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Tommy Dorsey
Show Count: 23
Series Count: 2
Role:
Old Time Radio Star
Born: November 19, 1905
Old Time Radio
, Shenandoah, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: November 26, 1956, Greenwich, Connecticut
Thomas Francis
"
Tommy
"
Dorsey, Jr.
(November 19, 1905 - November 26, 1956
) was an American
jazz
trombonist
,
trumpeter
,
composer
, and
bandleader
of the
Big Band
era. He was known as "The Sentimental Gentleman of Swing", due to his smooth-toned trombone playing.
Although he was not known for being a notable soloist, his technical skill on the trombone gave him renown amongst other musicians.
He was the younger brother of bandleader
Jimmy Dorsey
.
After Dorsey broke with his brother in the mid-1930s, he led an extremely popular and highly successful band from the late 1930s into the 1950s.
Source: Wikipedia
Fitch Bandwagon
Show Count: 11
Broadcast History: 4 September 1938 to 17 June 1945, 23 September 1945 to 16 June 1946, and 29 September 1946 to 23 May 1948
Sponsor:
Fitch Shampoo
Cast:
Alice Faye
,
Phil Harris
,
Eddie Cantor
,
Andy Devine
,
Cass Daley
,
Francis Trout
,
Henry Russell
,
Elliott Lewis
,
Robert North
,
Jeanine Roose
,
Anne Whitfield
,
Walter Tetley
Director:
Paul Phillips
Producer:
Ward Byron
,
Bill Lawrence
Host:
Dick Powell
Jack Pearl Show
Show Count: 1
Broadcast History: 8 September 1932 to 25 September 1951
Sponsor:
Lucky Strike
,
Royal Gelatin
,
Frigidaire
,
Brown and Williamson Tobacco
,
U.S. Treasury
,
Pet Milk
Cast:
Jack Pearl
,
Cliff Hall
,
Tommy Dorsey
(272) Carol Bruce
Broadcast: Unknown
Starring:
Tommy Dorsey
,
Red Nichols
,
Carol Bruce
Added: Nov 11 2010
(414) Tommy Dorsey - Heat Wave
Broadcast: Not known
Starring:
Tommy Dorsey
Added: Nov 16 2006
Big Bands Tommy Dorsey With Frank Sinatra
Broadcast: Not known
Starring:
Tommy Dorsey
Added: Aug 12 2005
Bob Burns & Dinah Shore & Tommy Dorsey & Count Basie & Spike Jones
Broadcast: 29th September 1942
Starring:
Dinah Shore
,
Spike Jones
,
Tommy Dorsey
,
Bob Burns
Added: Sep 27 2010
Claudette Colbert & Bob Burns & Tommy Dorsey
Broadcast: November 7, 1944
Starring:
Claudette Colbert
,
Verna Felton
,
Jimmy Durante
,
Tommy Dorsey
,
Igor Gorin
,
Bob Burns
,
Ken Carpenter
,
Victor Young
,
Bonnie Lou Williams
,
Corina Mura
,
Corrina Mura
Added: Dec 14 2014
Deanna Durbin & Jack Benny & Ginger Rogers
Broadcast: September 30, 1944
Starring:
Jack Benny
,
Ginger Rogers
,
Deanna Durbin
,
Meredith Willson
,
Tommy Dorsey
,
James Cagney
,
Artie Shaw
,
Count Basie
,
Martha Tilton
,
Don Wilson
,
Buddy Rich
,
Illinois Jacquet
,
Lionel Hampton
,
Ed McKinney
,
Ziggy Elman
,
Les Paul
Added: Jul 17 2016
Dinah Shore & Tommy Dorsey & Robert Benchley & Rise Stevens
Broadcast: July 24, 1943
Starring:
Dinah Shore
,
Meredith Willson
,
Tommy Dorsey
,
Harry James
,
Robert Benchley
,
Ken Carpenter
,
Rise Stevens
Added: Jul 20 2014
Don Ameche
Broadcast: 22nd September 1942
