TOMMY DORSEY
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SSRH 837
June 20, 2026
TOMMY DORSEY
1941 – PART 3
Tommy Dorsey and his Orchestra
Victor Recording Sessions
July 15, 1941 – New York – Studio 1
August 19, 1941 – New York – Studio 1
September 18, 1941 – New York – Studio 2
September 26, 1941 – New York – Studio 2
December 22, 1941 – Hollywood
June 12, 1941
9:00 – 9:30 p.m.
Hotel Astor Roof Garden
New York
(NBC-Blue) (WJZ) Sustaining Broadcast
Bill Abernathy, announcer
June 19, 1941
9:00 – 9:30 p.m.
Hotel Astor Roof Garden
New York
(NBC-Blue) (WJZ) Sustaining Broadcast
Bill Abernathy, announcer
November-December 1941
MGM Radio Preview for “Ship Ahoy”
Playlist
(15Jul41) (BS 066922-1, Victor 27566) Back Stage at the Ballet (18Sep41) (BS 067912-1, Victor 27617) That Solid Old Man (Is Here Again) (Connie Haines, vocal) (19Aug41) (BS 067650-1B, Victor 20-1574) Let’s Just Pretend (Jo Stafford, vocal) (15Jul41) (BS 066924-1, Victor 27578) Swingin’ On Nothin’ (Jo Stafford and Sy Oliver, vocal) (12Jun41) Variation of I’m Gettin’ Sentimental Over You (opening theme), So This Then Is Love (Connie Haines and the Pied Pipers, vocal), This Love of Mine (Frank Sinatra, vocal), Serenade To The Spot, Do I Worry? (Frank Sinatra, vocal), Free For All (Frank Sinatra and the Pied Pipers, vocal), The Things I Love (Frank Sinatra, vocal), Let’s Get Away From It All (Frank Sinatra, Connie Haines and the Pied Pipers, vocal), Another One Of Them Things, Variation of I’m Gettin’ Sentimental Over You (closing theme) (19Jun41) Variation of I’m Gettin’ Sentimental Over You (opening theme), Will You Still Be Mine (Connie Haines, vocal), I Tried (Frank Sinatra, vocal), Blues No More, I Guess I’ll Have To Dream The Rest (Frank Sinatra and the Pied Pipers, vocal), Free For All (Frank Sinatra and the Pied Pipers, vocal), This Love of Mine (Frank Sinatra, vocal), Oh! Look At Me Now (Frank Sinatra, Connie Haines and the Pied Pipers, vocal) (Variation of I’m Gettin’ Sentimental Over You (closing theme) (Nov-Dec41) MGM Radio Preview for “Ship Ahoy” (22Dec41) (PBS 061989-1, Victor 27782) What Is This Thing Called Love (Connie Haines, vocal) (PBS 061990-1, Victor 27749) Winter Weather (The Pied Pipers, vocal) (26Sep41) (BS 067934-1, Victor 27690) Somebody Loves Me (The Pied Pipers, vocal)
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