Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra

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big band musical ensemble swing band

Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra was a leading American big band of the swing era, led by trombonist Tommy Dorsey and known for its smooth, danceable arrangements and hit recordings in the 1930s and 1940s.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra canonical	4
Tommy Dorsey Orchestra	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	big band ⓘ musical ensemble ⓘ swing band ⓘ
activePeriodEnd	1950s ⓘ
activePeriodStart	1930s ⓘ
arranger	Paul Weston NERFINISHED ⓘ Sy Oliver NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedAct	Buddy Rich NERFINISHED ⓘ Bunny Berigan NERFINISHED ⓘ Connie Haines NERFINISHED ⓘ Edgar “Skinnay” Ennis NERFINISHED ⓘ Frank Sinatra NERFINISHED ⓘ Jack Leonard NERFINISHED ⓘ Jo Stafford NERFINISHED ⓘ Sy Oliver NERFINISHED ⓘ The Pied Pipers NERFINISHED ⓘ Ziggy Elman NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
genre	big band jazz ⓘ swing ⓘ
influenced	American popular music of the 1940s ⓘ later swing revival bands ⓘ
instrumentationFocus	trombone-led arrangements ⓘ
knownFor	hit recordings in the 1930s and 1940s ⓘ
leader	Tommy Dorsey NERFINISHED ⓘ
medium	phonograph records ⓘ radio broadcasts ⓘ
notableBroadcast	The Tommy Dorsey Show NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableEra	swing era ⓘ
notableSong	East of the Sun (and West of the Moon) NERFINISHED ⓘ I’ll Be Seeing You NERFINISHED ⓘ I’ll Never Smile Again NERFINISHED ⓘ I’ll Take Tallulah NERFINISHED ⓘ I’m Getting Sentimental Over You NERFINISHED ⓘ Marie NERFINISHED ⓘ On the Sunny Side of the Street NERFINISHED ⓘ Opus One NERFINISHED ⓘ Song of India NERFINISHED ⓘ There Are Such Things NERFINISHED ⓘ This Love of Mine NERFINISHED ⓘ Yes, Indeed! NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryVenueType	ballrooms ⓘ theaters ⓘ
recordLabel	RCA Victor NERFINISHED ⓘ Victor Records NERFINISHED ⓘ
reputation	one of the leading American big bands of the swing era ⓘ
styleCharacteristic	danceable arrangements ⓘ smooth arrangements ⓘ
targetAudience	dance audiences ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Dick Haymes → associatedAct → Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra ⓘ

Polka Dots and Moonbeams → firstRecordedBy → Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra ⓘ

Nancy (With the Laughing Face) → performer → Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra ⓘ

Temptation → hasNotablePerformer → Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra ⓘ

Jo Stafford → associatedAct → Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tommy Dorsey Orchestra