DORSEY LEFT STAMP ON AMERICAN POPULAR MUSIC.(EDITORIAL) From: The Capital Times (Madison, WI) | Date: November 4, 2005| Author: James, Michael | COPYRIGHT 2005 Capital Newspapers. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Byline: Michael James Special to The Capital Times

Both Tommy Dorsey and his older brother Jimmy were trained as musicians by their taskmaster of a father. "Pop" Dorsey had a single-minded purpose: "I'll do anything to keep my boys out of the mines," he said. He achieved his goal -- in a great big way.

Peter J. Levinson frames his biography "Tommy Dorsey" from the outset in relation to the ethnic and socio-economic world into which the Dorsey Brothers were bor...

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