The Dorsey Brothers were an American studio dance band, led by Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey. They started recording in 1928 for OKeh Records. The Dorsey Brothers...
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Langton) Dorsey. He and Jimmy, his older brother by slightly less than two years, became known as the Dorsey Brothers. The two younger siblings were Mary and...
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"My Kinda Love"—all with Bing Crosby on vocals. In 1927, the brothers created the Dorsey Brothers Orchestra and signed with Okeh Records. For some of their...
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Glenn Miller (category The Dorsey Brothers members)
played trombone on several significant Dorsey brothers sessions for OKeh Records, including "The Spell of the Blues", "Let's Do It", and "My Kinda Love"...
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Kerris Dorsey (born January 9, 1998) is an American actress. She is known for her roles as Paige Whedon in the television series Brothers & Sisters; Casey...
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The Fabulous Dorseys is a 1947 American musical biopic film directed by Alfred E. Green. It tells the story of the brothers Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey, from...
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Orchestra. Miller copyrighted the song with the U.S. Library of Congress on January 23, 1935. The Dorsey Brothers released the song as an A side 78 single...
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I'm Getting Sentimental over You (category Tommy Dorsey songs)
first released by the Dorsey Brothers Orchestra. It was recorded by Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra in 1935, becoming his theme song. The lyrics were written...
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Engelbert Humperdinck (singer) (redirect from Arnold Dorsey)
George Dorsey MBE (born 2 May 1936), known professionally as Engelbert Humperdinck, is a British pop singer who has been described as "one of the finest...
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Tommy Dorsey, Jimmy Dorsey, Eddie Lang, and Hoagy Carmichael. Crosby matured as a performer and was in demand as a solo singer. Crosby became the star...
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Miller and recorded by The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra for Brunswick and Decca Records. The Dorsey Brothers released two versions of the song in 1934 and 1935...
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Dorsey Swann (March 1860 – c. December 23, 1925) was an American activist. An African-American born into slavery, Swann was the first person in the United...
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at The Cotton Club night club in Harlem in 1933 and recorded it with the Dorsey Brothers' Orchestra under Brunswick Records that year, and in the same...
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List of Your Hit Parade number-one songs (redirect from List of Your Hit Parade number-one singles of the 1930s)
two number-one hits co-leading the Dorsey Brothers The following artists were featured at the top of the chart for the highest total number of weeks during...
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for the Dorsey Brothers Orchestra. The song was released as a 78 single by the Dorsey Brothers Orchestra on Decca Records. Glenn Miller wrote both the music...
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recorded by The Dorsey Brothers orchestra. Dese Dem Dose was recorded in New York on February 6, 1935, and was released as a 78 by The Dorsey Brothers on Decca...
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Glenn Miller. The song was released as an A-side 78 single by the Dorsey Brothers Orchestra. The song was recorded by the Dorsey Brothers Orchestra on...
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Glen Island Park (category Pages using the Kartographer extension)
Thornhill, Les Brown, The Dorsey Brothers and Glenn Miller. Westchester County residency is required for parking and beach access. The island is situated...
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Bunny Berigan (category The Dorsey Brothers members)
most notably with the Dorsey Brothers and on Glenn Miller's earliest recording as a leader in 1935, playing on "Solo Hop". At the same time, Berigan...
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day—the Dorsey Brothers, Glenn Miller, Benny Goodman, Joe Venuti and Eddie Lang, Artie Shaw, Victor Young, Bunny Berigan—had a profound effect on the development...
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boxing. Both of the Burnette brothers turned out to be successful amateur boxers, becoming local Golden Gloves champions. In 1949, Dorsey was introduced...
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Most of the band members in the Clark Randall Orchestra were part of the Bob Crosby Orchestra. "Annie's Cousin Fanny" – with the Dorsey Brothers in 1934...
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Beverly Kenney (section Dorsey Brothers Orchestra)
Miami and worked regularly at the Black Magic Room. For several months she toured with Jimmy and Tommy Dorsey's Dorsey Brothers Orchestra before returning...
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Joe Yukl (category The Dorsey Brothers members)
with Red Nichols and The Dorsey Brothers. He played with Joe Haymes in 1934, then with the Dorseys once again; through the end of the decade he also played...
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Let's Do It, Let's Fall in Love (category The Secret Life of the American Teenager)
opening to the refrain: "Birds do it, bees do it, even educated fleas do it." when they recognized that the line was offensive. Dorsey Brothers & their Orchestra...
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Edythe Wright (section Post-Dorsey era)
from the Meadowbrook Ballroom in Cedar Grove, New Jersey. Wright became the first female singer with Dorsey's band after he left the Dorsey Brothers Orchestra...
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Tommy Dorsey (1905–1956) (Dorsey Brothers Orchestra) (1928–1956), Tommy Dorsey Orchestra (1935–1956) Jimmy Dorsey (1904–1957) (Dorsey Brothers Orchestra...
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Johnny Mercer (category The Dorsey Brothers members)
successful songs of the 1950s include "The Glow-Worm" (sung by the Mills Brothers) and "Something's Gotta Give". In 1961, he wrote the lyrics to "Moon River"...
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Jack Teagarden (category The Dorsey Brothers members)
sideman with the likes of Paul Whiteman and lifelong friend Louis Armstrong. Teagarden was born in Vernon, Texas, United States. His brothers Charlie and...
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Bob Crosby (redirect from Bob Crosby and the Bobcats)
Weeks (1931–34) and the Dorsey Brothers (1934–35). He became a bandleader in 1935 after Ben Pollack's band broke up, and many of the former members of that...
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