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Jimmy Dorsey

Jimmy Dorsey

Born: 1904-02-29 • Shenandoah, Pennsylvania, USA

Jimmy Dorsey (1904-1957) was an American bandleader, saxophonist, conductor, songwriter and composer.

Through the 1920s he was a saxophonist in orchestras including those of Paul Whiteman, Red Nichols, and the California Ramblers. He formed an orchestra with his brother Tommy lasting from 1933 to 1935. He led his own orchestra before rejoining Tommy's orchestra in 1953 and taking over the orchestra after Tommy's death.

Filmography
This Is Elvis poster
This Is Elvis
1981 • Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jazz Ball poster
Jazz Ball
1956 • Self (archive footage)
Make Believe Ballroom poster
Make Believe Ballroom
1949 • Self
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Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra
1948 • Self
Music Man poster
Music Man
1948 • Self
The Fabulous Dorseys poster
The Fabulous Dorseys
1947 • Jimmy Dorsey
Hollywood Canteen poster
Hollywood Canteen
1944 • Self
Lost in a Harem poster
Lost in a Harem
1944 • Jimmy Dorsey
Four Jills in a Jeep poster
Four Jills in a Jeep
1944 • Himself
I Dood It poster
I Dood It
1943 • Himself (as Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra)
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Man That's Groovy
1943
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La Rosita
1943
Au Reet poster
Au Reet
1943
The Fleet's In poster
The Fleet's In
1942 • Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra Leader
Birth of the Blues poster
Birth of the Blues
1941 • Self (archive footage)
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Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra
1938 • Orchestra Leader
You Leave Me Breathless poster
You Leave Me Breathless
1938
That Girl from Paris poster
That Girl from Paris
1936 • Hammacher's Band Member (uncredited)