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* 1904 – Jimmy Dorsey, American bandleader ( d. 1957 )
* 1957 – Jimmy Dorsey, American musician, composer, and bandleader ( The Dorsey Brothers and The California Ramblers ) ( b. 1904 )
* Jimmy Dorsey
** Jimmy Dorsey, American jazz musician ( b. 1904 )
* February 29 – Jimmy Dorsey, American bandleader ( d. 1957 )
On his last recording session, in New York, on September 15, 1930, Beiderbecke played on the original recording of Hoagy Carmichael's new song, " Georgia on My Mind ", with Carmichael doing the vocal, Eddie Lang on guitar, Joe Venuti on violin, Jimmy Dorsey on clarinet and alto saxophone, Jack Teagarden on trombone, and Bud Freeman on tenor saxophone.
Competition was also intensifying, as African-American and white swing bands began to receive popular attention, including those of Benny Goodman, Tommy Dorsey, Jimmy Dorsey, Jimmie Lunceford, Benny Carter, Earl Hines, Chick Webb, and Count Basie.
* Jimmy Dorsey with Spike Hughes
The popularity of many of the major bands was amplified by star vocalists, such as Frank Sinatra with Tommy Dorsey, Helen O ' Connell and Bob Eberly with Jimmy Dorsey, Ella Fitzgerald with Chick Webb, Billie Holiday and Jimmy Rushing with Count Basie, Dick Haymes and Helen Forrest with Harry James, Doris Day with Les Brown, Toni Arden and Ken Curtis with Shep Fields and Peggy Lee with Benny Goodman.
* Tommy Dorsey and Jimmy Dorsey-famous jazz musicians and bandleaders were born in Shenandoah, Pennsylvania.
* Charlie Turner-Trumpeter who played for and with many great musicians, including Jimmy Dorsey and Frank Sinatra.
Cedar Grove was once home to Frank Dailey's Meadowbrook Ballroom, located on Route 23, which regularly hosted well-known bands and vocalists, including Buddy Rich, Glenn Miller, Jimmy and Tommy Dorsey, Frank Sinatra, and Jo Stafford.
Presley made his national television debut on January 28, appearing on CBS's Stage Show, starring Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey.
* Jimmy Dorsey, big band leader.
Artists signed to American Decca in the 1930s and 1940s included Louis Armstrong, Charlie Kunz, Count Basie, Jimmie Lunceford, Jane Froman, The Boswell Sisters, Billie Holiday, The Andrews Sisters, Ted Lewis, Judy Garland, The Mills Brothers, Billy Cotton, Guy Lombardo, Chick Webb, Louis Jordan ( the No. 1 R & B artist of the 1940s ), Bob Crosby, Bill Kenny & The Ink Spots, Dorsey Brothers ( and subsequently Jimmy Dorsey after the brothers split ), Connee Boswell and Jack Hylton, Victor Young, Earl Hines, Claude Hopkins, and Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the original ' soul sister ' of recorded music.
Included in this group are Bing Crosby's original recording of ' White Christmas ' and thousands more by Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Judy Garland, Tommy Dorsey, Jimmy Dorsey, the Andrews Sisters and other famous and lesser-known musicians who recorded during this time period.
Lewis's clarinet playing barely evolved beyond his style of 1919 which in later years would sound increasingly corny, but Lewis certainly knew what good clarinet playing sounded like, for he hired musicians like Benny Goodman, Jimmy Dorsey, and Don Murray to play clarinet in his band.
Nevertheless, they found instant appeal with teenagers and young adults who were engrossed in the swing and jazz idioms, especially when they performed with nearly all of the major big bands, including those led by Glenn Miller, Benny Goodman, Buddy Rich, Tommy Dorsey, Jimmy Dorsey, Gene Krupa, Joe Venuti, Freddie Slack, Eddie Heywood, Bob Crosby ( Bing's brother ), Desi Arnaz, Guy Lombardo, Les Brown, Bunny Berigan, Xavier Cugat, Paul Whiteman, Ted Lewis, Nelson Riddle and mood-master Gordon Jenkins, whose orchestra and chorus accompanied them on such successful soft and melancholy renditions as " I Can Dream, Can't I?

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The musical numbers were composed by Jimmy McHugh and the lyrics by Dorothy Fields ( later Harold Arlen and Ted Koehler ), with some Ellington originals mixed in.
