The Glenn Miller Story (soundtrack) Trombone – "Trummie" Young, and Trumpet – Louis Armstrong. Former Glenn Miller Orchestra pianist Chummy MacGregor and Glenn Miller manager Don Haynes were advisors on the production. The Glenn Miller Story (soundtrack) The Glenn Miller Story is a 1954 soundtrack album released on Decca Records featuring songs from the film biography of Glenn Miller starring James Stewart and June Allyson. The collection featured eight songs from the film recorded under the direction of Joseph Gershenson. The 1954 10" album The Glenn Miller Story movie soundtrack LP, Decca Records DL 5519, spent 10 weeks at number one on the Billboard albums
Glenn Miller (a former arranger for Tommy Dorsey), Billy May and to a much smaller extent, George Williams, who worked very briefly with the band as well as Andrews Sisters arranger Vic Schoen According to Norman Leyden, "[s]everal others [besides Leyden] arranged for Miller in the service, including Jerry Gray, Ralph Wilkinson, Mel Powell, and Steve Steck." In 1943, Glenn Miller wrote "Glenn Miller's Method for Orchestral Arranging", published by the Mutual Music Society in New York, a one hundred sixteen page book with illustrations and scores that explains how he wrote his musical arrangements. "Major Alton Glenn Miller (Army Serial No.