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