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 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 10 collaborators

Helen O'Connell

4 collaborations

3 collaborations

3 collaborations

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3 collaborations

2 collaborations

2 collaborations (as Costume Design)

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2 collaborations (as Art Direction)

2 collaborations (as Art Direction)

Edwin B. Willis

2 collaborations (as Set Decoration)

William C. Mellor

2 collaborations (as Director of Photography)

Roles

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Make Believe Ballroom (1949)

Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra (1948)

Music Man (1948)

The Fabulous Dorseys (1947)

Hollywood Canteen (1944)

Lost in a Harem (1944)

Four Jills in a Jeep (1944)

I Dood It (1943)

Himself (as Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra)

Man That's Groovy (1943)

La Rosita (1943)

The Fleet's In (1942)

Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra Leader

Birth of the Blues (1941)

Self (archive footage)

You Leave Me Breathless (1938)

That Girl from Paris (1936)

Hammacher's Band Member (uncredited)

Crew

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