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Chattanooga Choo Choo" is a 1941 song that was written by Mack Gordon and composed by Harry Warren. It was originally recorded as a big band/swing tune by Glenn Miller and His Orchestra and featured in the 1941 movie Sun Valley Serenade. [3] It was the first song to receive a gold record, presented by RCA Victor in 1942, for sales of 1.2 ...
Of particular note is the elaborate "Chattanooga Choo Choo" sequence. The scene begins at a rehearsal with the Glenn Miller Orchestra practicing "Chattanooga Choo Choo" and includes two choruses of the song whistled and sung by Tex Beneke in a musical exchange with The Modernaires. As the Miller band concludes their feature the camera pans left ...
Chattanooga Choo Choo-The Life and Times of the World-famous Glenn Miller Orchestra by Richard Grudens 2004 ISBN 1-57579-277-X; Friedwald, Will (1997). The Song Is You. New York: Da Capo Press. ISBN 0-306-80742-4. Flower, John (1972). Moonlight Serenade: a bio-discography of the Glenn Miller Civilian Band. New Rochelle, NY: Arlington House.
Harry Warren (born Salvatore Antonio Guaragna; December 24, 1893 – September 22, 1981) [1] was an American composer and the first major American songwriter to write primarily for film. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song eleven times and won three Oscars for composing " Lullaby of Broadway ", " You'll Never Know ...
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 to 1941 [2] and appeared in the Glenn Miller movie Sun Valley Serenade before joining the U.S. Navy during World War II as Miller joined the Army, organizing another famous military band before his 1944 ...
Rawle performed "Chattanooga Choo Choo" and "The Varsity Drag", the latter a song which would have been popular when Betjeman was a young man. [4] In 1971, Rawle attended the Annual Music Trade Fair in London, and took an interest in the Yamaha stand, where he was approached by a representative of Kemble Pianos. [9]
Connee Boswell's recording for Decca Records in 1942 was among the first vocals of the song ever waxed.; The song was also recorded by Benny Goodman, [5] The Benny Goodman recording was released as a V-Disc 78 single as No. 409A by the U.S. War Department in April, 1945.
The soundtrack also includes source music such as "Chattanooga Choo Choo" by Glenn Miller and "That's Amore" by Dean Martin. Additional tracks include the Academy Award-nominated theme song "That'll Do" and a song sung by Elizabeth Daily , the voice of Babe.