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    • Nov 19, 1905
    Trombone player Tommy Dorsey is born in Shenandoah, Pennsylvania. The big-band musician plays on several sessions by influential country singer Emmett Miller and hosts a TV series that features Elvis Presley's first appearance on the tube
    Jun 12, 1928
    Emmett Miller records "Lovesick Blues" in New York with a band that includes Jimmy and Tommy Dorsey. Miller's version of the song later influences Hank Williams to record it, leading to Williams' breakthrough record
    Aug 19, 1931
    Bing Crosby records Hoagy Carmichael's "Star Dust" in New York, with Jimmy and Tommy Dorsey in the orchestra. Crosby's death in 1977 partially inspires Willie Nelson to make an album of pop classics, which he titles "Stardust"
    Sep 30, 1951
    The Weavers, "He'll Have To Go" songwriter Joe Allison and Foy Willing & The Riders Of The Purple Sage are featured in the movie debut of "Disc Jockey," a musical that also stars Tommy Dorsey, Herb Jeffries and Sarah Vaughan
    Nov 26, 1956
    Big band figure Tommy Dorsey dies in Greenwich, Connecticut, after taking sleeping pills on top of liquor. The death comes after Elvis Presley made five appearances on The Dorsey Brothers' "Stage Show," Elvis' first national TV exposure
    Jan 30, 1987
    The Woody Allen movie "Radio Days" appears in movie theaters. Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters' version of "Pistol Packin' Mama" is used in the film, alongside music by Glenn Miller, Cole Porter, Tommy Dorsey and Frank Sinatra
    Feb 24, 1998
    Otis Redding's "(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay," The King Cole Trio's "Straighten Up And Fly Right" and Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters' "Don't Fence Me In" join the Grammy Hall of Fame with records by Aretha Franklin, Al Green, Frank Sinatra and Tommy Dorsey
    Sep 11, 2007
    Sony releases the TV soundtrack to "The War: A Ken Burns Film." It features Al Dexter's "Pistol Packin' Mama" along with music by Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, Kay Starr, Cootie Williams, Tommy Dorsey and the Nat King Cole Trio, among others
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