Jimmy Dorsey
February 29, 1904 – June 12, 1957
Jimmy Dorsey was a popular jazz musician, composer and band leader throughout most of the ’20s to ’50s. He was also the older brother of fellow jazz great, Tommy Dorsey. Dorsey’s music career in vaudeville when he was still in his early teens. Over the years, he worked with Rudy Vallee, Ted Lewis, and probably most famously, Helen O’Connell, with whom he scored several hits. Dorsey lead his own band through most of his career, until joining up with his brother to perform as The Fabulous Dorseys in 1953. T0gether they hosted the popular Stage Show program on TV beginning in 1954. Unfortunately, Jimmy Dorsey died of throat cancer just a few years later in 1957.