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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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Jerry Gray, Arranger - Doug Pomeroy, Re-Mastering Engineer - Barry Feldman, Re-Issue Producer - Harry Warren, Composer - Harry Warren, Lyricist - Glenn Miller & His Orchestra, Performer - Mack Gordon, Lyricist - Mack Gordon, Composer - Tex Beneke and The Modernaires, Vocal
Originally Recorded 1941. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Jerry Gray, Arranger - Dick Jurgens, Composer - Dick Jurgens, Lyricist - Doug Pomeroy, Re-Mastering Engineer - Barry Feldman, Re-Issue Producer - Sammy Gallop, Composer - Sammy Gallop, Lyricist - Glenn Miller & His Orchestra, Performer - Elmer Albrecht, Composer - Elmer Albrecht, Lyricist - Ray Eberle and The Modernaires, Vocal
Originally Recorded 1941. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Barry Feldman, Re-Issue Producer - Bill Finegan, Arranger - Clyde Hurley, Trumpet - Wilbur Schwartz, Alto Saxophone - Doug Pomeroy, Re-Mastering Engineer - Hoagy Carmichael, Composer - Mitchell Parish, Composer - Glenn Miller, Arranger - Tex Beneke, Tenor Saxophone - Glenn Miller & His Orchestra, Performer
(P) 2003 BMG Music
Frank Signorelli, Composer - Frank Signorelli, Lyricist - Mitchell Parish, Composer - Mitchell Parish, Lyricist - Doug Pomeroy, Re-Mastering Engineer - Barry Feldman, Re-Issue Producer - Glenn Miller & His Orchestra, Performer - Ray Eberle and The Modernaires, Vocal - Bill Finegan, Arranger - Matty Malneck, Composer - Matty Malneck, Lyricist
Originally Recorded 1939. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Eldo Di Lazzaro, Composer - Eldo Di Lazzaro, Lyricist - Harold Adamson, Composer - Harold Adamson, Lyricist - Doug Pomeroy, Re-Mastering Engineer - Barry Feldman, Re-Issue Producer - Bruno Cherubini, Composer - Bruno Cherubini, Lyricist - Glenn Miller & His Orchestra, Performer - Tex Beneke, Tenor Saxophone - Marion Hutton, Vocal
Originally Recorded 1940. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Jerry Gray, Arranger - Paul McGrane, Composer - Paul McGrane, Lyricist - Doug Pomeroy, Re-Mastering Engineer - Barry Feldman, Re-Issue Producer - Glenn Miller & His Orchestra, Performer - Tex Beneke and The Modernaires, Vocal - Albert Stillman, Composer - Albert Stillman, Lyricist - Marion Hutton, Vocal
Originally Recorded 1942. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Harold Arlen, Composer - Harold Arlen, Lyricist - E.Y. Harburg, Composer - E.Y. Harburg, Lyricist - Doug Pomeroy, Re-Mastering Engineer - Barry Feldman, Re-Issue Producer - Glenn Miller & His Orchestra, Performer - Ray Eberle and The Modernaires, Vocal
Originally Recorded 1939. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Jerry Gray, Composer - Jerry Gray, Arranger - Doug Pomeroy, Re-Mastering Engineer - Barry Feldman, Re-Issue Producer - Glenn Miller & His Orchestra, Performer
Originally recorded 1941. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment
Leigh Harline, Composer - Leigh Harline, Lyricist - Ned Washington, Composer - Ned Washington, Lyricist - Doug Pomeroy, Re-Mastering Engineer - Barry Feldman, Re-Issue Producer - Glenn Miller & His Orchestra, Performer - Tex Beneke, Tenor Saxophone - Ray Eberle and The Modernaires, Vocal
Originally Recorded 1940. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Doug Pomeroy, Re-Mastering Engineer - Johnny Burke, Composer - Johnny Burke, Lyricist - Barry Feldman, Re-Issue Producer - Glenn Miller & His Orchestra, Performer - Jimmy Van Heusen, Composer - Jimmy Van Heusen, Lyricist - Ray Eberle, Vocal
Originally Recorded 1940. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment
Hughie Prince, Composer - Hughie Prince, Lyricist - Doug Pomeroy, Re-Mastering Engineer - Barry Feldman, Re-Issue Producer - Glenn Miller & His Orchestra, Performer - Eleanor Sheehy, Composer - Eleanor Sheehy, Lyricist - Jack Lathrop, Vocal - Don Raye, Composer - Don Raye, Lyricist
Originally Recorded 1940. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment
Jerry Gray, Arranger - Erskine Hawkins, Composer - Doug Pomeroy, Re-Mastering Engineer - Barry Feldman, Re-Issue Producer - Buddy Feyne, Composer - Glenn Miller & His Orchestra, Performer - William Johnson, Composer - Julian Dash, Composer
