Tommy Dorsey

  • Listeners

    539K

  • Scrobbles

    4M

  • Listeners

    539K

  • Scrobbles

    4M

  • Last.FM User
  • Last.FM User
  • Last.FM User

Join others and track this artist

Scrobble, find and rediscover music with a Last.fm account

Sign Up to Last.fm
Born
19 November 1905
Born In
Shenandoah, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States
Died
26 November 1956 (aged 51)
Thomas Francis "Tommy" Dorsey, Jr. (November 19, 1905 - November 26, 1956) was an American jazz trombonist, trumpeter, composer, and bandleader of the Big Band era. He was known as "The Sentimental Gentleman of Swing", because of his smooth-toned trombone playing. Although he was not known for being a notable soloist, his technical skill on the trombone gave him renown amongst other musicians. He was the younger brother of bandleader Jimmy Dorsey. After Dorsey broke with his brother in the mid-1930s, he led an extremely popular and highly successful band from the… read more
Thomas Francis "Tommy" Dorsey, Jr. (November 19, 1905 - November 26, 1956) was an American jazz trombonist, trumpeter, composer, and bandleader of the Big Band era. He was known as "The Sentimental Gentleman of Swing", because of his smooth-toned trombone playing. Although… read more
Thomas Francis "Tommy" Dorsey, Jr. (November 19, 1905 - November 26, 1956) was an American jazz trombonist, trumpeter, composer, and bandleader of the Big Band era. He was known as "The Sentimental Gentleman of Swing", because of his smooth-toned trombone playing. Although he was not known for being a notable soloist, his technical skill on th… read more

Related Tags

Add tagsView all tags

Similar To

  1. Avatar for Jimmy Dorsey

  2. Avatar for Artie Shaw

  3. Avatar for Glenn Miller
View all artists

Top Tracks

Rank Play Album Loved Track name Buy Options Listeners
1 Play track Dance To The Sounds Of The Big Name Bands I'll Never Smile Again
  • Loading
 3,795 listeners
2 Play track Jazz Greats - Tommy Dorsey Polka Dots And Moonbeams
  • Loading
 540 listeners
3 Polka Dots And Moonbeams - Restored 2024 Polka Dots And Moonbeams - Restored 2024
  • Loading
 386 listeners
4 I'll Be Seeing You - Restored 2024 I'll Be Seeing You - Restored 2024
  • Loading
 245 listeners
5 Play track Stardust - 1991 Remastered Stardust - 1991 Remastered
  • Loading
 214 listeners
6 Play track Big Band Definitive Collection Manhattan Serenade
  • Loading
 162 listeners
7 Play track I'll Be Seeing You (with Frank Sinatra) I'll Be Seeing You (with Frank Sinatra)
  • Loading
 130 listeners
8 Play track The Tommy Dorsey Collection Sleepy Lagoon
  • Loading
 127 listeners
9 Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear To Tread) - Restored 2024 Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear To Tread) - Restored 2024
  • Loading
 124 listeners
10 Play track The Best Of Tommy Dorsey Opus One
  • Loading
 116 listeners

View all tracks

Albums

  1. 272,847 listeners

    26 Jun 1990 · 17 tracks

    The Seventeen Number Ones
    • Loading

  2. 55,904 listeners

    31 Dec 2003 · 75 tracks

    Tommy Dorsey: The Complete Standard Transcriptions
    • Loading

  3. 37,316 listeners

    1991 · 9 tracks

    Boogie Woogie
    • Loading

  4. 24,301 listeners

    24 Jul 2018 · 12 tracks

    I'm Getting Sentimental over You (Remastered)
    • Loading

View all albums

Scrobble Stats

What is scrobbling?

Scrobbling is when Last.fm tracks the music you listen to and automatically adds it to your music profile.

Learn more

Recent Listening Trend

Day Listeners
1,067
1,021
1,154
1,118
1,082
1,048
1,082
988
1,059
1,083
1,128
1,089
1,106
1,066
963
1,090
1,139
1,113
1,184
1,079
1,093
1,032
996
1,031
1,080
1,093
1,077
951
979
988
985
1,092
1,014
1,034
997
1,026
1,046
1,072
1,068
1,076
1,165
1,062
909
1,054
1,035
1,049
1,069
1,019
1,016
931
994
1,084
1,014
1,029
1,066
1,032
954
922
1,053
979
1,011
1,015
1,007
958
959
1,010
985
1,073
1,036
952
915
948
1,120
1,104
1,035
967
988
885
972
964
1,014
1,042
1,105
958
920
1,010
1,114
1,063
979
979
912
928
884
1,029
1,026
946
965
1,944
1,219
1,170
1,205
1,191
1,184
1,177
1,125
1,035
935
1,027
1,120
1,016
987
1,051
918
992
1,050
1,023
1,015
1,056
1,996
1,272
1,148
1,272
1,115
1,218
1,129
1,031
969
963
937
1,036
1,069
1,015
1,155
996
1,005
982
1,036
1,038
1,016
989
1,089
1,108
1,222
1,230
1,230
1,164
1,072
1,100
1,043
1,137
1,135
1,091
1,152
1,101
1,019
1,032
1,124
1,120
1,074
1,078
1,090
1,027
1,047
1,119
1,055
1,136
1,090
1,007
993
981
1,003
1,010
989
1,002
1,014
901
913
972
1,037
1,004
975

Upcoming Events

We don’t have any upcoming events for this artist right now.

Add event View all events

Photos

Don't want to see ads? Upgrade Now

Join the conversation

Similar Artists

  1. 96,704 listeners

    Avatar for Jimmy Dorsey

  2. 380,002 listeners

    Avatar for Artie Shaw

  3. 984,267 listeners

    Avatar for Glenn Miller

  4. 754,858 listeners

    Avatar for Benny Goodman

View all similar artists

Trending Tracks

  • 1

  • 2

  • 3

  • 4

  • 5

  • 6

View all trending tracks

API Calls

Scrobble from Spotify?

Connect your Spotify account to your Last.fm account and scrobble everything you listen to, from any Spotify app on any device or platform.

Connect to Spotify

Dismiss