Jimmy Dorsey

James Francis Dorsey was an American jazz clarinetist, saxophonist, composer and big band leader. He recorded and composed the jazz and pop standards "I'm Glad There Is You " and "It's The Dreamer In Me". His other major recordings were "Tailspin", "John Silver", "So Many Times", "Amapola", "Brazil ", "Pennies from Heaven" with Bing Crosby, Louis Armstrong, and Frances Langford, "Grand Central Getaway", and "So Rare". He played clarinet on the seminal jazz standards "Singin' the Blues" in 1927 and the original 1930 recording of "Georgia on My Mind", which were inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.

29 February 1904

Born on the same birth date (29 February 1904): Pepper Martin

Born on the same birth day (29 February): Albert V, Duke of Bavaria • Khaled (musician) • Masten Gregory • Nelson Asofa-Solomona • Patricia A. McKillip • Reri Grist • Saul Williams • Simon Gagné • Sonja Barend • Tempest Storm • Çağdaş Atan

Born in the same month (February 1904): Antonin Magne • Bozorg Alavi • Deng Yingchao • Ernest E. Debs • George F. Kennan • Hans Morgenthau • James Baskett • James T. Farrell • John Farrow • Keith Holyoake • Lucile Randon • Mary Adshead • Pepper Martin • Pretty Boy Floyd • S. J. Perelman • Ted Mack (radio and television host) • Terence Fisher • William L. Shirer