Originally recorded 1940. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment
Billy May, Arranger - Doug Pomeroy, Re-Mastering Engineer - Barry Feldman, Re-Issue Producer - Harry Warren, Composer - Harry Warren, Lyricist - Glenn Miller & His Orchestra, Performer - Mack Gordon, Lyricist - Mack Gordon, Composer - Ray Eberle and The Modernaires, Vocal - Bill Finegan, Arranger
Originally Recorded 1942. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Chummy MacGregor, Arranger - Doug Pomeroy, Re-Mastering Engineer - Barry Feldman, Re-Issue Producer - Glenn Miller & His Orchestra, Performer - Frederic E. Weatherly, Composer - Frederic E. Weatherly, Lyricist - Glenn Miller, Arranger
(P) 2003 Sony Music Entertainment
Eric Maschwitz, Composer - Eric Maschwitz, Lyricist - Manning Sherwin, Composer - Manning Sherwin, Lyricist - Doug Pomeroy, Re-Mastering Engineer - Barry Feldman, Re-Issue Producer - Glenn Miller & His Orchestra, Performer - Bill Finegan, Arranger - Ray Eberle, Vocal
Originally Recorded 1940. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Doug Pomeroy, Re-Mastering Engineer - Barry Feldman, Re-Issue Producer - Glenn Miller & His Orchestra, Performer - Johnny Mercer, Composer - Johnny Mercer, Lyricist - Jimmy Van Heusen, Composer - Jimmy Van Heusen, Lyricist - Ray Eberle, Vocal
Originally Recorded 1939. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment
Al Dubin, Composer - Al Dubin, Lyricist - Edwina Coolidge, Composer - Edwina Coolidge, Lyricist - Doug Pomeroy, Re-Mastering Engineer - Barry Feldman, Re-Issue Producer - Glenn Miller & His Orchestra, Performer - Will Gross, Composer - Will Gross, Lyricist - Ray Eberle, Vocal
(P) 2003 Sony Music Entertainment
Leigh Harline, Composer - Leigh Harline, Lyricist - Ned Washington, Composer - Ned Washington, Lyricist - Doug Pomeroy, Re-Mastering Engineer - Barry Feldman, Re-Issue Producer - Glenn Miller & His Orchestra, Performer - Marion Hutton, Vocal
(P) 2003 Sony Music Entertainment
Jerry Gray, Arranger - Roy Jordan, Composer - Roy Jordan, Lyricist - Doug Pomeroy, Re-Mastering Engineer - Barry Feldman, Re-Issue Producer - Glenn Miller & His Orchestra, Performer - Tex Beneke and The Modernaires, Vocal
Originally Recorded 1941. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment
Jerry Gray, Arranger - Kim Gannon, Composer - Kim Gannon, Lyricist - Doug Pomeroy, Re-Mastering Engineer - Barry Feldman, Re-Issue Producer - Glenn Miller & His Orchestra, Performer - Ray Eberle and The Modernaires, Vocal - Luckey Roberts, Composer - Luckey Roberts, Lyricist
Originally Recorded 1941. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment
DISC 2
Al Klink, Tenor Saxophone - Joe Garland, Composer - Joe Garland, Lyricist - Doug Pomeroy, Re-Mastering Engineer - Barry Feldman, Re-Issue Producer - Glenn Miller & His Orchestra, Performer - Tex Beneke, Tenor Saxophone
Originally Recorded 1939. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Jerry Gray, Arranger - Doug Pomeroy, Re-Mastering Engineer - Barry Feldman, Re-Issue Producer - Harry Warren, Composer - Harry Warren, Lyricist - Glenn Miller & His Orchestra, Performer - Mack Gordon, Lyricist - Mack Gordon, Composer - Tex Beneke and The Modernaires, Vocal - Marion Hutton, Vocal
Originally Recorded 1942. All rights reserved by BMG Music
George Whiting, Composer - Walter Donaldson, Composer - Doug Pomeroy, Re-Mastering Engineer - Barry Feldman, Re-Issue Producer - Glenn Miller & His Orchestra, Performer - Bill Finegan, Arranger
(P) 2003 Sony Music Entertainment
Doug Pomeroy, Re-Mastering Engineer - Barry Feldman, Re-Issue Producer - Glenn Miller & His Orchestra, Performer - Dale McMickle, Trumpet - Traditional, Composer - Bill Finegan, Arranger
Originally Recorded 1939. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Charlie Tobias, Composer - Charlie Tobias, Lyricist - Sam Stept, Composer - Sam Stept, Lyricist - Doug Pomeroy, Re-Mastering Engineer - Barry Feldman, Re-Issue Producer - Lew Brown, Composer - Lew Brown, Lyricist - Glenn Miller & His Orchestra, Performer - Tex Beneke and The Modernaires, Vocal - Marion Hutton, Vocal
Originally Recorded 1942. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Mann Curtis, Composer - Mann Curtis, Lyricist - Al Hoffman, Composer - Al Hoffman, Lyricist - Doug Pomeroy, Re-Mastering Engineer - Barry Feldman, Re-Issue Producer - Glenn Miller & His Orchestra, Performer - Jerry Livingston, Composer - Jerry Livingston, Lyricist - Bill Finegan, Arranger - Ray Eberle, Vocal
