No. By the time the Goodman band was established, Dorsey was already co-leading the Dorsey Brothers Orchestra with his brother Jimmy.
James played with Ben Pollack, then became famous with Benny Goodman before starting his own band in 1939. His connection with Tommy Dorsey was that his was the first name band to feature a young singer named Frank Sinatra, who was soon hired away by Tommy. And the rest, as they say, was history.
Dorsey hired Sinatra in 1940.
Female chorus The Clark Sisters. When they joined Dorsey's Band, they were renamed to the Sentimentalists by Dorsey. Because Dorsey had a registerated band name The Sentimentalists. They sang at Dorsey's Band from 1944 to 1953.
No. Thomas A. Dorsey lived from 1899 to 1999 and wrote a lot of Gospel hymns including Peace in the Valley, Precious Lord Take My Hand, and If You See My Savior. Tommy Dorsey was a famous swing musician and big-band leader who was popular from the the mid-1930s to the early 1950s. I actually did a thesis on Thomas A. Dorsey. There's a lot of information about him in a documentary called, "Say Amen, Somebody: The Rise of the Gospel Blues." You can get it on youtube. It's awesome.
No, that would be the Rev. Thomas A. Dorsey. The two musicians are often confused because their names are identical except for their middle initials.
Benny Goodman, Tommy Dorsey, Red Nichols, Gene Krupa Orchestra
Swing and Big Band Jazz was the POPular music of the day.. ( Benny Goodman, Tommy Dorsey, etc )
James played with Ben Pollack, then became famous with Benny Goodman before starting his own band in 1939. His connection with Tommy Dorsey was that his was the first name band to feature a young singer named Frank Sinatra, who was soon hired away by Tommy. And the rest, as they say, was history.
Dorsey hired Sinatra in 1940.
Female chorus The Clark Sisters. When they joined Dorsey's Band, they were renamed to the Sentimentalists by Dorsey. Because Dorsey had a registerated band name The Sentimentalists. They sang at Dorsey's Band from 1944 to 1953.
Tommy Dorsey Orchestra is a musical band. It begins with T.
Swing and big-band jazz
Tommy Dorsey's music was from the Big Band era. Played mostly swing music.
Tommy Dorsey was most noted for being a jazz trombonist, composer and band leader. He was born in 1905 and passed away in 1956. He was born in Pennsylvania.
Tommy Dorsey
Universal Name Band Musical 7301 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - 1951 is rated/received certificates of: USA:Approved USA:Passed (National Board of Review)
Tammy Wynette and The Tommy Dorsey Band. t-rex