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to accept him so he could, in his own words, "be placed in charge of a modernized Army band". After he was accepted into the Army, Miller's civilian band played its last concert in Passaic, New Jersey, on September 27, 1942, with the last song played by the Miller civilian band being "Jukebox Saturday Night"—featuring an appearance by Harry James on trumpet. His patriotic intention of entertaining the Allied Forces with the fusion of virtuosity and dance rhythms in his music earned him the rank of captain and he was soon promoted to major by August 1944. Miller reported at
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to accept him so he could, in his own words, "be placed in charge of a modernized Army band". After he was accepted into the Army, Miller's civilian band played its last concert in Passaic, New Jersey, on September 27, 1942, with the last song played by the Miller civilian band being "Jukebox Saturday Night"—featuring an appearance by Harry James on trumpet. His patriotic intention of entertaining the Allied Forces with the fusion of virtuosity and dance rhythms in his music earned him the rank of captain and he was soon promoted to major by August 1944. Miller reported at
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Glenn Miller and his Orchestra were the last on the bill to perform. Benny Goodman, Fred Waring, and Paul Whiteman were the other performers on the bill. The Glenn Miller performance was both a popular and critical success. He led his orchestra through a program of music that ranged from full-scale swing and romantic ballads. Music critics hailed the concert as Miller's defining moment. Paul Whiteman introduced the band: "It affords me a great joy to have him on this program and to present to you the final band of the night, one of the most popular bands in the
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due to the snow and rushes them to the festival by bus. The Swing Girls rush onstage just in time and perform their set, wowing the crowd. The song played by the band for their audition tape was "In the Mood" by the Glenn Miller Orchestra. The first song played at the concert finale is "Moonlight Serenade" by Glenn Miller. The second song played is "Mexican Flyer" by Ken Woodman. It is featured in Space Channel 5, which Tomoko's little sister plays early on in the movie. The final song played is "Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing)" by Benny
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Clyde Hurley, R. D. McMickle, John Best, Lee Knowles, and on Guitar - Richard Fisher. The Glenn Miller Carnegie Hall Concert The Glenn Miller Carnegie Hall Concert is a live album by Glenn Miller and his Orchestra. It documents a live concert recorded in Carnegie Hall in 1939. The album was released by RCA Victor in 1958. The live album was released in 1958 by RCA Victor as LPM-1506, featuring Glenn Miller and his Orchestra with Ray Eberle and Marion Hutton on vocals. The album documents the band's concert at Carnegie Hall, recorded on Friday, October 6, 1939. Four orchestras
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The Glenn Miller Carnegie Hall Concert The Glenn Miller Carnegie Hall Concert is a live album by Glenn Miller and his Orchestra. It documents a live concert recorded in Carnegie Hall in 1939. The album was released by RCA Victor in 1958. The live album was released in 1958 by RCA Victor as LPM-1506, featuring Glenn Miller and his Orchestra with Ray Eberle and Marion Hutton on vocals. The album documents the band's concert at Carnegie Hall, recorded on Friday, October 6, 1939. Four orchestras performed at New York's Carnegie Hall that night to celebrate the 25th anniversary of ASCAP.
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To You (song) "To You" is a 1939 song composed by Tommy Dorsey with Benny Davis and Ted Shapiro. The song was a top 10 hit on the "Billboard" charts. "To You" was recorded by Glenn Miller and His Orchestra with vocals by Ray Eberle and released as an RCA Bluebird 78. Glenn Miller also performed the song at the 1939 Carnegie Hall Concert, which was released in 1958 by RCA Victor on the album "The Glenn Miller Carnegie Hall Concert". "To You" appeared as part of a medley by Glenn Miller and his Orchestra, paired with "Stairway to the
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to Gray to conduct the orchestra's first concert in Paris after Miller's airplane disappeared over the English Channel. When the men returned to the U.S. in 1945 and McKinley left following his discharge, Gray assumed full leadership of the AAF Orchestra until its final performance on November 17 of that year. Gray was passed over for the job of leading the postwar "ghost" Glenn Miller Orchestra, reportedly because the Miller Estate felt he did not have the pop-star qualities they wanted in a new leader. Instead, they approached Ray McKinley, who was not interested, and finally hired Tex Beneke whose
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a Waltz' has quite an introduction-–-187 bars to be exact, with 8 bars of 'waltz' near the end of the tune." The performances featured Billy May on trumpet, Tex Beneke on tenor saxophone, Chummy MacGregor on piano, and Moe Purtill on drums. "Introduction to a Waltz" by Glenn Miller and his Orchestra was also released as a 7" vinyl 45 Extended Play single by RCA Victor as EPBT 3001, "Glenn Miller Concert", Vol. 3, a 45 double pack, featuring the March 20, 1942 broadcast version. The instrumental also appears on the 1953 UK release "Glenn Miller: A Glenn Miller Concert",
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on a number of albums as "The Lost Recordings". The personnel for Miller's Abbey Road recording were: A number of strings musicians were part of the ensemble, but the song's orchestration did not require their performance. In August and September 1950, a band led by Gray—billed as the "Ex-Glenn Miller Men" and including musicians such as Willie Schwartz, Jimmy Priddy and Johnny Best—performed the song at the Hollywood Palladium; a recording of the concert was released through Jazz Hour Records. The song was performed by the BBC Big Band as part of their Glenn Miller tribute concert at Birmingham Town
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aircraft, from RAF Twinwood and he was never seen or heard of again. The disappearance of Glenn Miller from RAF Twinwood Airfield sparked a mystery that has fascinated the world ever since. After World War II, R.A.F. Twinwood was decommissioned and the site lay almost untouched. In 1989 the company Twinwood Events was formed and work started on the restoration of the Twinwood Control Tower to convert it into the Glenn Miller Museum. In 2002 a celebration Glenn Miller concert was held to mark the completion of the restoration. The success of the Glenn Miller concert led to the birth
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however, as noted in John Kennedy O'Connor's "The Eurovision Song Contest - The Official History", he did not conduct the home entry for the UK. Lockyer had taken part in the very first UK selection process to find Britain's debut Eurovision entry in 1957. He performed an orchestral version of the song "All", which won the contest. However, Patricia Bredin went on to perform the song at the final in Frankfurt with musical direction by Eric Robinson. Shortly before his death in 1976, he conducted The Million Airs Orchestra in 26 Glenn Miller tribute concerts. Malcolm Lockyer Malcolm Lockyer (5
