Jimmy Dorsey

Personal Info

Birthday

February 29, 1904

Day of Death

1957-06-17

(53 years old)

Place of Birth

Shenandoah, Pennsylvania, USA

Also Known As

James Francis Dorsey

Jimmy Dorsey

Biography

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

Lost in a Harem

That Girl from Paris

The Fabulous Dorseys

The Fleet's In

Music Man

Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra

Filmography

1981
This Is Elvis
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1956
Jazz Ball
as Self (archive footage)
1949
Make Believe Ballroom
as Self
1948
Music Man
as Phil Russo
1947
The Fabulous Dorseys
as Jimmy Dorsey
1944
Hollywood Canteen
as Self
Lost in a Harem
as Jimmy Dorsey
Four Jills in a Jeep
as Himself
1943
I Dood It
as Himself (as Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra)
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
1936
That Girl from Paris
as Hammacher's Band Member (uncredited)