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James Francis Dorsey, professionally known as Jimmy Dorsey, was an American jazz clarinetist, saxophonist, composer and big band leader. He recorded and composed the jazz and pop standards "I'm Glad There Is You " and "It's The Dreamer In Me". His other major recordings were "Tailspin", "John Silver", "So Many Times", "Amapola", "Brazil ", "Pennies from Heaven" with Bing Crosby, Louis Armstrong, and Frances Langford, "Grand Central Getaway", and "So Rare". He played clarinet on the seminal jazz standards "Singin' the Blues" in 1927 and the original 1930 recording of "Georgia on My Mind", which were inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.
Birth Name
James Francis Dorsey
Born
Monday, 29 February 1904
Died
Wednesday, 12 June 1957
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Io sono Tony Scott, ovvero come l'Italia fece fuori il più grande clarinettista del jazz | Self | 2010 |
| Abbott and Costello in the Movies | Self | 2002 |
| Biography | (archive footage) | 1987 |
| This Is Elvis | Self | 1981 |
| The Mike Douglas Show | Themselves | 1961 |
| Jazz Ball | Self / Himself | 1956 |
| Stage Show | Self - Co-Host / Self | 1954 |
| The George Jessel Show | Self | 1953 |
| The Jackie Gleason Show | Self - Guest Conductor / Self | 1952 |
| What's My Line? | Himself - Mystery Guest | 1950 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Io sono Tony Scott, ovvero come l'Italia fece fuori il più grande clarinettista del jazz | Self | 2010 |
| Abbott and Costello in the Movies | Self | 2002 |
| Biography | (archive footage) | 1987 |
| This Is Elvis | Self | 1981 |
| The Mike Douglas Show | Themselves | 1961 |
| Jazz Ball | Self / Himself | 1956 |
| Stage Show | Self - Co-Host / Self | 1954 |
| The George Jessel Show | Self | 1953 |
| The Jackie Gleason Show | Self - Guest Conductor / Self | 1952 |
| What's My Line? | Himself - Mystery Guest | 1950 |
| Cavalcade of Bands | Himself | 1950 |
| Make Believe Ballroom | Band Leader Jimmy Dorsey / Self | 1949 |
| Adventures in Jazz | Self | 1949 |
| Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall | Himself | 1948 |
| Catalina Interlude | Orchestra Leader Jimmy Dorsey | 1948 |
| Music Man | Jimmy Dorsey - Band Leader | 1948 |
| The Fabulous Dorseys | Jimmy Dorsey | 1947 |
| Hollywood Canteen | Jimmy Dorsey / Self | 1944 |
| Lost in a Harem | Jimmy Dorsey | 1944 |
| Four Jills in a Jeep | Jimmy Dorsey / Himself | 1944 |
| I Dood It | Jimmy Dorsey / Himself (as Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra) | 1943 |
| The Fleet's In | Jimmy Dorsey / Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra Leader | 1942 |
| Birth of the Oases | Jimmy Dorsey | 1941 |
| Birth of the Blues | Jimmy Dorsey / Self (archive footage) | 1941 |
| Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra | Orchestra Leader / Self - Bandleader / Alto Saxophone / Clarinet | 1938 |
| You Leave Me Breathless | Self | 1938 |
| That Girl from Paris | Hammacher's Band Member | 1936 |
| Mirrors | Self / Clarinet Solo | 1934 |