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orchestras. The orchestra's official public début was at the Capitol Theatre on Broadway where it opened for a three-week engagement on January 24, 1946. Future television and film composer Henry Mancini was the band's pianist and one of the arrangers. This ghost band played to very large audiences all across the United States, including a few dates at the Hollywood Palladium in 1947, where the original Miller band played in 1941. In a website concerning the history of the Hollywood Palladium, it is noted "[even] as the big band era faded, the Tex Beneke and Glenn Miller Orchestra concert at
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public. The legacy also continues through The United States Air Forces in Europe Band, stationed at Ramstein Air Base, Germany. Today, most branches of the American military, in addition to concert and marching bands, have jazz orchestras, combos and even groups playing rock, country and bluegrass. All that can be tracked to Miller's original Army Air Force band. Annual festivals celebrating Glenn Miller's legacy are held in two of the towns most associated with his youth. Since 1975, the Glenn Miller Birthplace Society has held its annual Glenn Miller Festival in Clarinda, Iowa. The festival's highlights include performances by the
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same melody was used for the song "My Ding-a-Ling" written by Dave Bartholomew, which became a Number 1 hit in 1972 for Chuck Berry. In 1939, Glenn Miller and His Orchestra released a hit version of the song on RCA Bluebird, as an A side 78 single, B-10286-A, in a new arrangement by Bill Finegan backed with "Pavanne". The recording was an early chart hit for Glenn Miller. The song was performed in Glenn Miller's Carnegie Hall concert that year and became a staple of the Glenn Miller Orchestra repertoire and a classic of the Big Band era. The personnel
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emphysema. Miller represented himself during his trial, ranting and raising bizarre objections such as one regarding witnesses' oaths "because they did not include the word God." On August 31, 2015, Miller was found guilty of one count of capital murder, three counts of attempted murder, and assault and weapons charges. On September 8, a Kansas jury recommended he get the death penalty. On November 10, 2015, Miller was formally sentenced to death by Johnson County District Judge Thomas Kelly Ryan. Frazier Glenn Miller Jr. Frazier Glenn Miller Jr. (born November 23, 1940, commonly known as Glenn Miller or Frazier Glenn
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tough". By 1949, economics dictated that the string section be dropped. This band recorded for RCA Victor, just as the original Miller band did. Beneke believed that Miller had promised him his own band in the early 1940s, and this was his chance to have that promise fulfilled. Beneke wanted a band with Beneke's musical identity. Larry Bruff, an announcer for the earlier Glenn Miller radio shows says, "Beneke would even set wrong tempos so as not to sound too much like Glenn." The Miller estate wanted a band that was primarily associated with Glenn Miller, playing the Glenn Miller
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official Glenn Miller Orchestra under the direction of Nick Hilscher as well as numerous other jazz musicians, visits to the restored Miller home and the new Glenn Miller Birthplace Museum, historical displays from the Glenn Miller Archive at the University of Colorado, lectures and presentations about Miller's life, and a scholarship competition for young classical and jazz musicians. Glenn Miller's widow, Helen, died in 1966. Herb Miller, Glenn Miller's brother, led his own band in the United States and England until the late 1980s. In 1989, Glenn Miller's adopted daughter purchased the house in Clarinda Iowa where Miller was born,
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United States at the moment, Mr. Glenn Miller" RCA released the album in the UK in 1958 as RD-27057. In 1983, the album was re-released on RCA International in Europe as NL 81506 featuring Carnegie Hall and a photograph of Glenn Miller on the cover. The live album was also released on CD by RCA in 1993. The personnel on the recording were: Bass – Rowland Bundock, Drums – Maurice Purtill, Piano – J. C. McGregor, Saxophone – Al Klink, Hal McIntyre, Jimmy Abato, Tex Beneke, Wilbur Schwartz, Trombone – Al Mastren, Glenn Miller, Paul Tanner, Tommy Mack, Trumpet –
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6101. The liner notes for the album by Brad McCuen described the song as follows: "Glenn and his close friend Chummy MacGregor, the band's pianist, collaborated on this quality pop song. It is a mystery why Glenn did not include this song among the hundreds he later recorded. Ray Eberle has the vocal." The version included was the April 18, 1939 performance at the Meadowbrook. There were five broadcast performances of “Sometime” by Glenn Miller and his Orchestra in 1939. It is Score 117 in the library and the composer credits are listed as Glenn Miller and John Chalmers MacGregor.
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As part of his faith, he strictly observed the Jewish Sabbath, which begins at sundown on Friday; thus he did not perform in concert on Friday nights. An exception to this rule occurred at a 2007 concert in Fairbanks, Alaska; since the sun did not set until 12:00 a.m., performing in the late hours was not a violation of Jewish observance. In 2014, he appears to have performed on at least one Friday night. Miller performed for over a year as MC Truth in Bend, Oregon. In 2004, after having signed with JDub Records, he released his first album, "Shake
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of Music in Rochester. While performing with an all-girl USO show in England, Irene was asked to perform with bandleader Glenn Miller shortly before his death in 1944. Miller was involved in making swing records to be broadcast into Nazi Germany as part of the American Broadcasting System in Europe. Because she had been a light opera star prior to World War II and was fluent in singing in German, she was asked to sing some American pop tunes which had been translated into German vocals. Her sides were some of the last records made by Glenn Miller, prior to
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York and attended John Glenn High School in Elwood, New York. Miller attended the University of Pennsylvania, where he was active in the comedy troupe Mask and Wig, received his B.A. "cum laude" in 1983, and subsequently served as a university trustee. He went to Harvard Law School and received his J.D. in 1986. When Miller graduated from Harvard Law, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 had not yet been adopted and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act did not do enough; despite his academic credentials of graduating near the top of his class, Miller encountered considerable resistance in
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absolutely overwhelming treatment of Albert Ayler's 'Ghosts' and a vibrant version of Joe Harriott's 'Idioms', which sounds better than anything on Vandermark's own Joe Harriott Project record." The "JazzTimes" review by Harvey Pekar notes that "Gustafsson and Vandermark perform wide open during most of the album, honking, screaming, rasping and playing as rapidly as possible." Live at the Glenn Miller Café Live at the Glenn Miller Café is the third album by the AALY Trio + Ken Vandermark, which was recorded in Stockholm in 1999 and released on Wobbly Rail, a short-lived imprint started by Merge Records/Superchunk principal Mac McCaughan.
