Tommy Dorsey Orchestra
Tommy Dorsey (November 19, 1905 – November 26, 1956) was an American jazz t… Read Full Bio ↴Tommy Dorsey (November 19, 1905 – November 26, 1956) was an American jazz trombonist, trumpeter, composer, and bandleader of the Big Band era. He was known as "The Sentimental Gentleman of Swing" and as "TD". He was the younger brother of Jimmy Dorsey. His lyrical trombone style became one of the signature sounds of his band and of the swing era.
Thomas Francis Dorsey, Jr. was a native of Shenandoah, Pennsylvania, the second of four children born to Thomas Francis Dorsey, Sr. and Theresa (née Langton) Dorsey. The Dorsey brothers' two younger siblings were Mary and Edward (who died young).
At age 15, Jimmy recommended Tommy as the replacement for Russ Morgan in the seminal 1920s territory band "The Scranton Sirens." Tommy and Jimmy worked in several bands, including those of Tal Henry, Rudy Vallee, Vincent Lopez, and especially Paul Whiteman, before forming the original Dorsey Brothers Orchestra in 1934. Glenn Miller was a member of the Dorsey Brothers Orchestra in 1934 and 1935, composing "Annie's Cousin Fanny" and "Dese Dem Dose" for the band. Ongoing acrimony between the brothers, however, led to Tommy Dorsey's walking out to form his own band in 1935, just as the Orchestra was having a hit with "Every Little Moment."
The Dorsey brothers themselves later reconciled – Jimmy Dorsey had had to break up his own highly successful big band in 1953, and brother Tommy invited him to join up as a feature attraction – but before long Tommy renamed the band the Dorsey Brothers Orchestra. On December 26, 1953, the brothers appeared with their orchestra on Jackie Gleason's CBS television show, which was preserved on kinescope and later released on home video by Gleason. The brothers took the unit on tour and onto their own television show, Stage Show, from 1954 to 1956, on which they introduced Elvis Presley to national television audiences, among others.
Tommy Dorsey had seventeen number one hits with his orchestra in the 1930s and 1940s: "On Treasure Island", "The Music Goes 'Round and Around", "Alone", "You", "Marie", "Satan Takes a Holiday", "The Big Apple", "Once in a While", "The Dipsy Doodle", "Music, Maestro, Please", "Our Love", "All the Things You Are", "Indian Summer", "I'll Never Smile Again", "There Are Such Things", "In the Blue of Evening", and "Dolores". He had two more number one hits in 1935 when he was a member of the Dorsey Brothers Orchestra: "Lullaby of Broadway", number one for two weeks, and "Chasing Shadows", number one for three weeks. His biggest hit was "I'll Never Smile Again", featuring Frank Sinatra on vocals, which was number one for twelve weeks on the Billboard pop singles chart in 1940.
Tommy Dorsey composed several popular songs of the swing era, including "To You" and "This is No Dream", co-written with Benny Davis and Ted Shapiro in 1939; "You Taught Me To Love Again" in 1939, with music by Tommy Dorsey and Henri Woode and lyrics by Charles Carpenter, recorded by Gene Krupa and Sarah Vaughan; "In the Middle of a Dream" in 1939 with Al Stillman and Einar Aaron Swan, recorded by Glenn Miller and Red Norvo; "Three Moods"; "Night in Sudan" (1939); "The Morning After" in 1937 with Moe Jaffe and Clay Boland, also recorded by Red Norvo; "Peckin' with the Penguins", co-written with Deane Kincaide from the 1938 short movie feature Porky's Spring Planting; "You Can't Cheat a Cheater" with Frank Signorelli and Phil Napoleon; and, "Trombonology", which was recorded in 1947. Based on the collection of sheet music of the U.S. Library of Congress, Tommy Dorsey co-wrote "Chris and His Gang" in 1938 with Fletcher and Horace Henderson and "Nip and Tuck" with Fred Norman in 1946. "To You" was recorded in 1939 by Glenn Miller and his Orchestra, Ella Fitzgerald, and by Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra. "This is No Dream" was recorded by Harry James and his Orchestra featuring Frank Sinatra on vocals and by Charlie Barnet and his Orchestra with vocals by Judy Ellington.
