TOMMY DORSEY
Current Episode
SSRH 844
August 8, 2026
TOMMY DORSEY – 1939
CELEBRATING AMERICA 250
Tommy Dorsey and his Orchestra
Victor Recording Sessions
January 19, 1939 – New York, Studio #2
February 16, 1939 – New York, Studio #2
March 15, 1939 – Chicago
May 22, 1939 – New York, Studio #2
July 20. 1939 – New York, Studio #2
October 25, 1939 – Chicago
May 25, 1939
11:30 p.m.-Midnight
Opening Night
Roof Garden
Hotel Pennsylvania
New York
(NBC-Blue) (WJZ)
Sustaining Broadcast, Part-1
Lyle Van, announcer
June 30, 1939
11:30 p.m. – Midnight
Roof Garden
Hotel Pennsylvania
New York
(NBC-Blue) (WJZ)
Sustaining Broadcast
Lyle Van, announcer
July 14, 1939
11:30 p.m. – Midnight
Roof Garden
Hotel Pennsylvania
New York
(NBC-Blue) (WJZ)
Sustaining Broadcast
Lyle Van, announcer
September 14, 1939
11:30 p.m. – Midnight
Roof Garden
Hotel Pennsylvania
New York
(NBC-Blue) (WJZ)
Sustaining Broadcast – Part 2
Lyle Van, announcer
Playlist
(25Oct39) (BS 044018-2, Victor 26429) Easy Does It (22May39) (BS 037137-1. Victor 26281-A) Well, All Right (Tonight’s The Night) (Edythe Wright and the band, vocal) (20Jul39) (BS 038108-1, Victor 26636) Hong Kong Blues (Skeets Herfurt, vocal) (25Oct39) (BS 044017-1, Victor 26445) Deep Night (Jack Leonard and the Band, vocal) (22May39) (BS 037138-1, Victor 26333) La Rosita (15Mar39) (BS-34402-2, Victor 26346) By The River Sainte Marie (3Aug39) (BS 038166-1, Victor 26335) Are You Having Any Fun (Edythe Wright, vocal) (16Feb39) (BS -33737-1, Victor 26185) Blue Moon (Jack Leonard and the Band, vocal) (9Feb39) (BS -33709-1, Victor 26163) Hold Tight (Want Some Seafood Mama) (Skeets Herfurt, vocal) (25May39) I’m Gettin’ Sentimental Over You (opening theme), Opening night remarks by Tommy Dorsey, Well, All Right (Tonight’s The Night) (Edythe Wright and the band, vocal), To You (Jack Leonard, vocal), Riverboat Shuffle, Got No Time (Edythe Wright, vocal) (30Jun39) I’m Gettin’ Sentimental Over You (opening theme), Is It Possible (Edythe Wright, vocal), I Poured My Heart Into A Song (Jack Leonard, vocal), Al Fresco, White Sails (Jack Leonard, vocal), Boogie Woogie (to station break), You Don’t Know How Much You Can Suffer (Edythe Wright, vocal), This Is No Dream (Jack Leonard, vocal), Yearning (Jack Leonard and the band, vocal), The Skater’s Waltz, I’m Gettin’ Sentimental Over You (closing theme) (14Jul39) I’m Gettin’ Sentimental Over You (opening theme), The Jumpin’ Jive (Edythe Wright. vocal), Oh, You Crazy Moon (Jack Leonard, vocal), Easy To Remember, Stairway To The Stars (Jack Leonard, vocal), Riverboat Shuffle, Back to Back (Edythe Wright, vocal), White Sails (Jack Leonard, vocal), How Am I To Know (Jack Leonard and the band, vocal), Clarinet Marmalade, I’m Gettin’ Sentimental Over You (closing theme) (14Sep39) Tommy Dorsey remarks about Bernardsville, New Jersey, and Bob Chester’s opening night in Dayton, Ohio; Stomp It Off, Goodnight, My Beautiful (Jack Leonard, vocal), All In Favor Of Swing Say “Aye” (Edythe Wright and the band, vocal), Deep Night (Jack Leonard and the band, vocal), Riverboat Shuffle (to broadcast close) (19Jan39) (BS 031805-1, Victor 26437) Milenburg Joys, Part 1 (BS 031806-1, Victor 26437) Milenburg Joys, Part 2
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