Many people today have no memory of Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey. But back in the days of swing they were right up there in popularity on the Big Band stages with Glenn Miller and other stars.

Jean Gower was 23 and had two small children when big band leader Tommy Dorsey played a trombone solo in his hometown of Mahanoy Plane for troops returning from World War II. Sixty years later ...

When Frank Sinatra joined Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra in January of 1940, he was an almost total unknown. True, he had spent a little over a year singing with the Harry James band, and his ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to share on X (Opens in new window) A lot has been written about Jimmy and Tommy Dorsey, musicians and bandleaders who soared from Shenandoah ...