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After a long period of neglect, in 2001 RCA began doing right by Glenn Miller (via its rejuvenated jazz and swing arm Bluebird) with a four-disc set of 1943-44 performances by Glenn Miller & the Army Air Force Band. The 2002 compilation America's Bandleader was short and idiosyncratic but the following year, Platinum Glenn Miller offered the perfect summation of the war era's number one bandleader. With 40 tracks spread over two CDs, it's slightly shorter than 1995's The Essential Glenn Miller, but excellent sound and thoughtful compiling make up for any shortcomings. The Miller Orchestra was a perennial on the charts from 1939 until 1943, not only soundtracking the war years but exerting a sizable influence on pop music until the '50s via its heavy reed sound, feature soloists like Bobby Hackett and Tex Beneke, and the arrangements of Bill Finegan and Jerry Gray. They were bright and bouncy (as on "Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree," "Chattanooga Choo-Choo," "[I've Got a Gal In] Kalamazoo," "Pennsylvania 6-5000"), or calm and reflective ("Stairway to the Stars," "In the Mood," "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square"), and always clear, melodic, and unabashedly emotional (none of which made them any friends with jazz crowds). Yes, the mellow Miller did have plenty to offer his pop audience, but as Platinum Glenn Miller illustrates, his was one of the most talented groups of the '40s.
© John Bush /TiVo
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Glenn Miller & His Orchestra, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Associated Performer - Barry Feldman - Doug Pomeroy - Mack Gordon, Composer, Lyricist - Harry Warren, Composer, Lyricist - Jerry Gray, Arranger - Tex Beneke and The Modernaires
Originally Recorded 1941. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Glenn Miller & His Orchestra, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Associated Performer - Barry Feldman - Doug Pomeroy - Albrecht Elmer, Composer, Lyricist - Ray Eberle and The Modernaires - Sammy gallop, Composer, Lyricist - Dick Jurgens, Composer, Lyricist - Jerry Gray, Arranger
Originally Recorded 1941. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Glenn Miller & His Orchestra, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Associated Performer - Barry Feldman - Doug Pomeroy - Mitchell Parish, Composer - Hoagy Carmichael, Composer - Glenn Miller, Arranger - Bill Finegan, Arranger - Clyde Hurley, Trumpet - Tex Beneke, Tenor Saxophone - Wilbur Schwartz, Alto Saxophone
(P) 2003 BMG Music
Glenn Miller & His Orchestra, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Associated Performer - Barry Feldman - Doug Pomeroy - Mitchell Parish, Composer, Lyricist - Matty Malneck, Composer, Lyricist - Frank Signorelli, Composer, Lyricist - Bill Finegan, Arranger - Ray Eberle
Originally Recorded 1939. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Glenn Miller & His Orchestra, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Associated Performer - Barry Feldman - Doug Pomeroy - Eldo di Lazzaro, Composer, Lyricist - Harold Adamson, Composer, Lyricist - Tex Beneke, Tenor Saxophone - Marion Hutton - Bruno Cherubini, Composer, Lyricist
Originally Recorded 1940. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Glenn Miller & His Orchestra, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Associated Performer - Barry Feldman - Doug Pomeroy - Tex Beneke and The Modernaires - Albert Stillman, Composer, Lyricist - Marion Hutton - Paul McGrane, Composer, Lyricist - Jerry Gray, Arranger
Originally Recorded 1942. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Glenn Miller & His Orchestra, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Associated Performer - Barry Feldman - Doug Pomeroy - Arlen Harold, Composer, Lyricist - E.Y. Harbourg, Composer, Lyricist - Ray Eberle
Originally Recorded 1939. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Glenn Miller & His Orchestra, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Associated Performer - Barry Feldman - Doug Pomeroy - Jerry Gray, Arranger, Composer
Originally recorded 1941. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment
Glenn Miller & His Orchestra, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Associated Performer - Barry Feldman - Doug Pomeroy - Leigh Harline, Composer, Lyricist - Ned Washington, Composer, Lyricist - Tex Beneke, Tenor Saxophone - Ray Eberle
Originally Recorded 1940. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Glenn Miller & His Orchestra, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Associated Performer - Barry Feldman - Doug Pomeroy - Johnny Burke, Composer, Lyricist - Jimmy Van Heusen, Composer, Lyricist - Ray Eberle
Originally Recorded 1940. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment
Glenn Miller & His Orchestra, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Associated Performer - Barry Feldman - Doug Pomeroy - Hughie Prince, Composer, Lyricist - Don Raye, Composer, Lyricist - Eleanor Sheehy, Composer, Lyricist - Jack Lathrop and Band
Originally Recorded 1940. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment
