Tommy Dorsey's Opus One - (westsidesound.org)

Описание: THIS SONG IS FROM OUR BIG BAND NIGHT Try this video by the Westside Sound Big Band from our monthly performance and dance party at the "Piano Source." -- Please check out our website at http://westsidesound.org -- CLICK ON "SHOW MORE" BELOW FOR LOTS MORE INFORMATION.

Video includes “Opus One” made famous by Tommy Dorsey. Recorded at the Piano Source (http://pianosource.net) in Albuquerque, NM, 11-4-15.


FURTHER INFO ON MUSIC PLAYED ON THIS VIDEO:
"Opus No. 1" is a popular tune and song, composed in 1943 by Sy Oliver. The tune is often titled "Opus One", or "Opus #1,” and has become a swing, jazz and big band standard. The song was a big hit for the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra in 1944. Starting In 1945, Ted Heath used Opus One as a second signature tune, and his band would open countless broadcasts and concerts with it for the next 20 years. Gene Krupa and the Mills Brothers all released versions of this song.


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