2015 Event Dick Costolo, CEO of Twitter, steps down after the company reports poor first quarter results; cofounder Jack Dorsey will step in as temporary CEO, but Costolo will keep his position on the board 1993 Death Thomas A Dorsey, jazz pianist (Take My Hand, Precious Lord), dies 1990 Death T Issan Dorsey, founder (Hartford St. Zen Center SF), dies 1986 Death Lee Dorsey, R&B singer, dies at 59 1986 Death [Irving] Lee Dorsey, Kid Chocolate, U.S. boxer/singer, dies at 59 1981 Death Bob Eberly, singer (Jimmy Dorsey Band), dies at 65 1979 Death Dorsey Burnette, rocker, dies at 46 of a heart attack 1970 Birthday Dorsey Levens, NFL running back, Green Bay Packers Superbowl 31 1957 Event "So Rare" by Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra peaks at #2 1957 Death James F "Jimmy" Dorsey, U.S. orchestra leader, dies at 53 1956 Death Tommy Dorsey, big bandleader, dies at 51 1956 Event Elvis Presley's 1st TV appearance (Dorsey Bros Stage Show) 1942 Event Tommy Dorsey and his orchestra recorded "I'll Take Tallulah" 1941 Event Jimmy Dorsey and Orchestra record "Green Eyes" and "Maria Elena" 1941 Event Frank Sinatra and Tommy Dorsey Orchestra record "Everything Happens to Me" 1940 Event Billboard publishes its 1st singles record chart (#1 is "I'll Never Smile Again" by Tommy Dorsey) 1940 Event Frank Sinatra's singing debut in Indianapolis, Tommy Dorsey Orchestra 1939 Event "All the Things You Are" recorded by Tommy Dorsey Orchestra 1936 Birthday Engelbert Humperdinck, Arnolde Dorsey, India, singer, EH Show 1932 Birthday Dorsey Burnette, Memphis, rocker, Tall Oak Tree, Hey Little One 1931 Event Musical "Everybody's Welcome" with T/J Dorsey premieres in New York City 1929 Birthday Paul Burlison, born in Brownsville, Tennessee, guitarist, rockabilly, founding member of The Rock and Roll Trio, performed with Johnny and Dorsey Burnette 1927 Birthday Stan Getz, Philadelphia, jazz tenor saxophonist, Benny Goodman, Jimmy Dorsey 1924 Birthday [Irving] Lee Dorsey, New Orleans, vocalist, Working in the Coal Mines 1916 Birthday Bob Eberly, Mechanicsville, New York, singer, Jimmy Dorsey Band 1914 Birthday Sid Weiss, born in America, musician, jazz double-bassist, played clarinet, violin, tuba as a child, began playing bass as a teenager, worked with Louis Prima, Artie Shaw, Tommy Dorsey, Benny Goodman 1911 Death George Dorsey, American Politician 1905 Birthday Tommy Dorsey, Mahanoy Plane, Pennsylvania, orchestra leader, Stage Show, Mahogany 1904 Birthday Jess Stacy, born in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, pianist, jazz musician, played with Tommy Dorsey, recorded with Lee Wiley, Nelson Riddle in The Great Gatsby soundtrack 1904 Birthday Jimmy Dorsey, Shenandoah, Pennsylvania, orchestra leader, Stage Show 1863 Death William Dorsey Pender, U.S. Confederate general-major, dies of injuries at 29 1842 Birthday George Dorsey, American Politician 1834 Birthday William Dorsey Pender, Major General Confederate Army