Glenn Miller & His Orchestra, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Associated Performer - Barry Feldman - Doug Pomeroy - William Johnson, Composer - Julian Dash, Composer - Erskine Hawkins, Composer - Buddy Feyne, Composer - Jerry Gray, Arranger
Originally recorded 1940. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment
Glenn Miller & His Orchestra, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Associated Performer - Barry Feldman - Doug Pomeroy - Mack Gordon, Composer, Lyricist - Harry Warren, Composer, Lyricist - Bill Finegan, Arranger - Ray Eberle and The Modernaires - Billy May, Arranger
Originally Recorded 1942. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Glenn Miller & His Orchestra, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Associated Performer - Barry Feldman - Doug Pomeroy - Fred E. Weatherly, Composer, Lyricist - Glenn Miller, Arranger - Chummy MacGregor, Arranger
(P) 2003 Sony Music Entertainment
Glenn Miller & His Orchestra, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Associated Performer - Barry Feldman - Doug Pomeroy - Eric Maschwitz, Composer, Lyricist - Manning Sherwin, Composer, Lyricist - Bill Finegan, Arranger - Ray Eberle
Originally Recorded 1940. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Glenn Miller & His Orchestra, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Associated Performer - Barry Feldman - Doug Pomeroy - Johnny Mercer, Composer, Lyricist - Jimmy Van Heusen, Composer, Lyricist - Ray Eberle
Originally Recorded 1939. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment
Glenn Miller & His Orchestra, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Associated Performer - Barry Feldman - Doug Pomeroy - Al Dubin, Composer, Lyricist - Edwina Coolidge, Composer, Lyricist - Will Gross, Composer, Lyricist - Ray Eberle
(P) 2003 Sony Music Entertainment
Glenn Miller & His Orchestra, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Associated Performer - Barry Feldman - Doug Pomeroy - Leigh Harline, Composer, Lyricist - Ned Washington, Composer, Lyricist - Marion Hutton
(P) 2003 Sony Music Entertainment
Glenn Miller & His Orchestra, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Associated Performer - Barry Feldman - Doug Pomeroy - Tex Beneke and The Modernaires - Roy Jordan, Composer, Lyricist - Jerry Gray, Arranger
Originally Recorded 1941. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment
Glenn Miller & His Orchestra, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Associated Performer - Barry Feldman - Doug Pomeroy - Kim Gannon, Composer, Lyricist - Luckey Roberts, Composer, Lyricist - Jerry Gray, Arranger - Ray Eberle and The Modernaires
Originally Recorded 1941. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment
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Glenn Miller & His Orchestra, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Associated Performer - Barry Feldman - Doug Pomeroy - Joe Garland, Composer, Lyricist - Al Klink, Tenor Saxophone - Tex Beneke, Tenor Saxophone
Originally Recorded 1939. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Glenn Miller & His Orchestra, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Associated Performer - Barry Feldman - Doug Pomeroy - Mack Gordon, Composer, Lyricist - Harry Warren, Composer, Lyricist - Tex Beneke and The Modernaires - Jerry Gray, Arranger - Marion Hutton
Originally Recorded 1942. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Glenn Miller & His Orchestra, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Associated Performer - Barry Feldman - Doug Pomeroy - Walter Donaldson, Composer - George Whiting, Composer - Bill Finegan, Arranger
(P) 2003 Sony Music Entertainment
Glenn Miller & His Orchestra, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Associated Performer - Barry Feldman - Doug Pomeroy - Dale McMickle, Trumpet - Traditional, Composer - Bill Finegan, Arranger
Originally Recorded 1939. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Glenn Miller & His Orchestra, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Associated Performer - Barry Feldman - Doug Pomeroy - Lew Brown, Composer, Lyricist - Charlie Tobias, Composer, Lyricist - Sam Stept, Composer, Lyricist - Marion Hutton - Tex Beneke and The Modernaires
Originally Recorded 1942. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Glenn Miller & His Orchestra, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Associated Performer - Barry Feldman - Doug Pomeroy - Al Hoffman, Composer, Lyricist - Mann Curtis, Composer, Lyricist - Jerry Livingston, Composer, Lyricist - Bill Finegan, Arranger - Ray Eberle
Originally Recorded 1941. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment
Glenn Miller & His Orchestra, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Associated Performer - Barry Feldman - Doug Pomeroy - Mack Gordon, Composer, Lyricist - Harry Warren, Composer, Lyricist - Jerry Gray, Arranger - Ray Eberle - Bill Finegan, Arranger
Originally Recorded 1942. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment
Glenn Miller & His Orchestra, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Associated Performer - Barry Feldman - Doug Pomeroy - Al Lewis, Composer, Lyricist - Larry Stock, Composer, Lyricist - Vincent Rose, Composer, Lyricist - Ray Eberle - Bill Finegan, Arranger
