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Performed by: Jimmy Dorsey And His Orchestra
Vocalist: Bob Eberly
Full Song Title: Whisper While We Dance
Recorded in: June 16th, 1939 - New York, New York
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Jimmy Dorsey , byname of James Francis Dorsey, (born Feb. 29, 1904, Shenandoah, Pa., U.S.— died June 12, 1957, New York, N.Y.), was an American musician who both independently and with his brother Tommy led one of the most popular big bands of the swing era. He was also a highly talented saxophone and clarinet player.
Along with his brother, Dorsey received his first musical training from his father, who was a music teacher and marching band director. He played both clarinet and alto saxophone and began playing in several bands with Tommy when they were both teenagers. In 1920 they formed their own combo, Dorsey’s Novelty Six. By 1922 the group, now known as Dorsey’s Wild Canaries, was well-known in the Baltimore, Md., area and was among the first jazz bands to broadcast on the radio. During this time Jimmy played sometimes alone, sometimes with Tommy in jazz groups, in big bands, and even in pit bands for Broadway musicals. In 1927 the Dorsey Brothers Orchestra began recording with an ever-changing group of musicians. Their hits included such songs as “Coquette” (1928) and “Let’s Do It” (1929), the latter featuring singer Bing Crosby. Their recordings from the late 1920s and early ’30s reveal their mastery of both the smooth popular styles that dominated their output and the more raucous Dixieland style appreciated by jazz fans.
By 1934 the Dorsey Brothers Orchestra had become a stable, full-time band, and the following year they recorded an impressive list of hit songs (including “I Believe in Miracles,” “Tiny Little Fingerprints,” and “Lullaby of Broadway”), many of them featuring Bob Crosby (Bing’s younger brother) on vocals. However, the band broke up in May 1935 after Tommy left the bandstand during a live performance because he and his brother disagreed over the tempo of a song.
Dorsey stayed with the remains of the Dorsey Brothers Orchestra, forming the Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra in late 1935. Within a few years he emerged as one of the top bandleaders of the day. Throughout its existence, the Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra played mostly mainstream popular music, although such numbers as “Major & Minor Stomp,” “Mutiny in the Brass Section,” and “Waddlin’ at the Waldorf” revealed that the group had mastered the swing style. Dorsey’s band broke up in 1953, a casualty of changing popular taste in the postwar years.
In addition to being a very successful bandleader, Dorsey was a highly respected jazz musician, in demand as a soloist from his earliest professional years. He was one of the top reed players of the era, and latter-day saxophone greats, including Lester Young and Coleman Hawkins, readily acknowledged his influence.
In 1947 Jimmy and Tommy reunited to play themselves in the fictionalized autobiographical film The Fabulous Dorseys. Tommy then hired Jimmy to be a soloist and band member in his own band in 1953, after Jimmy’s band had broken up. For a few months the band called itself The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, featuring Jimmy Dorsey, but then returned to its original name, the Dorsey Brothers Orchestra. From 1954 to 1956 the brothers successfully hosted the television program Stage Show (on which Elvis Presley made his TV debut). After Tommy’s death in 1956, Jimmy continued to lead the band until his own death in 1957.
Robert Eberly (born Robert Eberle; July 24, 1916 – died November 17, 1981) was an American big band vocalist best known for his association with Jimmy Dorsey and his duets with Helen O'Connell. His younger brother Ray was also a big-band singer, making his name with Glenn Miller and His Orchestra.
Eberly was born Robert Eberle but changed the spelling of his surname slightly to the homonymous Eberly. His younger brother Ray was also a big-band singer, most notably with Glenn Miller's orchestra. Their father, John A. Eberle, was a policeman, sign-painter, and tavern-keeper. Another brother, Al, was a Hoosick Falls, New York, village trustee.
Eberly was hired by the Dorsey Brothers Orchestra in 1935 shortly after winning an amateur hour contest on Fred Allen's radio show and shortly before Tommy Dorsey left the band to form his own group. Eberly stayed with Jimmy Dorsey and would be a fixture with the orchestra until drafted into the service late in 1943. Eberly was married to Florine Callahan from January 23, 1940 until his death in 1981. He died of cancer in 1981 in Glen Burnie, Maryland, at the age of 65.
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Performed by: Jimmy Dorsey And His Orchestra
Vocalist: Bob Eberly
Full Song Title: Whisper While We Dance
Recorded in: June 16th, 1939 - New York, New York
Flip side of: youtu.be/IDDcXFNI5b4
Jimmy Dorsey , byname of James Francis Dorsey, (born Feb. 29, 1904, Shenandoah, Pa., U.S.— died June 12, 1957, New York, N.Y.), was an American musician who both independently and with his brother Tommy led one of the most popular big bands of the swing era. He was also a highly talented saxophone and clarinet player.
