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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.
Top Filmography
7.0
This Is Elvis
1981 // MOVIE
7.0
What's My Line?
1950 // TV
7.3
Hollywood Canteen
1944 // MOVIE
5.4
Lost in a Harem
1944 // MOVIE
6.0
The Fabulous Dorseys
1947 // MOVIE
6.0
Birth of the Blues
1941 // MOVIE
6.5
That Girl from Paris
1936 // MOVIE
4.2
I Dood It
1943 // MOVIE
6.3
Four Jills in a Jeep
1944 // MOVIE
5.0
Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra
1938 // MOVIE
7.0
The Fleet's In
1942 // MOVIE
5.5
Au Reet
1943 // MOVIE
5.5
Make Believe Ballroom
1949 // MOVIE
7.0
Jazz Ball
1956 // MOVIE
6.0
Music Man
1948 // MOVIE