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Aug 29, 2023 · For the first few years after Glenn's disappearance she was actively involved in the corporations he had set up, primarily Glenn Miller Productions, and in working with his estate to re-launch the orchestra under the direction of lead saxophonist and vocalist Tex Beneke.She was also faced with raising their two adopted children alone, so as relations with the Beneke-led band deteriorated ...
GLENN MILLER. "A Memorial, 1944-2004". by Christopher Popa December 2004. Sixty years after he lost his life while serving his country in World War II, Glenn Miller's recorded performances stand as testimony to his talents - and, by many different yardsticks, his music remains quite popular and entertaining. "Miller had America's music pulse ...
While playing with this band, Miller wrote several musical arrangements and also co-wrote his first composition, "Room 1411", with Benny Goodman. In 1928, he married Helen Burger in New York City. At first, he was the main trombone soloist of the band. But when another trombone player joined, Miller was given fewer solos.
Glenn Miller escorts his mother, left, and wife, Helen Alton Glenn Miller hated the name his parents, Louis and Mattie Lou Miller, gave him at birth on March 1, 1904 in Clarinda, Iowa. He preferred to be called “Glenn” and by the time he disappeared in 1944 his name was synonymous with big band music.
Glenn Miller Story, The (1954) -- (Movie Clip) Pennsylvania Six Five Thousand James Stewart (title character) again pawns his trombone, getting nowhere in New York, gets an assist from Don (Charles Drake), then is inspired to call Helen (June Allyson) when he hears her favorite song, leaving the number that would become his famous hit, in The Glenn Miller Story, 1954.
Mrs. Glenn Miller, widow of the band leader and Army Air Force major who was lost on a plane flight from London to Paris in 1944, died Thursday in Huntington Memorial Hospital at Pasadena, Calif ...
Aug 29, 2023 · The individual vocalists most associated with the civilian band were Marion Hutton and Ray Eberle, along with Tex Beneke who also played 1st Saxophone; they were later joined by the Modernaires vocal group. Other singers included Kathleen Lane, Kay Starr, Dorothy Claire, and Skip Nelson. Musicians Ernie Caceres and Jack Lathrop also contributed a few tracks. The major vocalists with the AAF ...
