From a coal mining family in Pennsylvania, Tommy Dorsey (born in Shenandoah,
Pennsylvania on November 19, 1905) and his brother Jimmy grew up to become two
of the most popular US jazz stars of the 1930s, entertaining audiences with
up-tempo swing and show tunes and shaping the dance sounds of the era. With
Tommy on trombone and Jimmy on saxophone, the siblings worked together in bands
as teenagers before uniting as The Dorsey Brothers and scoring many hits.
Despite numerous rows and disagreements, they successfully ran the orchestra
(which included a young Glenn Miller in its ran...