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In January 1937, Tommy Dorsey recorded an instrumental jazz arrangement featuring Bunny Berigan on trumpet, which became a jazz standard. [2] [3] Coupled with "Marie", the 78 rpm disc (Victor #25523) was a major hit for Dorsey, containing two of his most enduring recordings on one record, and which helped make him and his band into a household name as a popular music artist in the United States.
This Is Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra, Vol. 1 is the first of two volumes originally released in a 1971 series by RCA Victor, which was created in response to a resurgence in big band recreations during the late '60s and early '70s, and is a reissue of 20 famous recordings by Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra.
Billed as the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra Starring Warren Covington, they reached #7 on the Billboard charts and earned a gold record in the fall of 1958 with the hit single "Tea for Two Cha-Cha". [ 58 ] [ 59 ] The band was also fronted by Urbie Green after Dorsey's death in 1956.
The songs were performed by the combined orchestras of Jimmy and Tommy Dorsey. They reunited again in 1947 for the film The Fabulous Dorseys. In 1950, Jimmy disbanded his orchestra and joined Tommy's band on a permanent basis. On May 23, 1953, the combined orchestra made its television debut on the Jackie Gleason Show.
Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra "Marie" Victor: January 29, 1937 () February 17, 1937 () US BB 1937 #19, US #1 for 2 weeks, 8 total weeks, Grammy Hall of Fame 1998, 150,000 sales [11] 20: Shep Fields and His Rippling Rhythm Orchestra "The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down" Bluebird: June 3, 1937 () June 16, 1937 ()
Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra with vocalist Jack Leonard had a hit with it in the late 1930s; their arrangement was patterned after Dorsey's 1937 recording of "Marie". Judy Garland sang the song in the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer biopic Till the Clouds Roll By ( 1946 ), loosely based on the life of Jerome Kern.
Stop, Look & Listen is a 1994 release, featuring Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra's work prior to their collaborations with Frank Sinatra, featuring songs from the late 1930s through the early 1940s. Track listing
The Song Is You is a 1994 box set by American singer Frank Sinatra.. This five disc box set contains every studio recording Frank Sinatra performed with Tommy Dorsey and his orchestra, a few tracks of alternate recording takes, and a full disc of mostly-unreleased radio broadcasts.