In 1956, Tommy Dorsey died at age 51 in his Greenwich, Connecticut home, choking in his sleep after a heavy meal following which he had taken sleeping pills. Jimmy Dorsey (out of whose band Tommy had walked two decades earlier) led his brother's band until his own death of throat cancer the following year. At that point, trombonist Warren Covington assumed leadership of the band with, presumably, Jane Dorsey's blessing (she owned the rights to her late husband's band and name) and it produced, ironically enough, the biggest selling hit record ever released under the Dorsey name. Billed as the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra Starring Warren Covington, they topped the charts in 1958 with Tea For Two Cha-Cha. Covington led the Dorsey band through 1970 (he also led and recorded with his own organisation), after which Jane Dorsey renamed it, simply, The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, which is conducted today by Buddy Morrow, featuring vocalist Rob Zappulla. Jane Dorsey died of natural causes at the age of 80 in 2003.
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Tommy Dorsey Orchestra Lyrics


A Gypsy Without a Song Without a song, the day would never end Without a song,…
A Little White Lighthouse The moon was all aglow But heaven was in your eyes The…
A Night In Tunisia In the still of the night As I gaze from my…
A Woman In Love Lately, I find myself out gazing at stars, Hearing guitars…
After You Now won't you listen honey, while I say, How could…
After You've Gone Now won't you listen honey, while I say, How could…
Again I'll never smile again Until I smile at you I'll never laugh…
All or Nothing All or nothing at all Half a love, never appealed to…
All The Things You Are You are the promised kiss of springtime That makes the lonel…
All This And Heaven Too You give me your lips and your lips are so…
Alone Alone, alone with a sky of romance above Alone, alone…
Be Careful It's My Heart Be careful, it's my heart, It's not my watch you're…
Blue Moon Blue moon you saw me standing alone Without a dream in…



Blue Skies Blue skies, smilin' at me Nothin' but blues skies do I…
Blues in the Night In the blue of evening, when you appear close to…
Dardanella Cha Cha Carolina Gave me Dinah; I'm the proudest one Beneath t…
Deep Night Deep night, stars in the sky above Moonlight, lighting our p…
Did I Remember The night was filled with sweet surrender I had a million…
Dream I guess I'll to dream the rest If you can't remember…
East of the Sun East of the sun (bathed in the brightness) And west of…
Embraceable You Embrace me, my sweet embraceable you! Embrace me, you irrepl…
Fools Rush in "Romance is a game for fools" I used to say A game…
Have You Got Any Castles Baby Have you got any castles That you want me to build…
Hawaiian War Chant There's a sunny little funny little melody That was started …
How About You I like New York in June, how about you? I…
How Am I To Know Oh, how am I to know if it's really love…
How Are Things Going In Glocca Mora? I hear a bird, Londonderry bird, It well may be he's…
I Am Loved Oh, how am I to know if it's really love…
I Cant Give You Anything But Love Gee, but it's tough to be broke, kid. It's not a…
I Concentrate On You You and I know love has found us Why does…
I Don't Know Why Why do robins sing in December Long before the Springtime is…
I Dream Of You I guess I'll to dream the rest If you can't remember…
I Get a Kick Out of You I get no kick from champagne, Mere alcohol, Doesn't thrill…
I Got Rhythm Days can be sunny, with never a sigh Don't need what…
I Hadn't Anyone Till You I hadn't anyone till you, I was a lonely one 'til…
I May Be Wrong I may be wrong but I think you're wonderful I may…
I Should Care I should care, I should go around weeping I should care,…
I Still Get Jealous Cha Cha I still get jealous Dear dolly I still get jealous When th…
I'll Dream Tonight I guess I'll to dream the rest If you can't remember…
I'll get by I'll get by As long as I have you Though there be…
I'll Never Smile Again I'll never smile again Until I smile at you I'll never laugh…
I'm Gettin' Sentimental Over You Never thought I'd fall, But now I hear love call, I'm gettin…
I'm Getting Sentimental Over You Never thought I'd fall, But now I hear love call, I'm gett…
