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First album would be doctor ... and His Texas Playboys were right up there in popularity with the likes of Tommy Dorsey or Benny Goodman. Well, I'm standing here with them. Plunkett of the ...
“In Big Band history, the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra is recognized as one of the best all-around dance bands,” said BCPAC ...
Extracting inimitable, stinging tone from his Tele with just his fingers, Albert Collins carved a hugely influential sonic ...
Working with the likes of Elvis Presley, Chet Atkins, Pérez Prado, and Roger Whitaker, Gabriel produced six Grammy-winning albums (including Tommy Dorsey ... outplay the best of them, but ...
Another swinging clarinet player was Jimmy Dorsey, who, together with his younger sibling, Tommy, a trombonist ... bebop prospered in the age of the album, its cutting-edge experimentalism ...
Now in its 20th year, the Scranton Jazz Festival will celebrate a milestone in its history with three days of live jazz, blues and world beat music, August 1 to 3 in Downtown Scranton.
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It's been three decades since "Fat Guy in a Little Coat" became an earworm: Tommy Boy turns 30 on March ... "I got him during a very good part, probably the best part, of his professional life ...
A decade earlier, an early mentor for Sinatra, Big Band leader Tommy Dorsey, also had played the theater. Frank Sinatra performs with bandleader Tommy Dorsey, left, in a circa 1940 photo.