Originally Recorded 1940. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Glenn Miller & His Orchestra, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Associated Performer - Barry Feldman - Doug Pomeroy - Arlen Harold, Composer, Lyricist - E.Y. Harbourg, Composer, Lyricist - Marion Hutton
(P) 2003 Sony Music Entertainment
Glenn Miller & His Orchestra, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Associated Performer - Barry Feldman - Doug Pomeroy - Jerry Gray, Arranger, Composer
Originally Recorded 1942. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Glenn Miller & His Orchestra, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Associated Performer - Barry Feldman - Doug Pomeroy - Billie Myers, Composer - Jack Pettis, Composer - Elmer Schoebel, Composer - Glenn Miller, Arranger
(P) 2003 Sony Music Entertainment
Glenn Miller & His Orchestra, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Associated Performer - Barry Feldman - Doug Pomeroy - Rube Bloom, Composer - Johnny Mercer, Composer - Ray Eberle
Originally Recorded 1940. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Glenn Miller & His Orchestra, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Associated Performer - Barry Feldman - Doug Pomeroy - Hoagy Carmichael, Composer - Ned Washington, Lyricist - Bill Finegan, Arranger - Ray Eberle
Originally Recorded 1940. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment
Glenn Miller & His Orchestra, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Associated Performer - Barry Feldman - Doug Pomeroy - Hoagy Carmichael, Composer - Ray Eberle
Originally Recorded 1939. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Glenn Miller & His Orchestra, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Associated Performer - Barry Feldman - Doug Pomeroy - Jerry Gray, Arranger, Composer - Carl Sigman, Composer - William J. Finegan, Composer
Originally Recorded 1940. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Glenn Miller & His Orchestra, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Associated Performer - Barry Feldman - Doug Pomeroy - Russian Folk Song, Composer - Bill Finegan, Arranger
Originally Recorded 1941. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Glenn Miller & His Orchestra, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Associated Performer - Barry Feldman - Doug Pomeroy - Mack David, Composer, Lyricist - Mack Davis, Composer, Lyricist - André Kostelanetz, Composer, Lyricist - Ray Eberle
Originally Recorded 1939. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment
Glenn Miller & His Orchestra, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Associated Performer - Barry Feldman - Doug Pomeroy - Ruth Lowe, Composer, Lyricist - Jerry Gray, Arranger - Ray Eberle
(P) 2003 BMG Music
Glenn Miller & His Orchestra, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Associated Performer - Barry Feldman - Doug Pomeroy - George Gershwin, Composer - Bill Finegan, Arranger
(P) 2003 BMG Music
Glenn Miller & His Orchestra, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Associated Performer - Barry Feldman - Doug Pomeroy - Mitchell Parish, Composer - Glenn Miller, Arranger, Composer
Originally Recorded 1939. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Album review
After a long period of neglect, in 2001 RCA began doing right by Glenn Miller (via its rejuvenated jazz and swing arm Bluebird) with a four-disc set of 1943-44 performances by Glenn Miller & the Army Air Force Band. The 2002 compilation America's Bandleader was short and idiosyncratic but the following year, Platinum Glenn Miller offered the perfect summation of the war era's number one bandleader. With 40 tracks spread over two CDs, it's slightly shorter than 1995's The Essential Glenn Miller, but excellent sound and thoughtful compiling make up for any shortcomings. The Miller Orchestra was a perennial on the charts from 1939 until 1943, not only soundtracking the war years but exerting a sizable influence on pop music until the '50s via its heavy reed sound, feature soloists like Bobby Hackett and Tex Beneke, and the arrangements of Bill Finegan and Jerry Gray. They were bright and bouncy (as on "Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree," "Chattanooga Choo-Choo," "[I've Got a Gal In] Kalamazoo," "Pennsylvania 6-5000"), or calm and reflective ("Stairway to the Stars," "In the Mood," "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square"), and always clear, melodic, and unabashedly emotional (none of which made them any friends with jazz crowds). Yes, the mellow Miller did have plenty to offer his pop audience, but as Platinum Glenn Miller illustrates, his was one of the most talented groups of the '40s.
© John Bush /TiVo
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 40 track(s)
- Total length: 02:01:58
- Main artists: Glenn Miller & His Orchestra
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: RCA Records Label
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
(P) 2003 BMG. The Copyright in this sound recording is owned by RCA Records a division of BMG
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