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Candlelight Miller
Candlelight Miller is a collection of the more romantic of Glenn Miller's recordings. You'll find no swing here, just pure honey in the Miller style, and Miller could squeeze the honey just as ably as he could fill up the dance floor. Tunes like ''Stairway to the Stars,'' ''Careless,'' ''Fools Rush In'' and ''Moonlight Cocktail'' . . . Read More
The Carnegie Hall Concert
On October 6, 1939, four orchestras gathered at New York's Carnegie Hall to celebrate the 25th anniversary of ASCAP. Last on the bill was Glenn Miller. The audience had already experienced the music of Benny Goodman, Fred Waring and Paul Whiteman when Miller and his group took the stage. . . . Read More
Chattanooga Choo Choo
Glenn Miller, of course, is one of the most celebrated bandleaders of the twentieth century, and you can bet the farm that his music will live on through this century. If you say you haven't ever heard any Glenn Miller, you'd have to be lying, because surely you've heard it somewhere. His music has ingrained itself . . . Read More
The Lost Recordings
In late 1944, while stationed in England, Glenn Miller's military orchestra was asked to participate in a series of broadcasts over the American Broadcasting Station in Europe. ABSIE, which was operated by the Overseas Branch of the Office of War Information, the civilian propaganda outlet for the U.S. government . . . Read More
The Secret Broadcasts
Soon after Glenn Miller enlisted in the Army Air Corps during WWII, he was appointed Director of Bands and given the task of assembling an orchestra of his own. Among the recruits pouring into the service at that time were many professional musicians who had either been members of popluar dance bands or of classical orchestras. . . . Read More