I'm In The Mood For Love I'm in the mood for love Simply because you're near me. Funn…
I've Got A Crush On You I've got my eyes on you, So best beware where you…
If I Forgot You I could show the world how to smile I could be…
Ill Be Seeing You I'll be seeing you In all the old, familiar places That th…
Ill Never Smile Again I'll never smile again Until I smile at you I'll never laugh…
In the Mood Who's the loving daddy with the beautiful eyes What a pair…
In the Still of the Night In the still of the night As I gaze from my…
Indian Summer Summer, you old Indian Summer You're the tear that comes aft…
I’m Getting Sentimental Over You Never thought I'd fall, But now I hear love call, I'm gettin…
Life Is a Song I hear music when I look at you, A beautiful theme…
Little Brown Jug Me and my wife live all alone In a little…
Little White Lies The moon was all aglow But heaven was in your eyes The…
Love Is The Sweetest Thing Once in a while will you try to give One little…
Lover Come Back To Me You went away I let you We broke the ties that bind I…
Lullaby of Broadway LULLABY OF BROADWAY Dorsey Brothers Orchestra Come on along…
Make Love to Me Somebody loves me, I wonder who I wonder who he can…
Marie Marie (oh, Marie), the dawn is breaking Marie, you'll soon b…
Melancholy Serenade Melancholy serenade every time I hear it played Right out of…
Moonglow It must have been moonglow, way up in the blue It…
Music Maestro Please Like the beat beat beat of the tom-tom When the jungle…
My! My! Here was I, a Gypsy Looking for a world to roam…
Nice Work If You Can Get It The man who only lives for making money Lives a life…
Night and Day Like the beat, beat, beat of the tom tom When the…
Night In Sudan In the still of the night As I gaze from my…
No Regrets No regrets altho' our love affair has gone astray No regrets…
Now It Can Be Told All the world's great lovers have been glorified History pla…
Oh! Look At Me Now I'm not the guy who cared about love And I'm not…
On The Sunny Side Of The Street Grab your coat Don't forget your hat But leave your worries…
On the Sunnyside of the Street Grab your coat Don't forget your hat But leave your worri…
on treasure island I sailed away to Treasure Island And my heart stood still…
Once in a While Once in a while will you try to give One little…
Our Love Our love I feel it everywhere Through the nighttime It is th…
Polka Dots & Moonbeams A country dance was being held in a garden I felt…
San Francisco It only takes a tiny corner of This great big…
Santa Claus Is Coming To Town I just came back from a lovely trip along the…
Satan Takes a Holiday Stop, look, and listen to me, Last night at a quarter…
Sheik Of Araby "I'm the Sheik of Araby, Your love belongs to me. At…
Sleepy Lagoon A sleepy lagoon, a tropical moon and two on an…
Stardust And now the purple dusk of twilight time Steals across the…
Swanee River Way down upon the Swanee River, Far, far away That's where m…
Taking A Chance On Love Here I go again, I hear those trumpets blow again. All…
Tea For Two Cha Cha I'm discontented with homes that are rented so I have…
Tea for Two Cha-cha I′m discontented with homes that are rented so I have…
The Dipsy Doodle The dipsy doodle is the thing to beware The dipsy doodle…
The Lamp Is Low Dream beside me in the midnight glow, the lamp Is…
The Music Goes Round And Round THE MUSIC GOES ROUND AND ROUND Tommy Dorsey I blow through …
The One I Love Belongs To Somebody Else The one I love belongs to somebody else She means her…
The Sheik of Araby "I'm the Sheik of Araby, Your love belongs to me. At…
This Is It This is it, my great romance, I want to hang on…
This Love Of Mine This love of mine goes on and on, Though life is…
To You You are the promised kiss of springtime That makes the lonel…
Well Get It I'm so tired of this dull routine Up to town on…
When The Wagon Comes When the swallows come back to Capistrano That's the day you…
Where Oh Where "Romance is a game for fools" I used to say A game…
Who Loves You Gee, but it's tough to be broke, kid. It's not a…
Yes Indeed Yes, indeed! [Chorus:] Yes, indeed! Yes, indeed! …
You You are the promised kiss of springtime That makes the lonel…
You & I Know You and I know love has found us Why does…
You Are My Lucky Star In my imagination, I live the things I like to…


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