glenn miller wrote in the mood in 1939.
glenn miller wrote in the mood in 1939.
when did glenn miller wrote in the mood?
1939
glenn miller went missing on december 15, 1944, while flying to france from england. after world war two, the united states army air force decommissioned the glenn miller-led army air force band. the miller estate authorized an official glenn miller "ghost band" in 1946. this band was led by tex beneke who as time went on had more prominence in the band's identity. it had a make up similar to glenn miller's army air force band, having a large string section. the orchestra's official public début was at the capitol theatre on broadway where it opened for a three-week engagement on january 24, 1946. henry mancini was the band's pianist and one of the arrangers. another arranger was norman leyden, who also previously arranged for the glenn miller army air force band. this ghost band played to very large audiences all across the united states, including a few dates at the hollywood palladium in 1947, where the original miller band played in 1941. the movie short "tex beneke and the glenn miller band" was released by rko pictures in 1947 with lillian lane, artie malvin and the crew chiefs vocal group performing. in a slightly sarcastic article in "time" magazine from june 2, 1947, the magazine notes that the beneke-led miller orchestra was playing at the same venue the original miller band played in 1939, the glen island casino. beneke's quote about the big band business at the time closes the article, "i don't know whether glenn figured that times would be as tough". by 1949, economics dictated that the string section be dropped.
tex beneke
"boom shot" was composed by glenn miller with billy may. may is credited as his first wife, arletta may, because he had signed an exclusive composer's contract with charlie barnet that forbade him for writing anything for miller under his own name. this song was written in 1942 and recorded for the twentieth century fox movie "orchestra wives". "boom shot" is shown in two scenes, once on the jukebox in the soda shop, then during the dance scene with harry morgan and ann rutherford although it is uncredited on the soundtrack for the film. the title comes from the wide-angle, mobile camera shot used to film the scene, known as a boom shot. the arrangement is by george williams. the jack million band recorded it on the album "in the mood for glenn miller, vol. 2". "boom shot" was included on the 1959 double lp released by twentieth century fox entitled "glenn miller and his orchestra", tcf 100-2, which included music from the "orchestra wives" and "sun valley serenade" movies. in may, 1959, "boom shot" was released as a 7" vinyl 45 single by the british top rank label with "you say the sweetest things, baby" by the glenn miller six as jar-114 in conjunction with 20th century fox. "boom shot" features a trumpet solo by johnny best, which is edited out in the film, with billy may on muted trumpet, ernie caceres on alto saxophone, and glenn miller on trombone. ray mckinley and the new glenn miller orchestra recorded the song as "boomshot" on the 1959 rca victor lp album "dance anyone?" in 2006 the jack million band recorded "boom shot" on the album "in the miller mood vol. 2".
list of songs written by glenn miller