Jimmy Dorsey
February 29, 1904 (120 years old) in 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.
Known For
Credits
- 1981 · This Is Elvis as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1956 · Jazz Ball as Self (archive footage)
- 1954 · Stage Show as
- 1950 · What's My Line? as Self - Mystery Guest
- 1949 · Make Believe Ballroom as Self
- 1948 · Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra as Self
- 1948 · Music Man as
- 1947 · The Fabulous Dorseys as Jimmy Dorsey
- 1944 · Hollywood Canteen as Self
- 1944 · Lost in a Harem as Jimmy Dorsey
- 1944 · Four Jills in a Jeep as Himself
- 1943 · I Dood It as Himself (as Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra)
- 1943 · Au Reet as
- 1943 · Man That's Groovy as
- 1943 · La Rosita as
- 1942 · The Fleet's In as Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra Leader
- 1941 · Birth of the Blues as Self (archive footage)
- 1938 · Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra as Orchestra Leader
- 1938 · You Leave Me Breathless as
- 1936 · That Girl from Paris as Hammacher's Band Member (uncredited)