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Biography 1904 – 1944 Glenn Miller’s influence on the history of jazz represents a contradiction. Though many jazz enthusiasts disapproved of his disciplined, unorthodox approach, Miller’s music experienced undeniable popularity and success with 1940s audiences, and still charms listeners today. “Some of the critics,” said Miller in 1940, “point their fingers at us and charge […]
Glenn Miller. Soundtrack: Wild at Heart. Alton Glenn Miller was born on March 1, 1904, in Clarinda, Iowa; the son of Lewis Elmer and Mattie Lou Cavender Miller. He started his music studies when his father gave him a mandolin. He soon traded the mandolin for an old horn. In 1916 he switched to trombone. In 1923, he enrolled in the University of Colorado, but after a year, he dropped...
November 2019. The Glenn Miller orchestra recorded "Moonlight Serenade" in 1939 as the B side of a 78 rpm on the RCA Bluebird label. Andrea Modica. At 1:45 p.m. on December 15, 1944, an overcast ...
Jul 8, 2014 · Big band leader Glenn Miller, one of the University of Colorado's most famous dropouts, was neither a spy nor killed by friendly fire, as some suggest, says the author of a soon-to-be-released book.
Glenn Miller and His Orchestra were an American swing dance band formed by Glenn Miller in 1938. Arranged around a clarinet and tenor saxophone playing melody, and three other saxophones playing harmony, the band became the most popular and commercially successful dance orchestra of the swing era and one of the greatest singles charting acts of ...
As Glenn Miller’s musical career soared, he traded in his commercial success for a military uniform to entertain US troops during World War II. Then, on a foggy afternoon, December 15, 1944, he ...
Nov 20, 2013 · Glenn Miller. Shortly after the beginning of the 20th century, in a small rural Southwestern Iowa town, a boy was born to Elmer and Mattie Lou Miller. The date was March 1, 1904 and the town was Clarinda. The boy that was born that night was named Alton Glen Miller (later changed to Glenn) and when he uttered his first cry, Clarinda heard Glenn ...
