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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 second non-western collaboration. Plot
This, coupled with the success of The Glenn Miller Story (1954), inspired Helen Miller to invite Ray McKinley, who had assumed leadership of the Miller band in 1945, to form a new band called the Glenn Miller Orchestra. McKinley recruited Will Bradley as featured trombonist, and they remained with the Miller band until 1966.
The Glenn Miller Story is a compilation album of tracks recorded by the Glenn Miller Band between 1939 and 1942 which had been released as 78 rpm singles on the Bluebird and Victor labels. [1] It was released in the United Kingdom in 1954 as a ten-inch 33 + 1 ⁄ 3 rpm monophonic LP on the His Master's Voice label, catalogue number DLP 1024. [ 2 ]
Glenn Miller and His Orchestra was an American swing dance band that was 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.
'Nostalgia music' The story of the orchestra in the later 1940s is a bit complicated. But following the success of the 1954 movie "The Glenn Miller Story" starring James Stewart, Miller's family ...
Speaking of the Glenn Miller Band, I'll never forget the time when I had a couple of days in Washington with touring the Smithsonian Institution at the top of my itinerary — or so I thought.
The Glenn Miller Story is a 1954 soundtrack album released on Decca Records with songs from The Glenn Miller Story, the film biography of Glenn Miller, starring James Stewart and June Allyson. The collection had eight songs from the film recorded under the direction of Joseph Gershenson.
"Sold American" appeared on the 1961 RCA Victor LP album The Great Dance Bands of the '30s & '40s: Never Before on LP by Glenn Miller and his Orchestra as RCA LPM-2080. The RCA Victor Bluebird version from 1939 is also on the 13 disc CD collection The Complete Glenn Miller (1938-1942) by BMG/RCA and on the 2005 series The Glenn Miller Story, Vols. 5-6.