Pennsylvania 6-5000 (song) Pennsylvania 6-5000 (song) "Pennsylvania 6-5000" is a 1940 swing jazz and pop standard with music by Jerry Gray and lyrics by Carl Sigman. It was recorded by Glenn Miller and His Orchestra as a Bluebird 78 rpm single. Many big band names played in the Hotel Pennsylvania's Cafe Rouge in New York City, including the Glenn Miller Orchestra. The hotel's telephone number, PEnnsylvania 6-5000, inspired the Glenn Miller 1940 Top 5 "Billboard" hit of the same name, which had a 12-week chart run. The music was written by Jerry Gray and the lyrics by Carl Sigman. The instrumental was recorded
Glenn Miller discography 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