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

Jimmy Dorsey

The Fleet's In

Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra Leader

This Is Elvis

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Hollywood Canteen

Self

I Dood It

Himself (as Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra)

Birth of the Blues

Self (archive footage)

That Girl from Paris

Hammacher's Band Member (uncredited)

Four Jills in a Jeep

Himself