They followed this up in 1988 with an album composed almost entirely of Jimmy Webb songs, Light Years.
Duke Ellington, who composed the music, appears as " Pie-Eye ", the owner of a roadhouse, with whom Jimmy Stewart's character plays piano.
It was composed by guitarist Jimmy Page and vocalist Robert Plant for the band's untitled fourth studio album ( often referred to as Led Zeppelin IV ).
( Jimmy Giuffre composed " Four Brothers ," which highlighted this group.
The Postal Service was an American electronic musical group composed of vocalist Ben Gibbard ( of Death Cab for Cutie ) and producer Jimmy Tamborello ( of Dntel and Headset ).
Old-time musician Jimmy Arnold recorded the song on his album " Southern Soul ," which was composed of songs associated with the Southern side of the Civil War.
" Four Brothers " ( 1947 ) is a jazz standard composed by Jimmy Giuffre and performed by the Woody Herman Orchestra.
Chaired by former President Jimmy Carter and composed of leading citizens, the National Council draws on members ' deep understanding of UN issues to bolster the nationwide advocacy and outreach of UNA-USA.
In 1969, Houston released her debut album, entitled Sunshower, produced, arranged and composed by Jimmy Webb except for one track.
Some of the wrestlers for whom he composed music were Honky Tonk Man, Jimmy Snuka, Brutus " The Barber " Beefcake, The Rockers, The Hart Foundation, Crush, the Fabulous Rougeau Brothers, Dusty Rhodes, the Legion of Doom, the Nasty Boys, Ted DiBiase, the Mountie, Hulk Hogan, the nWo Wolfpac, and 3 Count.
The initial lineup of the " Feldman Swing Club " advertised in Melody Maker included Frank Weir, Tommy Pollard, Kenny Baker and Jimmy Skidmore with guest artists the Feldman Trio, composed of Feldman's children, including then 8-year old child prodigy jazz drummer Victor Feldman.
During the initial years, the band was composed of Bruce Hampton, Oteil Burbridge, Jimmy Herring, Jeff Sipe, Matt Mundy, and Count M ' Butu.
The soundtrack, also titled Death Wish II, was composed by Jimmy Page.
" Also of note is the opening night pit orchestra, which was composed of many well-known jazz musicians, including Benny Goodman, Gene Krupa, Glenn Miller and Jimmy Dorsey.
The game saw Patrimonio sink the very last money ball to prop the Legends, also composed of Ronnie Magsanoc and Frankie Lim, to a 41-39 win over the young Turks of Jimmy Alapag, Ren-Ren Ritualo, and Dondon Hontiveros.
The band is currently composed of J. Jackson on vocals, Keith Haynie on bass guitar, Jimmy " Vegas " Tanner on drums, Bill Hubauer and Todd Waites on keyboard, and Tom Milnes and Tom Tincha ( a. k. a. " TNT "), both on lead guitar.
In the late 1970s, with the permission of the prison, he composed and recorded the soundtrack for Kenneth Anger's movie Lucifer Rising after Anger's first choice, Jimmy Page, couldn't manage to deliver enough music for the film after three years of waiting, according to Anger.
All lyrics written by Jim Adkins and Tom Linton ; music composed by Jimmy Eat World.
Islands is primarily composed of previously-unreleased songs from The Band's career, including their 1976 cover of " Georgia on My Mind ", which was recorded to aid Jimmy Carter in his presidential bid.
" MacArthur Park " is a song by Jimmy Webb, originally composed as part of an intended cantata.
The group's original lineup was composed of former Ratt guitarist / King Kobra lead vocalist Marq Torien ( vocals ), former King Kobra guitarist Mick Sweda, Lonnie Vencent ( bass ) and Jimmy D ' Anda ( drums, percussion ).
Later, the Disasters turned face when Jimmy Hart betrayed them and joined forces with Money Inc., a team composed of Irwin R. Schyster and Ted DiBiase ; Money Inc. had just won the tag titles from the Legion of Doom.
The " Lee Highway Blues " is a standard of southern string band music, widely attributed to G. B. Grayson of the popular Grayson and Whitter string band of the late 1920s, who recorded it under the title " Going Down The Lee Highway " but almost certainly composed by fiddler James (" Uncle Jimmy " or " Fiddlin ' Jim ") McCarroll of the Roane County Ramblers.

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