Originally Recorded 1941. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment
Jerry Gray, Arranger - Doug Pomeroy, Re-Mastering Engineer - Barry Feldman, Re-Issue Producer - Harry Warren, Composer - Harry Warren, Lyricist - Glenn Miller & His Orchestra, Performer - Mack Gordon, Lyricist - Mack Gordon, Composer - Bill Finegan, Arranger - Ray Eberle, Vocal
Originally Recorded 1942. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment
Doug Pomeroy, Re-Mastering Engineer - Barry Feldman, Re-Issue Producer - Glenn Miller & His Orchestra, Performer - Vincent Rose, Composer - Vincent Rose, Lyricist - Al Lewis, Composer - Al Lewis, Lyricist - Bill Finegan, Arranger - Larry Stock, Composer - Larry Stock, Lyricist - Ray Eberle, Vocal
Originally Recorded 1940. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Harold Arlen, Composer - Harold Arlen, Lyricist - E.Y. Harburg, Composer - E.Y. Harburg, Lyricist - Doug Pomeroy, Re-Mastering Engineer - Barry Feldman, Re-Issue Producer - Glenn Miller & His Orchestra, Performer - Marion Hutton, Vocal
(P) 2003 Sony Music Entertainment
Jerry Gray, Arranger - Jerry Gray, Composer - Doug Pomeroy, Re-Mastering Engineer - Barry Feldman, Re-Issue Producer - Glenn Miller & His Orchestra, Performer
Originally Recorded 1942. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Elmer Schoebel, Composer - Doug Pomeroy, Re-Mastering Engineer - Barry Feldman, Re-Issue Producer - Billie Myers, Composer - Glenn Miller & His Orchestra, Performer - Jack Pettis, Composer - Glenn Miller, Arranger
(P) 2003 Sony Music Entertainment
Doug Pomeroy, Re-Mastering Engineer - Barry Feldman, Re-Issue Producer - Glenn Miller & His Orchestra, Performer - Johnny Mercer, Composer - Ray Eberle, Vocal - Rube Bloom, Composer
Originally Recorded 1940. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Ned Washington, Lyricist - Hoagy Carmichael, Composer - Doug Pomeroy, Re-Mastering Engineer - Barry Feldman, Re-Issue Producer - Glenn Miller & His Orchestra, Performer - Bill Finegan, Arranger - Ray Eberle, Vocal
Originally Recorded 1940. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment
Hoagy Carmichael, Composer - Doug Pomeroy, Re-Mastering Engineer - Barry Feldman, Re-Issue Producer - Glenn Miller & His Orchestra, Performer - Ray Eberle, Vocal
Originally Recorded 1939. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Jerry Gray, Composer - Jerry Gray, Arranger - William J. Finegan, Composer - Doug Pomeroy, Re-Mastering Engineer - Barry Feldman, Re-Issue Producer - Carl Sigman, Composer - Glenn Miller & His Orchestra, Performer
Originally Recorded 1940. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Doug Pomeroy, Re-Mastering Engineer - Barry Feldman, Re-Issue Producer - Glenn Miller & His Orchestra, Performer - Traditional, Composer - Bill Finegan, Arranger
Originally Recorded 1941. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Mack Davis, Composer - Mack Davis, Lyricist - Andre Kostelanetz, Composer - Andre Kostelanetz, Lyricist - Doug Pomeroy, Re-Mastering Engineer - Mack David, Lyricist - Mack David, Composer - Barry Feldman, Re-Issue Producer - Glenn Miller & His Orchestra, Performer - Ray Eberle, Vocal
Originally Recorded 1939. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment
Jerry Gray, Arranger - Ruth Lowe, Composer - Ruth Lowe, Lyricist - Doug Pomeroy, Re-Mastering Engineer - Barry Feldman, Re-Issue Producer - Glenn Miller & His Orchestra, Performer - Ray Eberle, Vocal
(P) 2003 BMG Music
George Gershwin, Composer - Doug Pomeroy, Re-Mastering Engineer - Barry Feldman, Re-Issue Producer - Glenn Miller & His Orchestra, Performer - Bill Finegan, Arranger
(P) 2003 BMG Music
Mitchell Parish, Composer - Doug Pomeroy, Re-Mastering Engineer - Barry Feldman, Re-Issue Producer - Glenn Miller & His Orchestra, Performer - Glenn Miller, Composer - Glenn Miller, Arranger
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: 02:02:16
- Main artists: Glenn Miller & His Orchestra
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: RCA Records Label
- Genre: Pop/Rock
(P) 2003 BMG. The Copyright in this sound recording is owned by RCA Records a division of BMG
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