PHOTO Alton Glenn Miller (March 1, 1904 – disappeared December 15, 1944) trombonist, big band leader

Glenn Miller

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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 from 1939 to 1943, leading one of the best-known big bands. Miller’s recordings include “In the Mood”, “Moonlight Serenade”, “Pennsylvania 6-5000”, “Chattanooga Choo Choo”, “A String of Pearls”, “At Last”, “(I’ve Got a Gal In) Kalamazoo”, “American Patrol”, “Tuxedo Junction”, “Elmer’s Tune”, and “Little Brown Jug”. In just four years Glenn Miller scored 23 number-one hits - more than Elvis Presley (18 No. 1s, 38 top 10s) and the Beatles (20 No. 1s, 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.

In 2016,Glenn Miller was inducted into the Colorado Music Hall of Fame.

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Moonlight Serenade - Welcome to Marwen - 2018
I Know Why (and So Do You) - The Shape of Water - 2017
Mooonlight Serenade - Dad’s Army - 2014
Mooonlight Serenade - Gambit - 2012
Mooonlight Serenade - Hyde Park on th Hudon - 20122
In The Mood - Valentine’s Day - 2010
Moonlight Serenade - Rumor Has It - 2005
Moonlight Serenade - The AViator - 2004
Moonlight Serenade - Swing Girls - 2004
I’ll Never Smile Again - Focus - 2001
Sunrise Serenade - The Curse of the Jade Scorpion - 2001
Little Brown Jug - Pearl Harbor - 2001
In the Mood - The Odd Couple II - 1998
At Last - Til There Was You - 1997
Little Brown Jug - The Nutty Professor - 1996
Moonlight Serenade - Jack the Bear - 1993
Moonlight Serenade - Mr. Saturday Night - 1992
Moonlight Serenade - Shining Through - 1992
In The Mood - Wild at Heart - 1990
Moonlight Serenade - Big - 1988
In the Mood” (1939), (There’ll Be Blue Birds Over) The White Cliffs of Dover, American Patrol - Radio Days - 1987
Moonlight Serenade - Tough Guys - 1986
Moonlight Serenade - Stardust Memories - 1980
Moonlight Serenade - Voyage of the Damned - 1976
Moonlight Serenade - Crazy House - 1943

* I do not include the movies where Glenn Miller acted in.

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Glen Miller Discography

Charted Singles

1938

“My Reverie”

1939

“Moonlight Serenade”

“Sunrise Serenade”

“Wishing (Will Make It So)”

“The Lady’s In Love With You”

“My Last Goodbye”

“Runnin’ Wild”

“Stairway To The Stars”
“Little Brown Jug”

“Moon Love”

“Cinderella (Stay In My Arms)”

“Back To Back”
“Ain’t Cha Comin’ Out?”

“Over The Rainbow”

“Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead”

“The Little Man Who Wasn’t There”

“The Man With The Mandolin”

“Blue Orchids”
“My Isle Of Golden Dreams”

“In The Mood”

“Melancholy Lullaby”

“My Prayer”

“Speaking Of Heaven”

“(Why Couldn’t It Last) Last Night”

“Bluebirds In The Moonlight (Silly Idea)”

1940

“Vagabond Dreams”

“This Changing World”

“Careless”

“Indian Summer”

“Faithful Forever”

“The Gaucho Serenade”

“Danny Boy (Londonderry Air)”

“Ooh! What You Said”

“Tuxedo Junction”

“In An Old Dutch Garden (By An Old Dutch Mill)”

“It’s A Blue World”
“When You Wish Upon A Star”

“Say “Si Si” (Para Vigo Me Voy)”

“Starlit Hour”
“The Woodpecker Song”

“The Sky Fell Down”

“Boog It”
“Alice Blue Gown”

“I’m Stepping Out With A Memory Tonight”

“Say It”
“Imagination”

“Slow Freight”

“Hear My Song, Violetta”

“Shake Down The Stars”

“Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear To Tread)”

“Pennsylvania Six-Five Thousand–”

“Devil May Care”

“The Nearness Of You”

“Sierra Sue”

“Blueberry Hill”

“I’ll Never Smile Again”

“When the Swallows Come Back To Capistrano”

“Crosstown”
“Our Love Affair”
“The Call Of The Canyon”

“Beat Me Daddy, Eight To A Bar”

“A Handful Of Stars”
“A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square”

1941

“Anvil Chorus, Part One / Anvil Chorus, Part Two”

“Five O’Clock Whistle”
“Along The Santa Fe Trail”
“Frenesi”
“Song Of The Volga Boatmen”

“I Dreamt I Dwelt In Harlem”

“Perfidia”
“Boulder Buff”
“The Booglie Wooglie Piggy”

“Adios”
“You And I”
“The Cowboy Serenade”
“Chattanooga Choo Choo”

“Elmer’s Tune”
“It Happened In Sun Valley”

“I Know Why”
“I’m Thrilled”
“Jingle Bells”

1942

“(There’ll Be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs of Dover”

“A String Of Pearls”
“Ev’rything I Love”
“This Is No Laughing Matter”

“Moonlight Cocktail”

“Don’t Sit Under the Apple Tree (With Anyone Else But Me)”

“Skylark”
“The Story Of A Starry Night”

“Always In My Heart”

“American Patrol”

“(I’ve Got a Gal In) Kalamazoo”

“Sweet Eloise”
“Serenade in Blue”
“At Last”
“Juke Box Saturday Night”

“Moonlight Becomes You”

“Dearly Beloved”

1943

“Moonlight Mood”

“That Old Black Magic”

“Rhapsody In Blue”

“Blue Rain” (re-issue)

1944

“It Must Be Jelly (‘Cause Jam Don’t Shake Like That)”

“Sunrise Serenade” (re-issue)
“A String of Pearls” (re-issue)

“Here We Go Again”

1948

“Adios” (re-issue)

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