TOMMY DORSEY
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SSRH 834
May 30, 2026
TOMMY DORSEY
1946 – PART 2
Tommy Dorsey and his Orchestra
RCA Victor Recording Sessions
March 1, 1946 – New York
April 8, 1946 – New York
April 16, 1946 – New York
October 1, 1946 – Hollywood
July 7, 1946
4:30-5:00 p.m.
Dorsey Drive 1
NBC Hollywood
(NBC) (KFI)
Wendell Niles, announcer
Freddy Martin, guest
July 28, 1946
4:30 – 5:00 p.m.
Dorsey Drive 4
NBC Hollywood
(NBC) (KFI)
Wendell Niles, announcer
Ray Noble, guest
August 11, 1946
4:30 – 5:00 p.m.
Dorsey Drive 6
NBC Hollywood
(NBC) (KFI)
Wendell Niles, announcer
Paul Whiteman, guest
Playlist
(8Apr46) (D6VB 1414-1, RCA Victor 20-2116) Tom Foolery (16Apr46) (D6VB 1467-1, RCA Victor 20-1901) I Don’t Know Why (I Love You Like I Do) (Stuart Foster, vocal) (1Mar46) (D6VB 1313-1, RCA Victor 20-1842) Don’t Be A Baby, Baby (The Clambake Seven) (Sy Oliver, vocal) (8Apr46) (D6VB 1425-1, RCA Victor 20-2546) Like A Leaf In The Wind (Stuart Foster and the Sentimentalists. vocal) (7Jul46) I’m Gettin’ Sentimental Over You (program open), Marie (Stuart Foster and the Band, vocal), And The Angels Sing (Ziggy Elman, trumpet), Commercial, Opus No. 1, So They Say (Stuart Foster, vocal), Freddy Martin Dialogue, Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto, Oh! What It Seemed To Be, Commercial, Artists’ Life (Strauss) (Tommy Dorsey trombone solo), I’m Gettin’ Sentimental Over You (program close) (28Jul46) I’m Gettin’ Sentimental Over You (program open), Dark Eyes, Come Rain or Come Shine (Stuart Foster, vocal), Commercial, There’s Good Blues Tonight (Clambake Seven) (Stuart Foster, vocal), Ray Noble Dialogue, The Very Thought Of You, Love Locked Out, Commercial, The Emperor Waltz (Strauss) (Tommy Dorsey trombone solo), I’m Gettin’ Sentimental Over You (program close) (11Aug45) I’m Gettin’ Sentimental Over You (program open), Boogie Woogie, To Each His Own (Stuart Foster, vocal), Commercial, Blue Skies (Stuart Foster and the Band, vocal), Paul Whiteman Dialogue, Pizzicato Polka (gag version), Rhapsody In Blue, Commercial, Vienna Life (Strauss), I’m Gettin’ Sentimental Over You (program close) (1Oct46) (D6VB 2170-1, RCA Victor 20-2064) At Sundown
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