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| Of all the orchestra leaders during the big band/dance band era of the 1930's & 1940's, Glenn Miller stands out because his unique instrumental sound was so identifiable while the tunes which he and his orchestra popularized are still being revived today by artists ranging from Regina Carter to Brian Setzer.
Glenn himself played trombone but it was a combination of a clarinet and sax section all playing in unison that became instantly recognized the world over as the 'Glenn Miller Sound'.
EMI publishes more than three dozen melodies which were recorded and released by Miller during the band's heyday including their legendary theme tune, MOONLIGHT SERENADE as well as the timeless million-selling CHATTANOOGA CHOO CHOO. The great lyric writer Carl Sigman, who died in 2000, co-authored PENNSYLVANIA 6-5000, so-called because it was the telephone number of New York's Hotel Pennsylvania where big bands of the day regularly appeared.
All the following recordings are by Glenn Miller & His Orchestra; vocalists are listed where lyrics were featured. *This list contains original Bluebird & Victor recordings made during Miller's lifetime and now owned by BMG. He tragically disappeared when his plane that left England for a concert in Paris, France, on December 15, 1944, never arrived at its destination. His Orchestra continued recording, but their output after 1944 is not included here.
AT LAST (Gordon/Warren)
from the movie "Orchestra Wives" (20th Century Fox: 1942)
Vocal: Ray Eberle
(Victor: 1942) US #9 Pop
BLUE EVENING (Jenkins/Bishop)
Vocal: Ray Eberle
(Bluebird: 1939)
CHATTANOOGA CHOO CHOO (Gordon/Warren)
from the movie "Sun Valley Serenade" (20th Century Fox: 1941)
Vocals: Tex Beneke, Paula Kelly, The Modernaires
(Bluebird: 1941) US #1 Pop
DING DONG THE WITCH IS DEAD (Harburg/Arlen)
Vocal: Marion Hutton
(Bluebird: 1939) US #17 Pop
DON'T SIT UNDER THE APPLE TREE (WITH ANYONE ELSE BUT ME) (Brown/Stept/Tobias)
Vocal: Marion Hutton, Tex Beneke, The Modernaires
(Bluebird: 1942) US #1 Pop
ELMER'S TUNE (Albrecht/Jurgens/Gallop)
Vocal: Ray Eberle, The Modernaires
(Bluebird: 1941) US #1 Pop
FAITHFUL TO YOU (Block/Green/Stoner)
(Bluebird: 1939)
FAREWELL BLUES (Mares/Rappolo/Schoebel)
(Bluebird: 1939)
FIFTH AVENUE (Gordon/Warren)
Vocals: Marion Hutton, Tex Beneke
(Bluebird: 1940)
A HANDFUL OF STARS (Lawrence/Shapiro)
(Bluebird: 1940) US #10 Pop
HAPPY IN LOVE (Fain/Yellen)
Vocal: Marion Hutton
(Bluebird: 1942)
HUMMING BIRD (Adamson/Di Lazzaro)
Vocals: Marion Hutton, Tex Beneke, The Modernaires
(Victor: 1942)
I KNOW WHY (AND SO DO YOU) (Gordon/Warren)
from the movie "Sun Valley Serenade" (20th Century Fox: 1941)
Vocals: Paula Kelly, The Modernaires
(Bluebird: 1941) US #1 Pop
I WOULDN'T TAKE A MILLION (Gordon/Warren)
Vocal: Ray Eberle
(Bluebird: 1940)
IT HAPPENED IN SUN VALLEY (Gordon/Warren)
from the movie "Sun Valley Serenade" (20th Century Fox: 1941)
Vocals: Tex Beneke, Ray Eberle, Paula Kelly, The Modernaires
(Bluebird: 1941) US #18 Pop
JOHNSON RAG (Hall/Lawrence/Kleinkauff)
(Bluebird: 1940)
KISS POLKA (Gordon/Warren)
from the movie "Sun Valley Serenade" (20th Century Fox: 1941)
Vocals: Paula Kelly, Ernie Caceres, The Modernaires
(Bluebird: 1941)
KNIT ONE, PEARL ONE (Kemper/Jurgens/Lewis)
Vocals: Marion Hutton, The Modernaires
(Victor: 1942) US #22 Pop
THE LAMP IS LOW (Parish/Shefter/Ravel/DeRose)
Vocal: Ray Eberle
(Bluebird: 1939)
LITTLE BROWN JUG (Finnegan)
(Bluebird: 1939) US #10 Pop
THE LITTLE MAN WHO WASN'T THERE (Adamson/Hanighen)
Vocal: Tex Beneke
(Bluebird: 1939) US #7 Pop
MOMENT IN THE MOONLIGHT (Himber/Gordon/Kaufman)
Vocal: Ray Eberle
(Bluebird: 1940)
MOONLIGHT SERENADE (Miller/Parish)
(Bluebird: 1939) US #3 Pop
MY REVERIE (Clinton)
Vocal: Ray Eberle
(Bluebird: 1938) US #11 Pop
ORANGE BLOSSOM LANE (Parish/DeRose/Kenny)
Vocal: Ray Eberle
(Bluebird: 1941) US #23 Pop
OUR LOVE AFFAIR (Freed/Edens)
Vocal: Ray Eberle
(Bluebird: 1940) US #8 Pop
OVER THE RAINBOW (Harburg/Arlen)
Vocal: Ray Eberle
(Bluebird: 1939) US #1 Pop
PAGAN LOVE SONG (Freed/Brown)
(Bluebird: 1939)
PAVANNE (Gould)
(Bluebird: 1939)
PENNSYLVANIA 6-5000 (Gray/Sigman)
Vocals: The Orchestra
(Bluebird: 1940) US #5 Pop
SLOW FREIGHT (Ram)
(Bluebird: 1940) US #9 Pop
SOLD AMERICAN (Miller)
Vocals: The Orchestra
(Bluebird: 1939)
SOMEWHERE (Latouche/DeRose)
Vocal: Ray Eberle
(Bluebird: 1940)
STAIRWAY TO THE STARS (Parish/Malneck)
Vocal: Ray Eberle
(Bluebird: 1939) US #1 Pop
STAR DUST (Parish/Carmichael)
(Bluebird: 1941) US #20 Pop
STARLIT HOUR (Parish/DeRose)
Vocal: Ray Eberle
(Bluebird: 1940) US #10 Pop
A STONE'S THROW AWAY FROM HEAVEN (Ray/Green/Burton)
Vocal: Ray Eberle
(Bluebird: 1941)
THIS CHANGING WORLD (Adamson/Suesse)
Vocal: Ray Eberle
(Bluebird: 1939)
UNDER BLUE CANADIAN SKIES (Lewis/Rose/Stock)
Vocal: Ray Eberle
(Bluebird: 1941)
(WHY COULDN'T IT LAST) LAST NIGHT
(Kenny/Kenny/Croom-Johnson)
Vocal: Ray Eberle
(Bluebird: 1939)
WONDERFUL ONE (Grofe/Whiteman/Terriss/Neilan)
(Bluebird: 1940)
THE WOODPECKER SONG (Adamson/Cherubini/DiLazzaro)
Vocal: Marion Hutton
(Bluebird: 1940) US #1 Pop
YOU STEPPED OUT OF A DREAM (Kahn/Brown)
Vocal: Ray Eberle, The Modernaires
(Bluebird: 1941)
N.B: While many of the above songs were featured in motion pictures, only the films which featured Glenn Miller & His Orchestra are indicated.
*This list does not include the many airchecks which have been issued or the wartime propaganda recordings which the Miller Orchestra made.
Biography courtesy of Alan Warner |
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