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finger post is a listed structure. During the Second World War an American military base was in the field to the rear of the pub and Joe Louis the heavyweight boxer fought an exhibition match in the field and all the surrounding villagers were invited. Glenn Miller also entertained troops in an adjacent field and visited the pub for refreshments prior to going to Cheltenham to perform a further concert. The following day he left from a nearby airfield for France. He and the plane he was travelling in was never seen again. The current theory being is small plane
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Sonderzug nach Pankow "Sonderzug nach Pankow" ("Special Train to Pankow") is a song by the German rock singer Udo Lindenberg, released as a single on 2 February 1983. It was a reaction to the refusal of the West German singer's wish to perform a concert in East Germany by the East German administration in charge. The text of this approximately three minutes long song appeals ironically directly to East German leader Erich Honecker. The melody is based on the 1941 swing classic "Chattanooga Choo Choo" by Glenn Miller. With regard to the Berlin borough Pankow, the title is based on
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soda shop, then during the outdoor concert scene featuring Harry Morgan and Ann Rutherford dancing. Glenn Miller as Gene Morrison is shown conducting his orchestra on the bandstand. The title comes from the wide-angle, mobile camera shot used to film the scene, known as a boom shot. The arrangement is by George Williams. "Boom Shot" was first released on the 1958 gatefold, double LP released by Twentieth Century Fox entitled "Original Film Sound Tracks" by Glenn Miller and His Orchestra, TCF 100-2, which featured music from both the "Orchestra Wives" and "Sun Valley Serenade" movies. "Boom Shot" also appeared on
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II he served in the Army Air Force for five years. While Leyden was serving as a master sergeant in Atlantic City and rehearsing music, Glenn Miller heard Leyden perform. Miller said to him "For a Yale man, you don't play bad tenor". Miller called on Leyden in September 1943 to conduct the Moss Hart Army Air Force spectacular "Winged Victory". This was a big musical play in Broadway's Shubert Theatre with an all service band. The show started in November 1943. Leyden next requested the opportunity to arrange for Glenn Miller, and was accepted and served as one of
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Glenn Miller Plays Selections From the Film "The Glenn Miller Story" Glenn Miller Plays Selections From the Film "The Glenn Miller Story" is a 1954 compilation album by Glenn Miller and his Orchestra. The collection contained songs featured in the 1954 Universal-International film "The Glenn Miller Story" starring James Stewart and June Allyson. It was the first Glenn Miller album to be certified Gold in the U.S. The 1954 10" album "Glenn Miller Plays Selections from the film "The Glenn Miller Story"" was number one for eleven weeks on the "Billboard" albums chart in 1954, released on LP as RCA
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the Palladium resulted in a record-breaking crowd of 6,750 dancers." By 1949, economics dictated that the string section be dropped. This band recorded for RCA Victor, just as the original Miller band did. Beneke was struggling with how to expand the Miller sound and also how to achieve success under his own name. What began as the "Glenn Miller Orchestra Under the Direction of Tex Beneke" finally became "The Tex Beneke Orchestra". By 1950, Beneke and the Miller estate parted ways. The break was acrimonious and Beneke is not currently listed by the Miller estate as a former leader of
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Twinwood Festival Twinwood Festival is an annual vintage music and dance festival, held every August bank holiday weekend at Twinwood Arena in Clapham, Bedfordshire. Twinwood Festival is held at the former RAF Twinwood Farm Airfield in Clapham, Bedfordshire, England. On 27 August 1944, Glenn Miller & his AAF band performed an outdoor concert at RAF Twinwood. The stage was a flatbed trailer, and the audience, which consisted of the R.A.F. personnel who worked at RAF Twinwood sat on the grass not far from the Twinwood Control Tower. Later on that year on 15 December 1944, Glenn Miller boarded a Norseman
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Victor LPT 3057. This collection featured the original Bluebird and Victor recordings and broadcasts by Glenn Miller and his Orchestra. The album reached no. 10 on the UK album charts in 1961 in an 18-week chart run. The RIAA certified the album Gold on June 28, 1961. The contents of the album were: Recording dates: Glenn Miller Plays Selections From the Film "The Glenn Miller Story" Glenn Miller Plays Selections From the Film "The Glenn Miller Story" is a 1954 compilation album by Glenn Miller and his Orchestra. The collection contained songs featured in the 1954 Universal-International film "The Glenn
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where the Miller family briefly lived, as Glenn Miller Memorial Highway. Miller had a staff of arrangers who wrote originals like "String of Pearls" (written and arranged by Jerry Gray) or took originals like "In The Mood" (writing credit given to Joe Garland and arranged by Eddie Durham) and "Tuxedo Junction" (written by bandleader Erskine Hawkins and arranged by Jerry Gray) and arranged them for the Miller band to either record or broadcast. Glenn Miller's staff of arrangers in his civilian band, who handled the bulk of the work, were Jerry Gray (a former arranger for Artie Shaw), Bill Finegan
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during their formal schooling and professional musicians looking for another group with which to perform great music. Music teacher Ed Kerman led the band until approximately 1983 and Fred Gruenbaum was the first director. The next director was Ron Friedman, where they changed their name to Columbia Concert Band and became incorporated on November 18, 1983. In 1989 Howard County, Maryland music teacher and percussionist Robert Miller took the podium. During this time the band doubled in size, and rehearsed in a number of local schools, before settling at Hammond Middle School where Miller taught. A partnership with Howard Community
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of the Presidents" or "The Potsdam Pianist." List would perform many more times at the White House, the last in 1980 for President and Mrs. Carter. List's post-war concert career flourished, even gaining him a role in a movie, "The Bachelor's Daughter". In 1964, he and his wife Carroll Glenn joined the faculty at Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York. Both husband and wife would teach in Rochester until 1975 before they returned to New York, where Glenn taught violin at Queens College and the Manhattan School of Music. List joined the faculty at NYU as a part-time
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as the music carried them back to years gone by." De Franco says, "the beauty of Glenn Miller's ballads [...] caused people to dance together." In 1942, at the peak of his civilian career, Miller decided to join the war effort, forsaking an income of $15,000 to $20,000 per week in civilian life, including a home in Tenafly, New Jersey. At 38, Miller was too old to be drafted and first volunteered for the Navy but was told that they did not need his services. Miller then wrote to Army Brigadier General Charles Young. He persuaded the United States Army
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"The Complete Glenn Miller and His Orchestra (1938-1942)". Crosstown (Glenn Miller song) "Crosstown" is a 1940 song recorded by Glenn Miller and His Orchestra. The song was written by James Cavanaugh, John Redmond, and Nat Simon. "Crosstown" was released as an RCA Bluebird 78 single in 1940 by Glenn Miller and His Orchestra featuring Jack Lathrop on vocals. The single reached no. 9 on the "Billboard" pop singles chart in a single-week chart appearance. The B side was "What's Your Story, Morning Glory?" The recording appeared on the 2005 Avid Entertainment collection "Glenn Miller: The Glenn Miller Story, Vols. 9-10"
