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I'm Gettin' Sentimental over You" is a 1932 song first released by the Dorsey Brothers Orchestra. [1] It was recorded by Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra in 1935, becoming his theme song. The lyrics were written by Ned Washington and the music was by George Bassman .
Thomas Francis Dorsey Jr. (November 19, 1905 – November 26, 1956) [1] was an American jazz trombonist, composer, conductor and bandleader of the big band era.He was known as the "Sentimental Gentleman of Swing" because of his smooth-toned trombone playing. [2]
Getting Sentimental over Tommy Dorsey is a 1963 album by Jo Stafford. The album was recorded in 1963 and features eleven easy listening classic songs associated with the bandleader Tommy Dorsey. Stafford is accompanied on this album by Nelson Riddle, Billy May and Benny Carter. [3]
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.
The opening number, "I'm Getting Sentimental Over You," was Dorsey's instrumental theme song. Sy Oliver , who was a Dorsey arranger when Sinatra was with the band, arranged three of the original recordings – " East of the Sun and West of the Moon ", " Without a Song ", and " The One I Love Belongs to Somebody Else " Axel Stordahl did the rest ...
The album's sides were titled Big Hit of, with the year released after; Smoke Rings features songs from 1936 to 1943.This could be misleading: According to Joel Whitburn, the four songs by bandleaders Benny Goodman, Tommy Dorsey, Larry Clinton and Glenn Miller were all number one hits.
Frank Sinatra & the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra is a 1998 compilation album by the American singer Frank Sinatra. The three-CD set contains recordings from Sinatra's performances with Tommy Dorsey and his orchestra at the beginning of his five-decade singing career. Many of the songs had never been available on CD prior to the set, as Sinatra did ...
Up Swing is a compilation album of phonograph records released by bandleaders Tommy Dorsey, Glenn Miller, Benny Goodman, and Artie Shaw in 1944 as a part of the Victor Musical Smart Set series. The set, a progenitor to greatest hits releases, features some of the most popular Dance Band Era recordings by the four bandleaders.