Starring:
Hanley Stafford
,
Don Ameche
,
Fanny Brice
,
Edgar Bergen
,
Tommy Dorsey
,
Nelson Eddy
,
Vivian Blaine
Added: Sep 20 2010
First Song - Chicago
Broadcast: August 6, 1944
Starring:
Tommy Dorsey
,
Harry Von Zell
,
Sophie Tucker
,
Bonnie Lou Williams
,
Tommy Dorsey Orchestra
,
Bob Allen
Added: Apr 28 2023
First Song - Daybreak with Tommy Dorsey and Frank Sinatra
Broadcast:
Starring:
Frank Sinatra
,
Bill Goodwin
,
Tommy Dorsey
Added: Nov 18 2022
First Song - Heat Wave
Broadcast: July 7, 1944
Starring:
Mel Blanc
,
Joan Blondell
,
Tommy Dorsey
,
Gloria Blondell
,
Jack Carson
,
Ransom Sherman
,
Ella Mae Morse
,
Harry Mitchell
Added: May 31 2022
First Song - Heat Wave AFRS
Broadcast: July 2, 1944
Starring:
Howard Duff
,
Frances Langford
,
Tommy Dorsey
,
Bonnie Lou Williams
,
Gene Krupa
,
All Time Hit Paraders
Added: Apr 25 2023
First Song - I'll Buy That Dream
Broadcast: October 24, 1945
Starring:
Frank Sinatra
,
Tommy Dorsey
,
Mann Holiner
,
Old Gold Cigarettes
,
Glenn Wheaton
,
The Pied Pipers
,
Axel Stordahl
,
Bill Lazar
Added: Dec 16 2022
Guest Tommy Dorsey
Broadcast: 9th November 1945
Starring:
Tommy Dorsey
,
Bill Stern
Added: Nov 11 2006
Katherine Hepburn & Jesters & Ed Gardner & Kathryn Grayson
Broadcast: July 31, 1943
Starring:
Ed Gardner
,
Meredith Willson
,
Tommy Dorsey
,
Ted Lewis
,
Ken Carpenter
,
Katherine Hepburn
,
Kathryn Grayson
,
Jesters
Added: Aug 03 2014
Ken Carpenter Highlights of 1944
Broadcast: October 14, 1944
Starring:
Bing Crosby
,
Gary Cooper
,
Groucho Marx
,
Jack Benny
,
Bob Hope
,
Judy Garland
,
Dinah Shore
,
Tommy Dorsey
,
Lena Horne
,
Andrews Sisters
,
Artie Shaw
,
Ken Carpenter
,
Eddie Anderson
,
Harpo Marx
,
Buddy Rich
,
Illinois Jacquet
,
Lionel Hampton
,
Ed McKinney
,
Ziggy Elman
,
Les Paul
Added: Oct 11 2015
Larry Adler & Mischa Auer
Broadcast: February 7, 1946
Starring:
Tommy Dorsey
,
Mischa Auer
,
Artie Shaw
,
Carlos Ramirez
,
Lina Romay
,
Johnny Mercer
,
Count Basie
,
Ken Carpenter
,
Beatrice Kay
,
Larry Adler
,
Buddy Rich
,
Illinois Jacquet
,
Lionel Hampton
,
Ed McKinney
,
Ziggy Elman
,
Les Paul
,
Charles Trenier
Added: Feb 08 2015
Strange Case of Professor Wainger, The
Broadcast: 1944
Starring:
Les Damon
,
Claudia Morgan
,
Tommy Dorsey
,
Ken Niles
,
Himan Brown
,
Dashiell Hammett
Added: Apr 29 2022
Tommy Dorsey At The Hollywood Palladium
Broadcast: Not Known
Starring:
Frank Sinatra
,
Tommy Dorsey
Added: Oct 05 2007
Tommy Dorsey Show - Guest Duke Ellington
Broadcast:
Starring:
Tommy Dorsey
,
Duke Ellington
Added: Jan 01 2006
Tommy Dorsey Show - Guest Rita Hayworth
Broadcast: Not known
Starring:
Tommy Dorsey
Added: Jan 02 2006
Tommy Dorsey Show, The
Broadcast: Not known
Starring:
Tommy Dorsey
Added: Jun 14 2008
Waste Paper Drive
Broadcast:
Starring:
House Jameson
,
Ezra Stone
,
Tommy Dorsey
,
Jackie Kelk
,
Harry Von Zell
,
Katharine Raht
,
Clifford Goldsmith
Added: Feb 08 2015
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