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Terrace night club after they perform "In the Mood", as part of the orchestral background score in a scene between John Payne and Lynn Bari, and in an orchestral version with vocalization but without lyrics a minute and twenty seconds in length during the closing skating sequence with Sonja Henie. "At Last" would also appear in the 1942 follow-up movie "Orchestra Wives" performed by Glenn Miller and his Orchestra with vocals by Ray Eberle and Pat Friday. Glenn Miller vocalist Pat Friday provided the pre-recorded vocal tracks that Lynn Bari lip synced in the film. Future Olympic gold medalist Gretchen
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78 single in 1939, 26234-A. According to the tsort.info database, "To You" reached no. 10 on the "Billboard" chart, staying on the chart for 7 weeks. To You (song) "To You" is a 1939 song composed by Tommy Dorsey with Benny Davis and Ted Shapiro. The song was a top 10 hit on the "Billboard" charts. "To You" was recorded by Glenn Miller and His Orchestra with vocals by Ray Eberle and released as an RCA Bluebird 78. Glenn Miller also performed the song at the 1939 Carnegie Hall Concert, which was released in 1958 by RCA Victor on the
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with cancer suddenly returned. Several days later, she slipped into a coma. At that same time, List was scheduled to perform the Vincent Persichetti Concerto in Carnegie Hall. The next morning, after the Carnegie Hall concert, Carroll Glenn died. Only two years later, on March 1, 1985, while at home planning his own 50th anniversary concert in Carnegie Hall, List accidentally fell on the stairway of his New York brownstone and was killed. An autopsy revealed he died instantly of a broken neck. During their forty-two year marriage, Eugene List and Carroll Glenn raised two daughters, Rachel and Allison, while
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Beatles (33 top 10s) did in their careers. While he was traveling to entertain U.S. troops in France during World War II, Miller's aircraft disappeared in bad weather over the English Channel. The son of Mattie Lou (née Cavender) and Lewis Elmer Miller, Glenn Miller was born in Clarinda, Iowa. He attended grade school in North Platte in western Nebraska. In 1915, his family moved to Grant City, Missouri. Around this time, he had made enough money from milking cows to buy his first trombone and played in the town orchestra. He played cornet and mandolin, but he switched to
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songs in the Glenn Miller style. By 1950, Beneke and the Miller estate parted ways. Beneke continued to perform under his own name with no official connection to Miller. He enjoyed less success in the early 1950s, partly because he was limited to smaller recording labels such as Coral Records and partly because of competition from other Miller alumni and imitators such as Jerry Gray, Ray Anthony and Ralph Flanagan. Eydie Gorme sang with the Beneke band in 1950. Beneke appeared on "Cavalcade of Bands", a television show in 1950 on the DuMont Television Network. In the latter part of
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Crosstown (Glenn Miller song) "Crosstown" is a 1940 song recorded by Glenn Miller and His Orchestra. The song was written by James Cavanaugh, John Redmond, and Nat Simon. "Crosstown" was released as an RCA Bluebird 78 single in 1940 by Glenn Miller and His Orchestra featuring Jack Lathrop on vocals. The single reached no. 9 on the "Billboard" pop singles chart in a single-week chart appearance. The B side was "What's Your Story, Morning Glory?" The recording appeared on the 2005 Avid Entertainment collection "Glenn Miller: The Glenn Miller Story, Vols. 9-10" and the 1991 RCA Bluebird compilation box set
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in Lawrence Hospital in Bronxville, New York, . The Group for Contemporary Music presented a memorial concert for Miller on November 30, 1982, and released an LP dedicated to his memory in 1982. It contained the pianist's final recording, Wuorinen's "Arabia Felix" . Robert Miller (pianist) Robert Miller (December 5, 1930 – November 30, 1981) was an American pianist and attorney. Miller was born in New York City and grew up in Mount Vernon. His early musical studies were with Mathilde McKinney and Abbey Simon, after which he studied at Princeton University where he graduated in 1952, "magna cum laude"
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recording the album, and prior to its release, the "Painted Windows" line-up debuted in an appearance with Pylon in April 1981. They went on to perform a series of shows from April through October 1981. Although the album was released in January 1982, the band did not perform again until late February 1982. All songs on "Painted Windows" were written and composed by Scott Miller. After the release of "Painted Windows", the group's final show took place at the U.C. Davis Coffeehouse on Saturday, February 27, 1982. The trio of Scott Miller, Carolyn O'Rourke, and Byl Miller performed without a
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"As Time Goes By". The Glenn Miller Orchestra did a rendition of the song as the last track on the album "Something New: The Glenn Miller Orchestra plays the Tijuana Brass" (1966) Allan Sherman did a parody of this song on his album "Togetherness" (1967). Another parodic cover version, spoofing Alpert's version, appeared on the mock Alpert tribute album "Sour Cream & Other Delights" by the Frivolous Five. In addition to its use in "The Dating Game", the song has been used in a variety of film and television soundtracks. It was one of two Alpert songs in a 1966
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Armenian-Canadian opera singer who moved to Canada as a teenager. James Westman (born 1972) is an operatic baritone, in his youth he was the first boy soprano to perform Gustav Mahler, 4th symphony with Leonard Bernstein. Joni Henson (born 1977 in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario) and Measha Brueggergosman (born 1977 in Fredericton, New Brunswick) are both Sopranos that perform regularly both in concert and in fully staged Operas. Symphony orchestras: Community orchestras: Baroque orchestras and chamber ensembles: Alberto Guerrero (1886–1959) was a Chilean-Canadian composer, pianist, and teacher whose students included Glenn Gould and Jon Kimura Parker. Glenn Gould (1932–1982) was
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Glenn Miller discography In addition to leading bands and playing the trombone, Glenn Miller composed music or lyrics to a number of songs. These and others were recorded by Miller with his pre-war civilian bands and his Army Air Force band. Glenn Miller composed the music to "Moonlight Serenade" in 1935, with lyrics added later by Mitchell Parish after two other sets of lyrics were written. "Moonlight Serenade" was Glenn Miller's theme for his radio programs between 1939 and 1942 (except for a brief period in 1941). This song has been covered by Frank Sinatra, Barry Manilow, Carly Simon Charlie
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they worked on it for three months. Kennedy and Miller did the final cut, in a process Miller described as "he would cut sound in the lounge room and I’d cut picture in the kitchen." Professional sound engineer Roger Savage would perform the sound mixing in the studio he worked after finishing his work with Little River Band, and employed timecoding techniques that were unseen in Australian cinema. The musical score for "Mad Max" was composed and conducted by Australian composer Brian May (not to be confused with the guitarist of the English rock band Queen). Miller wanted a Gothic,
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Here We Go Again (Glenn Miller song) "Here We Go Again" is a swing jazz instrumental recorded by Glenn Miller. The song was released as a 78 single. "Here We Go Again" was composed by Jerry Gray, the arranger in the Glenn Miller Orchestra. Glenn Miller and His Orchestra released the song as an RCA Victor 78 single, 20-1563-A, backed with "Long Time No See, Baby". The recording reached no. 25 on the "Billboard" pop singles chart in April, 1944 in a one-week chart run. The song was also performed by Glenn Miller with the Army Air Force Band. The
