Title: Tommy Dorsey And His Orchestra Featuring Frank Sinatra | Tommy Dorsey And His Orchestra Featuring Frank Sinatra

Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1940, Jazz, Big Band, New York City

Matrix #: CXS-186

Condition: VG, sounds okay, lots of background noise, lots of marks (CC)

Cultural Facts:

1. Personal Struggle Sinatra was still a young singer here, dealing with brutal pressure to prove he was more than a novelty vocalist inside a bandleader’s world.
2. Band Drama Tommy Dorsey’s control over Sinatra became a famous source of tension, with Frank later desperate to break free and build an identity outside the orchestra.
3. Media Narrative Early Sinatra fandom caused near-hysteria among young women, helping create one of the first modern pop idol phenomena in American culture.

3/19/2024 CC 4/14/2026 CC