Trombonist Thomas "Tommy" Dorsey was born in Shenandoah, Pennsylvania, the younger brother of famed jazz clarinetist, Jimmy Dorsey. In early years he was equally well-known as both trumpet and ...

Tommy Dorsey, a superstar orchestra leader in the Big Band era, was a complex, driven man of many parts, some brilliant and some wretched, as demonstrated in Peter J. Levinson’s compelling ...

Tommy Dorsey and his band came to Broome County several times in the 1940's, sometimes with Frank Sinatra, and later with local native Stuart Foster.

A major big band leader is the subject of a new book: Tommy Dorsey: Livin' in a Great Big Way. With his brother Jimmy, Dorsey helped define American popular music from the 1920s through the mid 1950s.

Jane New Dorsey, 79, widow of renowned big-band leader Tommy Dorsey, died of natural causes Sunday in Bay Harbor, Fla., according to publicist Peter Levinson.

(CBS11) - Tommy Dorsey was one of the most prolific big band musicians and orchestra leaders from the 1930s through the mid 1950s. Born on November 19, 1905 in Shenandoah, PA he was the second of ...

Tommy Dorsey was at his peak in the 1940s, a self-made millionaire with the most popular band in the country and a small empire that he ran from his penthouse offices in New York’s Brill Building.

Tommy Dorsey died in his sleep at his home in Greenwich, Conn., shortly after his 51st birthday in 1956. There were rumors of suicide. But the medical examiner ruled he died of asphyxia — he ...

Tommy Dorsey, who passed away in 1956, was an extremely successful bandleader from the 1930s. His technical skill on the trombone made him world-renowned among musicians and the public.

The New Jersey mansion that once belonged to big band musician Tommy Dorsey is on the market for $3.595 million. Dorsey, who was Frank Sinatra's bandleader, used the Bernardsville estate as a ...