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Pennsylvania 6-5000 (song) 1940 RCA Victor Bluebird 78, B-10754-A, by Glenn Miller. " Pennsylvania 6-5000 " (also written " Pennsylvania Six-Five Thousand ") is a 1940 swing jazz and pop standard recorded by Glenn Miller and His Orchestra as a Bluebird 78 rpm single. The music was by Jerry Gray and the lyrics by Carl Sigman.
Miller copyrighted the song with the U.S. Library of Congress on January 23, 1935. [61] The Dorsey Brothers released the song as an A side 78 single in 1935 on Decca Records. The B side was "I've Got Your Number" written by Bonnie Lake. The song, arranged by Glenn Miller, was recorded on February 6, 1935, in New York. Kay Weber was the vocalist.
Between 1938 and 1944, Glenn Miller and His Orchestra released 266 singles on the monaural ten-inch shellac 78 rpm format. Their studio output comprised a variety of musical styles inside of the Swing genre, including ballads, band chants, dance instrumentals, novelty tracks, songs adapted from motion pictures, and, as the Second World War approached, patriotic music.
PEnnsylvania 6-5000 is a telephone number in New York City, written in the 2L+5N (two letters, five numbers) format that was common from about 1930 into the 1960s. The number is best known from the 1940 hit song "Pennsylvania 6-5000", a swing jazz and pop standard recorded by the Glenn Miller Orchestra. Its owner, the Hotel Pennsylvania, claims ...
"A String of Pearls" is a 1941 song recorded by Glenn Miller and His Orchestra on RCA Bluebird that November, becoming a #1 hit. [1] It was composed by Jerry Gray [2] with lyrics by Eddie DeLange. The song is a big band and jazz standard.
Henry Ned Miller (April 12, 1925 – March 18, 2016) was an American country music singer-songwriter. Active as a recording artist from 1956 to 1970, he is known primarily for his hit single "From a Jack to a King", a crossover hit in 1962 which reached Top 10 on the country music, adult contemporary, and Billboard Hot 100 charts, No. 1 for 5 weeks in Canada, as well as reaching No.2 in the UK ...
My Uncle Used to Love Me But She Died. " My Uncle Used to Love Me But She Died " is a 1966 song by Roger Miller. It was the fourth of four singles released from Miller's fourth LP, Words and Music, all of which became U.S. Top 40 Country hits.
Tuxedo Junction. " Tuxedo Junction " is a popular big band song recorded by Glenn Miller and His Orchestra, becoming a No. 1 hit in 1940. The music was written by Erskine Hawkins, Bill Johnson, and Julian Dash and the lyrics by Buddy Feyne. [1] The song was introduced by Erskine Hawkins and His Orchestra, a college dance band previously known ...