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in 1945, a follow-up in 1947, and his original recordings repackaged for the release of "The Glenn Miller Story" in 1954. Ray Anthony, who played trumpet with the band from 1940 to 1941, is the last surviving member, alive as of 2018. <br> Million-selling singles: Glenn Miller Orchestra Glenn Miller and His Orchestra was an American swing dance band formed by Glenn Miller in 1938. Arranged around a clarinet and tenor saxophone playing melody, and three other saxophones playing harmony, the band became the most popular and commercially successful dance orchestra of the Swing era and one of the greatest
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Glenn Miller (1945 album) Glenn Miller is a compilation album of phonograph records released posthumously by bandleader Glenn Miller and His Orchestra. Released in 1945 on RCA Victor as a part of the Victor Musical Smart Set series, described on the front cover as "An Album of Outstanding Arrangements on Victor Records", the set was number one for a total of 16 weeks on the newly created "Billboard" album charts. The album, also known under the title "Glenn Miller and His Orchestra", was certified Gold in July 1968 by the RIAA. These reissued songs were featured on a 4-disc, 78
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the Glenn Miller orchestra, although his role has more recently been acknowledged on the orchestra's website. When Glenn Miller was alive, many bandleaders like Bob Chester imitated his style. By the early 1950s, various bands were again copying the Miller style of clarinet-led reeds and muted trumpets, notably Ralph Flanagan, Jerry Gray, and Ray Anthony. This, coupled with the success of "The Glenn Miller Story" (1953), led the Miller estate to ask Ray McKinley to lead a new ghost band. This 1956 band is the original version of the current ghost band that still tours the United States today. The
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Glenn Miller Orchestra Glenn Miller and His Orchestra was an American swing dance band formed by Glenn Miller in 1938. Arranged around a clarinet and tenor saxophone playing melody, and three other saxophones playing harmony, the band became the most popular and commercially successful dance orchestra of the Swing era and one of the greatest singles charting acts of the 20th century. Miller began professionally recording in New York City as a sideman in the Hot jazz era of the late 1920s. With the arrival of virtuoso trombonists Jack Teagarden and Tommy Dorsey, Miller focused more on developing his arrangement
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Hal McIntyre Hal McIntyre (born Harold William McIntyre; November 29, 1914, Cromwell, Connecticut – May 5, 1959 Los Angeles, California) was an American saxophonist, clarinetist, and bandleader. McIntyre played extensively as a teenager and led his own octet in 1935. Shortly thereafter, he was offered a temporary slot as an alto saxophonist behind Benny Goodman; this lasted only ten days, but Glenn Miller heard of his ability and drafted him as a founding member of the Glenn Miller Orchestra, where he played from 1937 to 1941. Miller encouraged McIntyre to start his own group again, and the McIntyre Orchestra first
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the candidate of both the Democratic and the New Constitution parties. He lost to Republican George C. Perkins. In 1883, Dr. Glenn was murdered on his ranch at Jacinto by Huram Miller, who worked for him as a bookkeeper. Miller was an alcoholic and Glenn finally struck him, after being verbally abused by the drunken employee. Miller brooded for several days, then shot Glenn in the head from ambush with a load of buckshot. Glenn was survived by his wife and three children. In 1891, Glenn County was created and named in honor of Hugh James Glenn. Hugh J. Glenn
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guitar; Rowland Bundock, bass; and Doc Carney (Cenardo), drums. Kathleen Lane sang the lead vocals. The recording was made in Brunswick studios in New York. The arrangement was by Glenn Miller. The drummer on the 1937 session was Doc Carney Cenardo. In his 1974 biography "Glenn Miller and His Orchestra", George Thomas Simon wrote: "Without realizing it, the Miller band had broken the color line." Doin' the Jive "Doin' the Jive" is a 1938 song composed by Glenn Miller and pianist Chummy MacGregor. The song was released as a 78 single by Glenn Miller and His Orchestra on Brunswick. "Doin'
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Major Glenn Miller in Arlington National Cemetery, just outside Washington, D.C. A monument stone was also placed in Grove Street Cemetery in New Haven, Connecticut, next to the campus of Yale University. Miller was awarded a Star for Recording on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6915 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California. The headquarters of the United States Air Forces in Europe Band at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, is named Glenn Miller Hall. Additionally, on June 25, 1999, the Nebraska State Highway Commission unanimously agreed to name Nebraska Highway 97 between North Platte, where Miller attended elementary school, and Tryon,
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a lovely guy, a real gentleman." A concert tribute to Lord took place on 4 April 2014 at the Royal Albert Hall. Performers and presenters included Deep Purple, Bruce Dickinson, Alfie Boe, Jeremy Irons, Joe Brown, Glenn Hughes, Miller Anderson and Steve Balsamo. In December 2012 the Mayor of Leicester, Sir Peter Soulsby, joined the campaign to honour Lord with a blue plaque at his childhood home at 120 Averill Road, where he lived until he was twenty, saying it would be "an important reminder of the city's contribution to the world of contemporary music." Lord was posthumously inducted into
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Ray Anthony Raymond Antonini (born January 20, 1922), known as Ray Anthony, is an American bandleader, trumpeter, songwriter, and actor. He is the last surviving member of the Glenn Miller Orchestra. Anthony was born to an Italian family in Bentleyville, Pennsylvania but moved with his family to Cleveland, Ohio, where he studied the trumpet. He played in Glenn Miller's band from 1940–1941. and appeared in the Glenn Miller movie "Sun Valley Serenade" before joining the U.S. Navy during World War Two. After the war he formed his own group. The Ray Anthony Orchestra became popular in the early 1950s with
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Center in Newark, New Jersey, where she received a golden ticket and advanced to the next stage in Hollywood. During the season's final Hollywood rounds, Miller opted to perform the self-penned tune "You Set Me Free" on the piano, and was praised from the judges. At first introduced as Angela, she later adopted the moniker, "Angie", with which judge Keith Urban referred to her. Miller proceeded to perform without her piano, albeit of the judges' suggestions; she permanently retreated to the piano during the Top 7 episode. During the course of the series, Miller tackled songs by Jessie J, Beyoncé
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a 24-track set of three 10" LPs, DLP1012/13/21, with picture sleeve, on His Master's Voice, the 1994 album "The Glenn Miller Orchestra: Real Stereo 1941" on the Jazz Hour label, the 2002 various artists collection "Swing Era Big Band" on Frémeaux/Frémeaux & Associés, on the 2011 album "75 Glenn Miller Masterpieces" by Glenn Miller and his Orchestra on Sepia as 1165, and the 2003 album "Swinging Miller Thrillers" by The Glenn Miller Orchestra on Jasmine Records. Jerry Gray and his Orchestra released a version of the instrumental backed with "V Hop" in 1951 as a Decca 45, 27869, and as
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led by Nobuo Uematsu that arranges music from "Final Fantasy" video games into a rock music style, have arranged "Distant Worlds" in the album "", published in 2008. Uematsu continues to perform certain pieces in his "Dear Friends: Music from Final Fantasy" concert series. The music of "Final Fantasy XI" has also appeared in various official concerts and live albums, such as the "Distant Worlds - Music from Final Fantasy" concert tour, where "Opening Theme" and "Distant Worlds" were performed as a medley by the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, while "Ronfaure" was performed by the New Japan Philharmonic Orchestra in
