No...Married Jane Porter 1929...Lost twin boys in 1930...Daughter Julia Louise 1932. Divorced in 1949...Married only once...Passed 6/12/57. NYC. Interred in Shenandoah, Pa. Bill LaBossiere, grandson.
No. By the time the Goodman band was established, Dorsey was already co-leading the Dorsey Brothers Orchestra with his brother Jimmy.
He was born in Shenandoah, PA. American to the core.
Yes. Tommy was famous - or infamous for his relationships: Marriages- > Mildred Kraft (when both were teenagers); 2 children > Pat Dane; no children > Jane New; 2 children Relationships / affairs: > Edythe Wright, band vocalist in the late 1930s > Talullah Bankhead, actress Jimmy was more subdued, being married only once (Jane Porter, 1927 to 1949; one child) but also had his share of affairs, including one with his own sister-in-law Pat Dorsey!
died in auto accident
Ernestine Dickens was Jimmy's first wife. She was killed in a car accident in Sherman, TX. back in 1968. The car she was in skidded off an icy overpass. Her cousin and daughter who were in the car as well, were not injured.
The cast of Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra - 1948 includes: Jimmy Dorsey as himself
Jimmy Dorsey was born on February 29, 1904.
Jimmy Dorsey was born on February 29, 1904.
Jimmy Dorsey died on June 12, 1957 at the age of 53.
Cancer
Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra - 1938 was released on: USA: 22 October 1938
Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra - 1948 was released on: USA: 23 November 1948
So Many Times - Jimmy Dorsey song - was created in 1939.
Jimmy Dorsey was born on February 29, 1904 and died on June 12, 1957. Jimmy Dorsey would have been 53 years old at the time of death or 111 years old today.
Porcupine Creek
Contrasts
Rev. Thomas A. Dorsey wrote it