Along with his brother, Dorsey received his first musical training from his father, who was a music teacher and marching band director. He played both clarinet and alto saxophone and began playing in several bands with Tommy when they were both teenagers. In 1920 they formed their own combo, Dorsey’s Novelty Six. By 1922 the group, now known as Dorsey’s Wild Canaries, was well-known in the Baltimore, Md., area and was among the first jazz bands to broadcast on the radio. During this time Jimmy played sometimes alone, sometimes with Tommy in jazz groups, in big bands, and even in pit bands for Broadway musicals. In 1927 the Dorsey Brothers Orchestra began recording with an ever-changing group of musicians. Their hits included such songs as “Coquette” (1928) and “Let’s Do It” (1929), the latter featuring singer Bing Crosby. Their recordings from the late 1920s and early ’30s reveal their mastery of both the smooth popular styles that dominated their output and the more raucous Dixieland style appreciated by jazz fans.
By 1934 the Dorsey Brothers Orchestra had become a stable, full-time band, and the following year they recorded an impressive list of hit songs (including “I Believe in Miracles,” “Tiny Little Fingerprints,” and “Lullaby of Broadway”), many of them featuring Bob Crosby (Bing’s younger brother) on vocals. However, the band broke up in May 1935 after Tommy left the bandstand during a live performance because he and his brother disagreed over the tempo of a song.
Dorsey stayed with the remains of the Dorsey Brothers Orchestra, forming the Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra in late 1935. Within a few years he emerged as one of the top bandleaders of the day. Throughout its existence, the Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra played mostly mainstream popular music, although such numbers as “Major & Minor Stomp,” “Mutiny in the Brass Section,” and “Waddlin’ at the Waldorf” revealed that the group had mastered the swing style. Dorsey’s band broke up in 1953, a casualty of changing popular taste in the postwar years.
In addition to being a very successful bandleader, Dorsey was a highly respected jazz musician, in demand as a soloist from his earliest professional years. He was one of the top reed players of the era, and latter-day saxophone greats, including Lester Young and Coleman Hawkins, readily acknowledged his influence.
In 1947 Jimmy and Tommy reunited to play themselves in the fictionalized autobiographical film The Fabulous Dorseys. Tommy then hired Jimmy to be a soloist and band member in his own band in 1953, after Jimmy’s band had broken up. For a few months the band called itself The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, featuring Jimmy Dorsey, but then returned to its original name, the Dorsey Brothers Orchestra. From 1954 to 1956 the brothers successfully hosted the television program Stage Show (on which Elvis Presley made his TV debut). After Tommy’s death in 1956, Jimmy continued to lead the band until his own death in 1957.
Robert Eberly (born Robert Eberle; July 24, 1916 – died November 17, 1981) was an American big band vocalist best known for his association with Jimmy Dorsey and his duets with Helen O'Connell. His younger brother Ray was also a big-band singer, making his name with Glenn Miller and His Orchestra.
Eberly was born Robert Eberle but changed the spelling of his surname slightly to the homonymous Eberly. His younger brother Ray was also a big-band singer, most notably with Glenn Miller's orchestra. Their father, John A. Eberle, was a policeman, sign-painter, and tavern-keeper. Another brother, Al, was a Hoosick Falls, New York, village trustee.
Eberly was hired by the Dorsey Brothers Orchestra in 1935 shortly after winning an amateur hour contest on Fred Allen's radio show and shortly before Tommy Dorsey left the band to form his own group. Eberly stayed with Jimmy Dorsey and would be a fixture with the orchestra until drafted into the service late in 1943. Eberly was married to Florine Callahan from January 23, 1940 until his death in 1981. He died of cancer in 1981 in Glen Burnie, Maryland, at the age of 65.
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![Walter Kollo - Alle Englein lachen [All the angels laugh] (1915)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/fj2XIKzoQcs/hqdefault.jpg "Walter Kollo - Alle Englein lachen [All the angels laugh] (1915)
Performed by: Walter Kollo
Full Song Title: Alle Englein lachen
Recorded in: October 23, 1915 Berliner Theater, Berlin - Imperial Germany
Walter Kollo ( born 28 January 1878 – died 30 September 1940) was a German composer of operettas, Possen mit Gesang, and Singspiele as well as popular songs. He was also a conductor and a music publisher.
Kollo was born in Neidenburg, East Prussia. His best known work, the operetta Wie einst im Mai (1913), was the basis of a 1917 Sigmund Romberg operetta in America entitled Maytime.
A merchants son, he was originally supposed to take his fathers trade, but was able to devote himself to the study of music in the Königsberg Sondershausen music conservatory with his mothers help. He became a theater conductor for a brief time in Königsberg before going to Berlin in 1899. In Berlin, he turned towards popular / light music, and from 1908, wrote music for the popular musical theater. It was in 1910 with Willy Bredschneider that he composed his first great success, Große Rosinen, produced on New Years Eve 1911. Somewhat prolifically, he continued composing musical comedies, farces and operettas, notably, with among other pieces, Wie einst im Mai (1913; with the songs Es war in Schöneberg im Monat Mai and Die Männer sind alle Verbrecher), Der Juxbaron (1916), Drei alte Schachteln (1917) and Die Frau ohne Kuß (1924).
Kollo also emerged as a composer of revues and sound films in 1915, was one of the founders of the performers rights organization GEMA, and had his own music publishing company. Later he made successful concert tours as a conductor of his own works.
With Jean Gilbert and Paul Lincke, Kollo was a founder of the Berliner Operette.
His son Willi Kollo was also a composer of light music and his grandson is the celebrated Wagnerian tenor René Kollo.
Walter Kollo died in Berlin.
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