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to discord among the band members. Veteran guitarist Froese was replaced by Brian MacLeod, who contributed guitar, drums, keyboards and backing vocals. The album was re-recorded; with some of Froese's vocal and guitar work, as well as percussion from session drummer Eddie Tuduri, included in the final mix. By the time of the record's release, bassist Glenn Miller and long term drummer Ross Turney had left the group. Mushroom was also having financial problems which hampered the promotion of the album after its release in June 1978. Drummer Skip Layton and former Prism bassist Ab Bryant were recruited to perform
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the war and learn more about leading a band before being given his own band. Beneke led two bands in the navy and kept in touch with Glenn Miller while they were both serving in the military. By 1945, Beneke felt ready to lead his own orchestra. Glenn Miller went missing on December 15, 1944, while flying to France from England. After World War Two, the United States Army Air Force decommissioned the Glenn Miller-led Army Air Force band. The Miller estate authorized an official Glenn Miller "ghost band" in 1946. This band was led by Tex Beneke who as
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guilty in the Overland Park shooting of one count of capital murder, three counts of attempted murder and assault and weapons charges. Eight days later, the same jury recommended that Miller be put to death by lethal injection. On November 10, 2015, he was formally sentenced to death. Miller was born Frazier Glenn Miller Jr. in North Carolina, and named after his father. He dropped out of high school and joined the United States Army, where he served 20 years, and rose to the rank of master sergeant. He served two tours of duty in South Vietnam during the Vietnam
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to the creation of be-bop, which was the predominant style of jazz in the late forties, see "Glenn Miller: The Godfather of Bop?" by Richard Jessen. Mr. Jessen says that Miller's recording of "Wham" from August 1, 1939, predates the same phrasing used in "Salt Peanuts" by Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie in 1944. Jessen points out though that "Wham" was arranged by Eddie Durham. Songs that were in the civilian band and Army Air Force band libraries include: A disc released in 2010 is called "The Final - His Last Recordings" and collects Miller's last known recorded performances (November,
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his 50-piece Army Air Force Band and take it to England in the summer of 1944, where he gave 800 performances. While in England, now Major Miller recorded a series of records at EMI owned Abbey Road Studios. The recordings the AAF band made in 1944 at Abbey Road were propaganda broadcasts for the Office of War Information. Many songs are sung in German by Johnny Desmond and Glenn Miller speaks in German about the war effort. Before Miller's disappearance, his music was used by World War II AFN radio broadcasting for entertainment and morale as well as counter-propaganda to
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to be active as a bandleader and musician. Anthony was a close friend of the late Hugh Hefner and appeared in numerous episodes of "The Girls Next Door". Ray Anthony Raymond Antonini (born January 20, 1922), known as Ray Anthony, is an American bandleader, trumpeter, songwriter, and actor. He is the last surviving member of the Glenn Miller Orchestra. Anthony was born to an Italian family in Bentleyville, Pennsylvania but moved with his family to Cleveland, Ohio, where he studied the trumpet. He played in Glenn Miller's band from 1940–1941. and appeared in the Glenn Miller movie "Sun Valley Serenade"
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and 2015 Edition of Copa Lagos. In 2015, he made his debut on one of Nigeria’s biggest outdoor concerts, "Star Trek", at Ibadan and had to be recalled to perform at the Grand Finale in Lagos. Pepenazi was enlisted and did perform at the Season 2 of the "Olamide Live in Concert" (OLIC 2), where he made good statement of himself alongside other A-list artists on the performers’ roll. He also performed at the One Lagos concert held in December, 2015 Pepenazi Opeyemi Gbenga Kayode (born 16 April 1988), popularly known with his stage name, Pepenazi is a Nigeria-based songwriter,
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Tom Miller (footballer, born 1990) Thomas Miller (born 29 June 1990) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for club Bury. Miller began his career with the youth teams at Norwich City but the club's then manager Glenn Roeder did not offer him a professional deal at the end of his two-year scholarship. Upon hearing the news, Miller spoke with the club's former assistant manager Jim Duffy who recommended the player to Rangers. The Ibrox-based club scouted Miller in the Football League exit trials and were suitably impressed to sign him to a two-year professional contract. However,
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Glenn Miller Time Glenn Miller Time is a 1961 summer replacement American television series that aired on CBS Television. The series featured the orchestra of the late Glenn Miller, under the direction of bandleader Ray McKinley. Miller had died in an airplane crash during World War II. Patty Clark was a regular singer on the series, which was targeted at a nostalgic audience. A 30-minute series, approx. 25 minutes minus ads, "Glenn Miller Time" was sponsored by Kent cigarettes and Jell-O. . "Glenn Miller Time" was the summer replacement for the series "Hennesey". A contemporary account called "Glenn Miller Time"
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Up! Close and Personal Up! Close and Personal is the fourth live video album by Canadian singer Shania Twain. It was directed by Beth McCarthy-Miller, and produced by team composed of Dan Braun, Cliff Burnstein, Carol Donovan, McCarthy-Miller, Peter Mensch, and Marc Reiter. The concert was filmed in November 2003 at a sound stage in Nashville, Tennessee, with an audience of 300 people. When conceptualizing the show, Twain desired to make the setting intimate and perform the songs acoustically, so she turned to bluegrass band Alison Krauss and Union Station to perform backup during the concert. It was also modeled
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became a major hit of the swing music era. During the Barnet days, May revealed a significant flair for satire on a composition, "The Wrong Idea", composed with Barnet, ridiculing the bland "Mickey Mouse" style of safe big-band music, with specific aim at bandleader Sammy Kaye, known for his "swing and sway" trademark. May's caustic lyrics to the song called it "swing and sweat with Charlie Barnet". Bandleader Glenn Miller hired May away from Barnet in 1940. "May points out that he was not responsible for any of the [Glenn Miller] band's signature hits, but he did write the beautiful
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Band Blues You've gone to my head Big Band Bash Ted Heath discography This is a discography for British bandleader Ted Heath. Al Jolson Classics/Hits I missed All Time Top 8 (incl. in All Time top 12) All Time Top Twelve All Time Top Twelve/Shall We Dance A Salute to Glenn Miller At Carnegie Hall At Carnegie Hall/First American Tour At The London Palladium/100th Palladium Concert At the London Palladium vol. 3/Final Swing Session A Yank in Europe Between the Devil and the deep blue sea (Lita Roza singles) Beatles, Bach and Bacharach Big and Rich Big Band Bash Big
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Ted Heath discography This is a discography for British bandleader Ted Heath. Al Jolson Classics/Hits I missed All Time Top 8 (incl. in All Time top 12) All Time Top Twelve All Time Top Twelve/Shall We Dance A Salute to Glenn Miller At Carnegie Hall At Carnegie Hall/First American Tour At The London Palladium/100th Palladium Concert At the London Palladium vol. 3/Final Swing Session A Yank in Europe Between the Devil and the deep blue sea (Lita Roza singles) Beatles, Bach and Bacharach Big and Rich Big Band Bash Big Band Bash Big Band Bash/Big Band Percussion Big Band Beat
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by the Delta Rhythm Boys, Erskine Butterfield and His Blue Boys on Decca Records with vocals in the U.S. and on Brunswick in the UK, Kenny Graham, Herb Miller and His Orchestra, the Syd Lawrence Orchestra, and the King Sisters. The Delta Rhythm Boys also performed the song with the lyrics in a 1941 soundie or film short by Storyville Films directed by Robert R. Snody. Sheet music was released by Fowler Music in New York to accompany the Glenn Miller and Erskine Butterfield recordings. The Alan Glasscock Orchestra has performed the song live in concert in 2013. I Dreamt
