Pied Pipers on vocals, was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.
  • In 1981, Tommy Dorsey was inducted into the Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame.
  • Frank Sinatra released a tribute album to Tommy Dorsey in 1961 entitled I Remember Tommy. The arrangements were by another Dorsey alumnus, Sy Oliver.
  • His biggest hit was "I'll Never Smile Again", featuring Frank Sinatra on vocals, which was number one for twelve weeks on the Billboard pop singles chart in 1940.
  • Tommy Dorsey had seventeen number one hits with his orchestra in the 1930s and 1940s.
  • Tommy Dorsey composed several popular songs of the swing era.
  • His lyrical trombone style became one of the signature sounds of his band and of the swing era.
  • Was an American jazz trombonist, trumpeter, composer, and bandleader of the Big Band era.

Filmography

Tommy Dorsey

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