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Tommy Dorsey

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Aliases
T. Dorsey Family
Tom Dorsey and His Novelty Orch.
Tommy Dorsey and His Clambake Seven
Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra
Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra
Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Male Quartet
Tommy Dorsey and His Sentimentalists
Real name
Thomas Francis Dorsey Jr.
Born
November 19, 1905
Died
November 26, 1956
Country
United States
IPI
00008545882 5 works
Affiliation
ASCAP
Comments
Jazz trombonist, trumpeter, composer, and bandleader of the Big Band era
Member of
The Dorsey Brothers
The Californian Ramblers
7 Blue Babies
Alabama Red Peppers
Related
Jimmy Dorsey Brother
The New Tommy Dorsey Orchestra
Johnny Amoroso Vocalist and trumpeter in Dorsey's orchestra
Sammy Spear Trumpeter for Tommy Dorsey Orchestra
Not to be confused with
Thomas A. Dorsey
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Title Performer Release date Covered by
 REL October 1945 (4 artists)
Originally by Bing Crosby REC
listen on Internet Archive  REC March 15, 1939 (8 artists)
Originally by Charlie Barnet and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Judy Ellington REL
listen on Internet Archive March 1945 (3 artists)
August 1938 (3 artists)
 REL July 1942 (54 artists)
Originally by Bing Crosby BRD
March 23, 1938 (17 artists)
listen on Internet Archive  REC August 28, 1939 (45 artists)
Originally by Glenn Miller and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Ray Eberle REL
 REC February 1946 (713 artists)
Originally by Ruby Hill, Harold Nicholas PRF
listen on Internet Archive  REL December 15, 1939 (487 artists)
Originally by Benny Goodman and His Orch. - Vocal Chorus by Mildred Bailey REC, Maxine Sullivan, Louis Armstrong, Bill Bailey, The Dandridge Sisters, The Rhythmettes and The Deep River Boys PRF
1942 (16 artists)
June 10, 1936 (59 artists)
listen on Internet Archive November 1937 (35 artists)
listen on Internet Archive  REC January 31, 1941 (11 artists)
Originally by Bing Crosby - With The Merry Macs and Bob Crosby's Bob Cats REL
 REC,REL October 27, 1937 (66 artists)
Originally by Jack Whiting, June Clyde and Vivian Vance PRF
i 1939 (25 artists)
March 1949 (30 artists)
February 26, 1936 (4 artists)
listen on Internet Archive December 22, 1939 Glenn Miller and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Ray Eberle
listen on Internet Archive Free For All Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra with Frank Sinatra ‎ and The Pied Pipers (The Pied Pipers [US1], Frank Sinatra, Tommy Dorsey) 1941 Unverified
listen on Internet Archive July 1939 (15 artists)
1937 (3 artists)
March 29, 1939 (3 artists)
February 8, 1939 (14 artists)
listen on Internet Archive March 9, 1938 (7 artists)
I'd Know You Anywhere Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra with Frank Sinatra ‎ September 17, 1940 Unverified
December 1944 (14 artists)
listen on Internet Archive October 13, 1937 (40 artists)
listen on Internet Archive July 25, 1941 (23 artists)
July 31, 1942 (31 artists)
listen on Internet Archive May 1939 (6 artists)
October 1937 (349 artists)
(12 artists)
 BRD (368 artists)
Originally by Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Bonnie Lou Williams and The Sentimentalists REC
 REC February 1945 (368 artists)
Originally by Bob Allen and The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra BRD
November 21, 1941 (12 artists)
listen on Internet Archive  REC March 24, 1937 (22 artists)
Originally by Fred Astaire BRD
Jamboree Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Edyth Wright & The Three Esquires (Tommy Dorsey, Edythe Wright) January 6, 1937 Unverified
 REC April 1937 Ray Templin
Originally by Mike Riley and His Orchestra REL
listen on Internet Archive June 5, 1942 (24 artists)
1941 (80 artists)
June 3, 1936 (8 artists)
 REC,REL January 8, 1936 (18 artists)
Originally by Kenny Baker [US1] BRD
 REC,REL October 27, 1937 (11 artists)
Originally by Vivian Vance PRF
 REL August 3, 1938 (10 artists)
Originally by Deanna Durbin - Orchestra under direction of Charles Previn BRD
1954 (3 artists)
1941 (70 artists)
listen on Internet Archive June 26, 1939 (71 artists)
listen on Internet Archive October 13, 1937 (248 artists)
listen on Internet Archive October 9, 1935 (40 artists)
i December 1944 (80 artists)
listen on Internet Archive 1937 (6 artists)
listen on Internet Archive i March 15, 1939 Chris Hamalton (Harry Farmer)
1940 (440 artists)
 REL June 23, 1937 (4 artists)
Originally by Ken Drake and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Jimmy Ray REC
1936 (17 artists)
listen on Internet Archive November 16, 1938 (10 artists)
listen on Internet Archive  REC,REL July 1, 1936 (49 artists)
Originally by Jeanette MacDonald BRD
i May 5, 1937 (15 artists)
Sentimental Me Tommy Dorsey and His Orch. Missing information
May 8, 1942 (4 artists)
listen on Internet Archive  REC,REL January 1949 (439 artists)
Originally by Patricia Morison PRF
September 1950 (7 artists)
listen on Internet Archive August 4, 1937 (10 artists)
i December 20, 1940 Ondřej Havelka a jeho Melody Makers
October 31, 1941 (4 artists)
listen on Internet Archive October 9, 1935 (35 artists)
listen on Internet Archive October 7, 1940 (17 artists)
listen on Internet Archive The Fable of The Rose Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra with Frank Sinatra ‎ 1940 Unverified
December 1945 Tommy Tucker & His Orchestra
1942 (30 artists)
October 1946 (8 artists)
listen on Internet Archive March 9, 1938 (3 artists)
listen on Internet Archive  REC March 1, 1940 (7 artists)
Originally by Woody Herman and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Woody Herman REL
 REL December 29, 1939 (15 artists)
Originally by Susan Miller PRF, Glenn Miller and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Ray Eberle REC
listen on Internet Archive  REC March 24, 1937 (171 artists)
Originally by Ginger Rogers BRD
listen on Internet Archive May 3, 1939 (5 artists)
July 11, 1941 (105 artists)
August 1948 (2 artists)
listen on Internet Archive November 14, 1941 (84 artists)
i Well, git it! Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra 1947 Missing information
i May 22, 1942 (2 artists)
When you awake Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Frank Sinatra October 1940 Unverified
 REL February 1946 (3 artists)
Originally by Dinah Shore - Orchestra under the direction of Sonny Burke REC
May 23, 1941 (130 artists)
listen on Internet Archive i  REC May 1930 (3 artists)
Originally by Napoleon's Emperors REL
listen on Internet Archive i  REC April 15, 1936 Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Bob Eberle
Originally by Stew Pletcher and His Orchestra REL
 REL August 3, 1938 (6 artists)
Originally by Deanna Durbin BRD
 REC October 27, 1937 (70 artists)
Originally by Alice Faye BRD
You're Not In My Arms Tonight Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal by Johnny Amoroso (Tommy Dorsey, Johnny Amoroso) 1950 Unverified
February 8, 1939 (6 artists)
listen on Internet Archive August 11, 1937 (3 artists)