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Trombone – "Trummie" Young, and Trumpet – Louis Armstrong. Former Glenn Miller Orchestra pianist Chummy MacGregor and Glenn Miller manager Don Haynes were advisors on the production. The Glenn Miller Story (soundtrack) The Glenn Miller Story is a 1954 soundtrack album released on Decca Records featuring songs from the film biography of Glenn Miller starring James Stewart and June Allyson. The collection featured eight songs from the film recorded under the direction of Joseph Gershenson. The 1954 10" album The Glenn Miller Story movie soundtrack LP, Decca Records DL 5519, spent 10 weeks at number one on the Billboard albums
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band's there to greet us, Old friends there to meet us. Where the rich and the poor folks meet, let me take you down to Basin Street." Jack Teagarden explained how the lyrics were co-written with Glenn Miller in 1931: "I was home in New York the evening before the 'Basin Street Blues' record date when Glenn called me from his apartment in Jackson Heights. 'Jack, I think we could do a better job if we could put together some lyrics and you could sing it. Want to come over and see what we can do?'...We finally finished the job
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crime he did not commit. After his release Ford suffered further injustices: He was diagnosed with late stage lung cancer and Louisiana State refused to pay any compensation for his time in prison. An intimate portrait of Ford as he nears death, A System of Justice was filmed over 2 days at the hospice where Glenn spent his final days. 3 Generations partnered with two organizations, Resurrection After Exoneration and The Innocence Project, who helped Glenn in his final days. A System of Justice had its world premiere on March 5 at 2:30pm at the Odeon Cinema in the Manchester
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The Glenn Miller Orchestra (the other is 1942's "Orchestra Wives"). Besides "Chattanooga Choo Choo", other Glenn Miller tunes in the film are "Moonlight Serenade", "It Happened in Sun Valley", "I Know Why (And So Do You)", and "In the Mood". An instrumental version of "At Last" was recorded by Glenn Miller and his Orchestra as well as a version with vocals by John Payne and Pat Friday, but these recordings would remain unused and unissued. "At Last" can be heard in the movie in three scenes, however, in an orchestral performance by Glenn Miller and His Orchestra in the Lido
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The Glenn Miller Story The Glenn Miller Story is a 1954 American biographical film about the eponymous American band-leader, directed by Anthony Mann and starring James Stewart in their first non-western collaboration. Universal-International's first public announcements, early in 1953, employed the soon-discarded title, "Moonlight Serenade." The film follows big band leader Glenn Miller (1904–1944) (James Stewart) from his early days in the music business in 1929 through to his 1944 death when the airplane he was flying in was lost over the English Channel during World War II. Prominent placement in the film is given to Miller's courtship and marriage
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Smart Set: An Album of Outstanding Arrangements on Victor Records". The collection was re-released in a 2-sided 10" 33rpm record set in 1951 as RCA Victor LPM-31 and in 1952 as P-148 as a three-record set of 7", 45rpm discs. The album was also released in Canada on His Master's Voice/Victor in 1945.. Glenn Miller (1945 album) Glenn Miller is a compilation album of phonograph records released posthumously by bandleader Glenn Miller and His Orchestra. Released in 1945 on RCA Victor as a part of the Victor Musical Smart Set series, described on the front cover as "An Album of
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2014 and on the 2015 album "Demon Diaries". The Glenn Miller recording appears on the 1992 Sony compilation "Evolution of a Band", "The Glenn Miller Story, Vols. 1-2" on Avid, "Glenn Miller and His Orchestra: 1935-1938", Classics, 2004, "Community Swing, Vol. 2, 1937-1938", Naxos Jazz Legends, 2003, "The Complete Early Recordings", Opus Kura, 2004, and the 2003 Sony various artists collection "Jazz Legends: Swing and Big Bands". "Doin' the Jive" was performed by Glenn Miller and His Orchestra and broadcast on the radio on the following dates: July 24, 1937 at the Hotel Roosevelt for a New Orleans broadcast, August
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by the Glenn Miller Orchestra appeared in the 2002 environmentalism documentary "Blue Vinyl". The Glenn Miller recording was featured on "The Notebook" soundtrack album in 2004. The song was featured on the soundtrack of the 2008 film "Revolutionary Road" starring Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio. A String of Pearls (song) "A String of Pearls" is a 1941 song recorded by Glenn Miller and His Orchestra on RCA Bluebird, composed by Jerry Gray with lyrics by Eddie DeLange. The song is a big band and jazz standard. Glenn Miller and His Orchestra recorded "A String of Pearls" on November 8, 1941
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members with the 1953 release of "The Glenn Miller Story" on the big screen. The band garnered award nominations and box office success, as well as top hit status for its soundtrack album in 1954. The Glenn Miller Orchestra has recorded and performed under various leaders, from 1956 to this day. Singer Nick Hilscher became the director of the touring band in 2012, replacing previous director Gary Tole. Current as of 2015 Glenn Miller Orchestra (1956–present) The Glenn Miller Orchestra is a band formed after the loss of Glenn Miller, named in memory of him and the original Glenn Miller
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a melodic line with a tenor saxophone holding the same note, while three other saxophones harmonized within a single octave. George T. Simon discovered a saxophonist named Wilbur Schwartz for Glenn Miller. Miller hired Schwartz, but instead had him play lead clarinet. According to Simon, "Willie's tone and way of playing provided a fullness and richness so distinctive that none of the later Miller imitators could ever accurately reproduce the Miller sound." With this new sound combination, Glenn Miller found a way to differentiate his band's style from the many bands that existed in the late thirties. Miller talked about
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and the Glenn Miller Foundation was created to oversee its restoration; it is now part of the Glenn Miller Birthplace Museum. In 1953, Universal-International pictures released "The Glenn Miller Story", starring James Stewart; Ray Eberle, Marion Hutton and Tex Beneke neither appear in nor are referred to in it. In 1957, a new student Union Building was completed on the Boulder Campus and the new Ballroom was named "The Glenn Miller Ballroom". In 1996, the U.S. Postal Service issued a Glenn Miller postage stamp. In the United States and England, there are a few archives that are devoted to Glenn
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Paul Tanner Paul Tanner (October 15, 1917 – February 5, 2013) was an American musician and a member of the Glenn Miller Orchestra. Tanner had five brothers and each could play an instrument. Tanner learned to play the trombone at a reform school where his father was employed as superintendent. Tanner and his brothers were playing in what he described as a "strip joint" when Miller heard him and offered him a position in his band. Tanner gained fame by playing trombone with Glenn Miller's band from 1938 until 1942, when he joined the U.S. Army Air Force. (In fact,
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1993 Gaetano Bardini, a renowned Italian tenor, accepted Dime in his private singing school in Tuscany. Upon return to Serbia, Dime worked with highly recognized voice teachers such as soprano Radmila Smiljanić and mezzo-soprano Biserka Cvejić, but Professor Olivera Jovanovic set him as a singer in the professional scene. Even the beginning of his career was out of the ordinary; his debut concert in Belgrade had two reprises. After the concert in France and several concerts in Belgrade, from 2004 to 2006, Dime got a new chance to perform at the celebrated Glenn Gould Studio in Toronto in September 2006.
