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23/03/2001

BBC Two - The Fabulous Dorseys

How two brothers became the jazz-swing sensation of the 1930s and 1940s.

True tale of how brothers Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey, trombonist and saxophonist respectively, rose from humble beginnings to become the jazz-swing sensation of the 1930s and 1940s.

True tale of how the famed musical brothers Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey, trombonist and saxophonist respectively, rose from humble working-class beginnings in a Pennsylvania steel town to become the jazz-swing sensation of the 1930s and 1940s. Songs include Green Eyes, Marie and I'll Never Say Never Again.

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