GLENN MILLER "It Happened In Sun Valley"

When Phil Corey's band arrives at the Idaho ski resort its pianist Ted Scott is smitten with a Norwegian refugee he has sponsored, Karen Benson. When soloist Vivian Dawn quits, Karen stages an ice show as a substitute. Sun Valley Serenade is a 1941 musical film directed by H. Bruce Humberstone and starring Sonja Henie, John Payne, Glenn Miller, Milton Berle, and Lynn Bari. It features the Glenn Miller Orchestra as well as dancing by the Nicholas Brothers. It also features Dorothy Dandridge, performing "Chattanooga Choo Choo", which was nominated for an Oscar for Best Song, was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1996, and was awarded the first Gold Record for sales of 1.2 million.

Glenn Miller

 

 

This episode of Glenn Miller's band is a radio remote from The Glen Island Casino in New Rochelle New York and has been published and can be heard everywhere your podcast is available. (March 1, 1904 – December 15, 1944 missing in action) was an American big band musician, arranger, composer, and bandleader in the swing era. He was one of the best-selling recording artists from 1939 to 1943, leading one of the best known Big Bands. Miller's notable 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", and "Little Brown Jug". While he was traveling to entertain U.S. troops in France during World War II, Glenn Miller disappeared in bad weather over the English Channel.

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TOMMY DORSEY RADIO SHOWS

From 1930s to 1950s he became the bandleader of some of the most successful and popular bands of his time. The two brothers got reunited in 1953, after Tommy invited Jimmy, who just broke with his band, to be featured in the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra. Dorsey had a total of 286 billboard hits, with some of them landing on the top spot.

Glenn Miller radio shows

From airchecks of his radio show sponsored by Chesterfield cigarettes, Glenn Miller performs a variety of music live during 1940-42, including top 10 hits such as Delilah and Skylark; two something old, new, borrowed, and blue medleys; and many other memorable songs and instrumentals that he never commercially recorded,