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Glenn Miller Orchestra (1956–present) The Glenn Miller Orchestra is a band formed after the loss of Glenn Miller, named in memory of him and the original Glenn Miller Orchestra. After the disappearance of Glenn Miller in 1944, the band was reconstituted under the direction of Tex Beneke, its lead tenor saxophonist, singer, and one of Miller's longtime close friends. A few years later, the Miller estate, having parted ways with Beneke, hired Ray McKinley, principal drummer in Miller's , to organize a new "ghost band" in 1956. Hollywood contributed to the band's popularity and that of its founder and original
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as many troops as possible. His superior accomplishments are highly commendable and reflect the highest credit upon himself and the armed forces of the United States." Glenn Miller had three recordings that were posthumously inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame, which is a special Grammy award established in 1973 to honor recordings that are at least 25 years old and that have "qualitative or historical significance." Notes Bibliography Glenn Miller Alton Glenn Miller (March 1, 1904 – December 15, 1944) was an American big-band trombonist, arranger, composer, and bandleader in the swing era. He was the best-selling recording artist
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(a former arranger for Tommy Dorsey), Billy May and to a much smaller extent, George Williams, who worked very briefly with the band as well as Andrews Sisters arranger Vic Schoen According to Norman Leyden, "[s]everal others [besides Leyden] arranged for Miller in the service, including Jerry Gray, Ralph Wilkinson, Mel Powell, and Steve Steck." In 1943, Glenn Miller wrote "Glenn Miller's Method for Orchestral Arranging", published by the Mutual Music Society in New York, a one hundred sixteen page book with illustrations and scores that explains how he wrote his musical arrangements. "Major Alton Glenn Miller (Army Serial No.
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bass, and George T. Simon on drums. Community Swing Community Swing is a swing jazz instrumental composed and recorded by Glenn Miller and released as a Brunswick 78 single in 1937 by Glenn Miller and His Orchestra. "Community Swing" was composed by Glenn Miller in 1937 and recorded on June 9, 1937 at the Brunswick studios in New York and released as a Brunswick 78, 7923, Matrix #B 21236-1, backed with "Sleepy Time Gal". Arranged by Glenn Miller, the instrumental featured Mannie Klein on trumpet, Hal McIntyre on clarinet, and George T. Simon on drums. The 78 release on Vocalion
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Sandra, of Santa Ana, Calif. His saxophone is currently used by the Arizona Opry. Tex Beneke Gordon Lee "Tex" Beneke (February 12, 1914 – May 30, 2000) was an American saxophonist, singer, and bandleader. His career is a history of associations with bandleader Glenn Miller and former musicians and singers who worked with Miller. His band is also associated with the careers of Eydie Gorme, Henry Mancini and Ronnie Deauville. Beneke also solos on the recording the Glenn Miller Orchestra made of their popular song "In The Mood" and sings on another popular Glenn Miller recording, "Chattanooga Choo Choo". Jazz
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main soloists on that recording were Best and Bobby Hackett. The Glenn Miller recording sold 115,000 copies in the first week. It was featured in the 1953 Glenn Miller biopic "The Glenn Miller Story" starring James Stewart and Harry Morgan. The Glenn Miller Orchestra recorded the song on February 5, 1940 in New York. The personnel on the Glenn Miller recording: Saxes: Hal McIntyre, Tex Beneke, Wilbur Schwartz, Jimmy Abato, Al Klink; Trumpets: Clyde Hurley, John Best, R. D. McMickle, Legh Knowles; Trombones: Glenn Miller, Tommy Mack, Paul Tanner, Frank D'Annolfo; Piano: Chummy MacGregor; String Bass: Rowland Bundock; Guitar: Richard
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died on August 23, 2003 in Freeport, Bahamas. Ed Zandy Edward Eugene "Eddie" Zandy was a professional trumpet player from 1938 until his death in 2003. He was best known as a member of the second Glenn Miller Orchestra, led by Tex Beneke, Ray McKinley and Buddy DeFranco. In addition to the Glenn Miller Orchestra, he also played with the Ina Ray Hutton, Claude Thornhill, Skitch Henderson and Gene Krupa bands. Zandy moved permanently to the Bahamas in 1968, living initially in Nassau and then Freeport, where he played in casino and hotel bands. One of his last performances was
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Ed Zandy Edward Eugene "Eddie" Zandy was a professional trumpet player from 1938 until his death in 2003. He was best known as a member of the second Glenn Miller Orchestra, led by Tex Beneke, Ray McKinley and Buddy DeFranco. In addition to the Glenn Miller Orchestra, he also played with the Ina Ray Hutton, Claude Thornhill, Skitch Henderson and Gene Krupa bands. Zandy moved permanently to the Bahamas in 1968, living initially in Nassau and then Freeport, where he played in casino and hotel bands. One of his last performances was with the Apple Elliot Ensemble in the Bahamas.
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a salute to some member of that fraternity who has distinguished himself in the war effort." General references Inline citations Hal McIntyre Hal McIntyre (born Harold William McIntyre; November 29, 1914, Cromwell, Connecticut – May 5, 1959 Los Angeles, California) was an American saxophonist, clarinetist, and bandleader. McIntyre played extensively as a teenager and led his own octet in 1935. Shortly thereafter, he was offered a temporary slot as an alto saxophonist behind Benny Goodman; this lasted only ten days, but Glenn Miller heard of his ability and drafted him as a founding member of the Glenn Miller Orchestra, where
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outbreak of the war in 1914, Miller volunteered for the army. He joined the Royal Sussex Regiment and, after serving in France, was posted to India and a year later to Mesopotamia, where he was temporarily blinded for three days. This experience stayed with him all his life, and in later years he did much work to help the blind. During his time in the army, he started a troops’ concert party. Demobilized from the army, he found work to be in short supply. He had lost his mother to the 1918 flu pandemic. He had his sights on performing
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Davis on his 1957 "Birth of the Cool" album which was produced by Mercer's cousin Walter Rivers; "Sold American" with Glenn Miller; "Sometime" with Glenn Miller in 1939; "Solid As a Stonewall Jackson" with Jerry Gray; "Mister-Lucky-Me" in 1943; "Simply Grand"; "If Not For You"; "The Technical Training Command" with Glenn Miller and Sol Meyer in 1943; and, "I Sustain the Wings", composed with Glenn Miller, Norman Leyden, and Bill Meyers for the NBC radio series, which ran from 1943 to 1944. Chummy MacGregor also composed a series of songs with Charles Ives: "The Cage", "Berceuse", "Evidence", "Disclosure", "Down East",
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